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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers






2. Wit - joker. I love having dinner with your cousin; he's such a wag.






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






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






5. To saturate or completely soak - as in to let a tea bag steep. Allow the tea to steep for at least five minutes -






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






7. (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.






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






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






10. To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of sound.






11. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






20. (n.) - A dissolute man - womanizer. Do not go out with Bill - he's a rake and can't be trusted.






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






22. (n.) - A liking or talent for (syn: predilection - proclivity - penchant). The SAT really likes this one






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






24. To direct along a desired course. Charlotte - please channel the overflow of water towards the pond rather than into my garden.






25. To equivocate or change one's position. You can't count on Jane: she always waffles at the last moment






26. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






27. To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream. Climb every mountain; ford every stream--are words from the Sound of Music






28. Overshadow; surpass. The younger brother - Tim - eclipsed his sister as timed relays.






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






30. A tool used for shaping. My father used a die to shape the replacement spindle for our stair railing.






31. 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.






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






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






34. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame






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






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






37. (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.






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






39. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






40. 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.






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






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






43. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick






44. 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






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






46. (v.) - To insult - put down . Every word she said was meant as a slight and the whole class recognized her hostility.






47. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.






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






49. (adj.) - Having an offensively strong or unclean odor. The men's locker room is rank after a football game.






50. To be established - accepted - or customary. After years of community service - Henry was finally obtained.