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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. (v.) - To rummage around - search






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






3. 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.






4. (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.






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






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






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






8. The supporting structural cross-part of a wing. Guitars have struts across the neck.






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






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






11. (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.






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






13. Exceptional - unusual - odd.She was singular in her gymnasts talent. She was singular in her Gothic taste.






14. To attempt to gain the favor of. Right now our President is courting voters.






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






16. (v.) - To move slowly and awkwardly. The old man lumbered down the lane






17. To become weak; to lose interest. After the long battle the soldiers were flagged.






18. (v.) - To regulate - control. Who is going to police the dark alley to make sure it is safe for the young children who pass by every day.






19. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids






20. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary






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






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






23. (adj.) - Unfamiliar - foreign The new schedule was so alien to me that I kept showing up at the wrong time for about a week.






24. A rope - cord or cable attached as a brace or guide. The guy helped secure the mast.






25. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.






26. To change as if by dyeing - to distort or affect. When she colored her hair purple it colored my impression of her.






27. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy






28. To sap or droop; to become spiritless. I am sorry to be flagging but I am suffering from jet lag.






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






30. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.






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






32. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly






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






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






35. (v.) - To elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.






36. To tolerate - endure - countenance. I can brook many of his silly habits but loud gum chewing is intolerable






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






38. (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.






39. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






40. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






47. (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.






48. Majestic - venerable. Albert Bierstadt painted august mountains.






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






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