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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings
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sat
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. (v.) - To move slowly and awkwardly. The old man lumbered down the lane
guy
Alien
Bridge
Lumber
2. To modify ex: modify work He qualified his remarks so that the older voters were not offended.
Hail
qualify
Sanction
Precipitate
3. A tool used for shaping. My father used a die to shape the replacement spindle for our stair railing.
Compromise
Rail
die
damp
4. A result or outcome of an action. The seniors' prank precipitated a ban on all future senior pranks.
Precipitate
alloy
guy
Grill
5. (n. - v.) - A factory where money is produced / To produce money also excellent condition Mint produced pennies. When they are minted - they are in mint condition.
Pore
pluck
nice
Mint
6. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.
consequential
color
Mint
Slight
7. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.
Stem
Bent !
Subscribe
sap
8. (n.) - A fundamental (e.g. staple crop)
brook
pedestrian
Stock
Staple
9. To become weak; to lose interest. After the long battle the soldiers were flagged.
Flag
die
Bent
obtain
10. (adj.) - Serious Pleas recognize the gravity of the situation and refrain from laughing.
Severe
Buffet
Grave/Gravity
Bent
11. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly
stand
Rail
Staple
Lumber
12. 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.
Grill
rent
Bent !
exact
13. To attempt to gain the favor of. Right now our President is courting voters.
essay
court
rail
table
14. (adj.) - Simple - unadorned. It was a small modest home but they wee happy to have their own place.
pied
Grill
Staple
Modest
15. (v.) - To insult - put down . Every word she said was meant as a slight and the whole class recognized her hostility.
Staple
prize
Grate
Slight
16. (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.
personification
Bridge
lumber
fell
17. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.
flip
Mint
Flag
Compromise
18. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)
steep
Buffet
grouse
occult
19. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame
flag
meet
pine
Subscribe
20. To lose courage - turn frightened. The chimpanzee was quailed by the alpha male in the group.
quail
Affect/Affected
Grate
Rank
21. A strong tendency. Annie has a bent for Chemistry.
damp
Bent
sap
wag
22. A rope - cord or cable attached as a brace or guide. The guy helped secure the mast.
guy
Carp
broach
Elliptical
23. To successfully travel through. We negotiated our way through the narrow street in Chainatown
Mint
Negotiate
obtain
brook
24. Contemptible; despicable. I find his behavior to be scurvy.
table
scurvy
flag
Grate
25. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.
Alien
stand
Elliptical
Floor
26. (v.) - To attempt to get recognition or applause (e.g. to milk an audience) The young singer stayed on stage after the applause died down hoping to milk more even more recognition from the audience.
august
flag
Milk
intimate
27. To direct along a desired course. Charlotte - please channel the overflow of water towards the pond rather than into my garden.
wag
list
Channel
meet
28. To pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully. Don't mince word; say what you mean.
quail
Compromise
Embroider
mince
29. A serious situation or problem. Joe did not apprear to recognize the gravity of the situation
Gravity
Embroider
occult
Modest
30. (v.) - To believe in. I subscribe to the 'less is more' theory of dressing so I usually do not wear jewelry
Floor
damp
guy
Subscribe
31. To pry - to press - or force with a lever; something taken by force - He prized the locked door until the door jam gave way.
Currency
prize
Root
damp
32. To saturate or completely soak - as in to let a tea bag steep. Allow the tea to steep for at least five minutes -
Flag
court
steep
negotiate
33. Elevation of a land surface. The globe we have had all the mountain ranges in relief. Remember bas relief?
sap
guy
Relief
Milk
34. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.
Carp
temper
damp
Elliptical
35. (v.) - To give in - acquiesce Eventually - Mimi caved in and let the girls wear eye makeup
Severe
Cave
Embroider
essay
36. 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.
flag
Eclipse
Bridge
pedestrian
37. To take for one's own use; confiscate. Harry appropriated the candy supply for himself.
Milk
appropriate
obtain
mince
38. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.
wag
Police
Hail
Sustain
39. Overshadow; surpass. The younger brother - Tim - eclipsed his sister as timed relays.
Lumber
Rank
appropriate
Eclipse
40. 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
steep
arrest/arresting
Temper
Channel
41. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick
Badger
Negotiate
ford
Mint
42. To equivocate or change one's position. You can't count on Jane: she always waffles at the last moment
Rail
Gravity
waffle
quail
43. To move heavily and clumsily. Hagrid lumbered back to his shack.
pluck
broach
damp
lumber
44. (n.) - A liking or talent for (syn: predilection - proclivity - penchant). The SAT really likes this one
mince
Bent !
obtain
prize
45. Wit - joker. I love having dinner with your cousin; he's such a wag.
Channel
Bent
Discriminating
wag
46. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste
Precipitate
Grave/Gravity
Discriminating
Currency
47. Exacting - fastidious - very precise. The reason the watch maker could command such high prices is because his work is so nice.
Grill
Negotiate
nice
flag
48. To complain about bitterly. He railed against the new regulations.
Grave/Gravity
rail
list
Badger
49. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.
rent
lumber
essay
occult
50. 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 -
Compromise
Hail
Court
arrest/arresting