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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. To tolerate - endure - countenance. I can brook many of his silly habits but loud gum chewing is intolerable






2. To pry - to press - or force with a lever; something taken by force - He prized the locked door until the door jam gave way.






3. (adj.) - Austere - rigid. She wore her hair in a severe bun and she dressed is a severe black - high necked dress.






4. (v) - To shock or stun






5. Courage - spunk - fortitude. Despite hard times - James had amazing pluck.






6. To suspend; to engage; holding one's attention. I am afraid my brother is case of arrested development. Her beauty was arresting. His Chaucer lecture was arresting.






7. (adj.) - Indirect - vague . After a while I tired of her elliptical hints and asked her directly what she wanted from me.






8. (v.) - To proclaim enthusiastically. Harry was hailed as the greatest lacrosse player Hackley has ever seen.






9. General acceptance . The banning of handguns gained currency after the movie theater shooting spree.






10. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.






11. To co-mingle - to debase by mirroring with something inferior. I am afraid the bowl is made of an alloy - not sterling as we thought.






12. An arrogant attitude. George took a cavalier attitude towards smoking in the men's room.






13. To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration - let's table the discussion on cafeteria lunch and go for a nice walk instead.






14. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.






15. (v.) - To modify or soften the severity of a statement






16. (v.) - To rummage around - search






17. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.






18. To modify ex: modify work He qualified his remarks so that the older voters were not offended.






19. Elevation of a land surface. The globe we have had all the mountain ranges in relief. Remember bas relief?






20. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.






21. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)






22. To take for one's own use; confiscate. Harry appropriated the candy supply for himself.






23. To lose courage - turn frightened. The chimpanzee was quailed by the alpha male in the group.






24. (adj.) - Serious Pleas recognize the gravity of the situation and refrain from laughing.






25. Inhumanely cruel. Attila the Hun was probably the most fell of all rulers.






26. Exacting - fastidious - very precise. The reason the watch maker could command such high prices is because his work is so nice.






27. (v.) - To cut short. He cropped his jeans so he he could wade into the water and not have wet pants around his ankles






28. Ordinary. Please don't wear the solid red tie; it is so pedestrian. Please don't order a hotdog at the restaurant - it's so pedestrian.






29. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






30. (n.) - A fundamental (e.g. staple crop)






31. To soften; moderate. Mr. King - after forbidding students to wear shirst with scenes of violence tempered his remarks by saying that they did not apply to boys who never wore hoodies or shirts with offensive militaristic designs to school






32. To move heavily and clumsily. Hagrid lumbered back to his shack.






33. To attempt to gain the favor or support of a person or group - The politician courted support for the new bill he wanted to pass -






34. (adj.) - Simple - unadorned. It was a small modest home but they wee happy to have their own place.






35. To complain about bitterly. He railed against the new regulations.






36. To imply - suggest - or insinuate. He intimated that I had stolen his bike.






37. (n.) - To read over or study with great attention. Fran pored over the yearbook hoping to find himself in many pictures.






38. (v.) - To join two things together The wellness club and the athletic department were bridged my their mutual interest in having Hackley serve healthy food.






39. Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating. For some reason very librarian our school has ever ever hired has been trenchant.






40. (n.) - The physical character - health of a body. I am very lucky because I have a very healthy constitution - so have never missed a day of school.






41. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.






42. To restrain; halt; contain. He was able to check the flow of water with his wrench.






43. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.






44. To successfully travel through. He negotiated the sharp turn very poorly.






45. A serious situation or problem. Joe did not apprear to recognize the gravity of the situation






46. To reduce quality or value of something. If you defrost and refreeze the meat you will compromise the quality.






47. To successfully travel through. We negotiated our way through the narrow street in Chainatown






48. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






49. To demand - call for - require - take. Our English teachers demands were exacting. The pressure of public speaking exacted a tremendous amount of vitality from George VI.






50. A result or outcome of an action. The seniors' prank precipitated a ban on all future senior pranks.