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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. To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration - let's table the discussion on cafeteria lunch and go for a nice walk instead.
Sanction
table
flag
mince
2. General acceptance . The banning of handguns gained currency after the movie theater shooting spree.
stand
Currency
Sanction
Rail
3. 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.
temper
die
Grate
arrest/arresting
4. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame
meet
waffle
Channel
rent
5. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids
broach
alloy
exact
pedestrian
6. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.
consequential
Gravity
Eclipse
essay
7. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.
color
list
occult
appropriate
8. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)
Lumber
Buffet
damp
Channel
9. To move heavily and clumsily. Hagrid lumbered back to his shack.
negotiate
lumber
Police
fell
10. (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.
alloy
die
Constitution
Staple
11. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.
temper
flip
Bent
Modest
12. To successfully travel through. He negotiated the sharp turn very poorly.
Stem
Mint
strut
negotiate
13. 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
Bent
Bridge
Temper
Flag
14. (v.) - To cut short. He cropped his jeans so he he could wade into the water and not have wet pants around his ankles
ford
Crop
broach
Stem
15. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick
Negotiate
Badger
Discriminating
Alien
16. Exceptional - unusual - odd.She was singular in her gymnasts talent. She was singular in her Gothic taste.
brook
Milk
Subscribe
singular
17. To devise a new word Who coined the name 'labradoodles?'
Coin
pine
Rake
Badger
18. Contemptible; despicable. I find his behavior to be scurvy.
quail
august
Check
scurvy
19. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly
Grill
Cave
Rail
Gravity
20. To restrain; halt; contain. He was able to check the flow of water with his wrench.
prize
sap
Check
scurvy
21. A serious situation or problem. Joe did not apprear to recognize the gravity of the situation
Rail
steep
Gravity
rail
22. (n.) - A dissolute man - womanizer. Do not go out with Bill - he's a rake and can't be trusted.
Root
Stock
Rake
Sanction
23. (n.) - To read over or study with great attention. Fran pored over the yearbook hoping to find himself in many pictures.
Spare
scurvy
Mint
Pore
24. 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.
pedestrian
flag
damp
Temper
25. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers
Floor
Slight
Embroider
exact
26. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.
Spare
Gravity
Grate
stand
27. A strong tendency. Annie has a bent for Chemistry.
Rail
negotiate
broach
Bent
28. 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 -
Court
Grill
Relief
Sanction
29. Wit - joker. I love having dinner with your cousin; he's such a wag.
ford
Sanction
wag
rent
30. 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.
Rail
alloy
qualify
lumber
31. To imply - suggest - or insinuate. He intimated that I had stolen his bike.
intimate
Cavalier
Spare
Slight
32. A stereotypical or formulaic character. i don't remember her name beacause she was just a stock character in the play.
Staple
Affect/Affected
Check
Stock
33. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.
die
list
Badger
pine
34. To pry - to press - or force with a lever; something taken by force - He prized the locked door until the door jam gave way.
personification
prize
Grill
Sanction
35. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy
pied
Court
Floor
Alien
36. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated
Slight
Spare
Rank
Temper
37. (n. - adj.) - Artificial or pretentious behavior. The trouble with Jill is that her behavior is so affected that it is impossible to determine her real personality
Rank
Temper
Affect/Affected
damp
38. Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating. For some reason very librarian our school has ever ever hired has been trenchant.
Cavalier
Staple
trenchant
occult
39. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.
trenchant
Subscribe
personification
consequential
40. To saturate or completely soak - as in to let a tea bag steep. Allow the tea to steep for at least five minutes -
temper
Embroider
steep
Modest
41. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.
table
pine
trenchant
temper
42. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary
meet
guy
Buffet
Sanction
43. (v.) - To modify or soften the severity of a statement
Grate
Qualify
Bent !
Discriminating
44. (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.
Rank
scurvy
Milk
steep
45. Elevation of a land surface. The globe we have had all the mountain ranges in relief. Remember bas relief?
Subscribe
Police
Elliptical
Relief
46. (v.) - To move slowly and awkwardly. The old man lumbered down the lane
Channel
Lumber
Bent
flip
47. To lose courage - turn frightened. The chimpanzee was quailed by the alpha male in the group.
Relief
Bent
quail
Temper
48. A tool used for shaping. My father used a die to shape the replacement spindle for our stair railing.
Gravity
die
rent
Currency
49. (v) - To shock or stun
Grate
sap
singular
Badger
50. (adj.) - Serious Pleas recognize the gravity of the situation and refrain from laughing.
Coin
Bridge
Grave/Gravity
Relief