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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 sap or droop; to become spiritless. I am sorry to be flagging but I am suffering from jet lag.
flag
Gravity
personification
Elliptical
2. (v.) - To put a stop to. With a tourniquet she was able to stem the flow of blood
Grate
Stem
stand
ford
3. (adj.) - Austere - rigid. She wore her hair in a severe bun and she dressed is a severe black - high necked dress.
qualify
Severe
Cavalier
Cave
4. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.
Alien
damp
die
sap
5. To successfully travel through. We negotiated our way through the narrow street in Chainatown
Gravity
essay
Negotiate
Elliptical
6. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.
Buffet
appropriate
Lumber
essay
7. 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.
exact
Crop
Severe
Negotiate
8. (adj.) - Simple - unadorned. It was a small modest home but they wee happy to have their own place.
arrest/arresting
scurvy
Modest
brook
9. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.
Hail
Bridge
personification
Relief
10. A result or outcome of an action. The seniors' prank precipitated a ban on all future senior pranks.
court
Precipitate
flip
prize
11. Overshadow; surpass. The younger brother - Tim - eclipsed his sister as timed relays.
Sanction
Embroider
Qualify
Eclipse
12. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly
Rail
lumber
qualify
Eclipse
13. (v) - To shock or stun
Affect/Affected
Bridge
Grate
pied
14. A rope - cord or cable attached as a brace or guide. The guy helped secure the mast.
Temper
damp
guy
quail
15. To pry - to press - or force with a lever; something taken by force - He prized the locked door until the door jam gave way.
trenchant
flag
prize
Flag
16. To complain or grumble. Stop grousing and just come with us.
grouse
strut
exact
Buffet
17. (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.
Bridge
Rake
pluck
qualify
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
essay
Floor
Court
Crop
19. Inhumanely cruel. Attila the Hun was probably the most fell of all rulers.
wag
Precipitate
fell
Bent !
20. To lose courage - turn frightened. The chimpanzee was quailed by the alpha male in the group.
Elliptical
Channel
Coin
quail
21. To move heavily and clumsily. Hagrid lumbered back to his shack.
personification
Subscribe
Pore
lumber
22. (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.
list
brook
Precipitate
Milk
23. To be established - accepted - or customary. After years of community service - Henry was finally obtained.
obtain
Sanction
Relief
negotiate
24. Courage - spunk - fortitude. Despite hard times - James had amazing pluck.
pluck
Precipitate
Cave
Staple
25. (v.) - To give in - acquiesce Eventually - Mimi caved in and let the girls wear eye makeup
Currency
Cave
mince
temper
26. To take for one's own use; confiscate. Harry appropriated the candy supply for himself.
appropriate
Gravity
strut
Channel
27. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick
Badger
Stem
Temper
Lumber
28. To restrain; halt; contain. He was able to check the flow of water with his wrench.
Buffet
Check
appropriate
rail
29. To saturate or completely soak - as in to let a tea bag steep. Allow the tea to steep for at least five minutes -
waffle
Stem
steep
flip
30. An arrogant attitude. George took a cavalier attitude towards smoking in the men's room.
Cavalier
fell
Relief
ford
31. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame
Temper
broach
brook
meet
32. Majestic - venerable. Albert Bierstadt painted august mountains.
Gravity
occult
prize
august
33. To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration - let's table the discussion on cafeteria lunch and go for a nice walk instead.
Cavalier
steep
Coin
table
34. (v.) - To question intensively . The criminal was grilled for hours by the police
essay
quail
Grill
Staple
35. (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.
august
Mint
negotiate
Subscribe
36. To attempt to gain the favor of. Right now our President is courting voters.
Flag
Discriminating
court
sap
37. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.
flag
lumber
Root
pine
38. (adj.) - Serious Pleas recognize the gravity of the situation and refrain from laughing.
Alien
Stock
Grave/Gravity
Negotiate
39. A serious situation or problem. Joe did not apprear to recognize the gravity of the situation
Gravity
negotiate
obtain
Rake
40. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy
nice
pied
Hail
Coin
41. To change as if by dyeing - to distort or affect. When she colored her hair purple it colored my impression of her.
color
Qualify
Modest
Alien
42. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids
wag
broach
Mint
qualify
43. To imply - suggest - or insinuate. He intimated that I had stolen his bike.
Alien
consequential
intimate
Rake
44. (n.) - To read over or study with great attention. Fran pored over the yearbook hoping to find himself in many pictures.
essay
waffle
Pore
grouse
45. 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.
Relief
Severe
pedestrian
Grate
46. To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of sound.
damp
flag
Embroider
Compromise
47. (n.) - A dissolute man - womanizer. Do not go out with Bill - he's a rake and can't be trusted.
Root
rail
Rake
scurvy
48. Exceptional - unusual - odd.She was singular in her gymnasts talent. She was singular in her Gothic taste.
fell
Affect/Affected
singular
broach
49. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.
court
stand
Staple
Grill
50. 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
wag
Temper
sap
nice