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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 rummage around - search
broach
singular
Root
arrest/arresting
2. To pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully. Don't mince word; say what you mean.
mince
Badger
Sustain
Police
3. A result or outcome of an action. The seniors' prank precipitated a ban on all future senior pranks.
obtain
Precipitate
Bent !
Badger
4. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.
rail
stand
Buffet
brook
5. To successfully travel through. He negotiated the sharp turn very poorly.
Rail
Stem
negotiate
pluck
6. (adj.) - Serious Pleas recognize the gravity of the situation and refrain from laughing.
guy
Modest
rail
Grave/Gravity
7. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)
Staple
die
occult
Buffet
8. To pry - to press - or force with a lever; something taken by force - He prized the locked door until the door jam gave way.
prize
singular
meet
pied
9. Inhumanely cruel. Attila the Hun was probably the most fell of all rulers.
Check
fell
Severe
court
10. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.
Badger
Sustain
Cave
Stock
11. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated
Mint
Spare
guy
Constitution
12. 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
Temper
pine
Grate
Floor
13. (adj.) - Unfamiliar - foreign The new schedule was so alien to me that I kept showing up at the wrong time for about a week.
Alien
Rank
Staple
mince
14. (n.) - A liking or talent for (syn: predilection - proclivity - penchant). The SAT really likes this one
guy
qualify
meet
Bent !
15. To devise a new word Who coined the name 'labradoodles?'
rail
Coin
consequential
Compromise
16. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.
essay
Spare
Precipitate
Severe
17. To move heavily and clumsily. Hagrid lumbered back to his shack.
arrest/arresting
Badger
list
lumber
18. (v) - To shock or stun
Bent
Grate
Mint
Channel
19. (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.
Affect/Affected
Currency
Police
Severe
20. To direct along a desired course. Charlotte - please channel the overflow of water towards the pond rather than into my garden.
appropriate
exact
Channel
pine
21. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.
Crop
lumber
Stem
flip
22. An arrogant attitude. George took a cavalier attitude towards smoking in the men's room.
Cavalier
meet
steep
Spare
23. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste
Discriminating
august
Embroider
color
24. To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream. Climb every mountain; ford every stream--are words from the Sound of Music
ford
Qualify
steep
Check
25. Courage - spunk - fortitude. Despite hard times - James had amazing pluck.
Spare
Staple
pluck
Discriminating
26. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.
Embroider
pine
sap
broach
27. A strong tendency. Annie has a bent for Chemistry.
Sustain
color
Rake
Bent
28. (adj.) - Austere - rigid. She wore her hair in a severe bun and she dressed is a severe black - high necked dress.
Crop
Root
Pore
Severe
29. To become weak; to lose interest. After the long battle the soldiers were flagged.
Spare
Court
Flag
fell
30. The supporting structural cross-part of a wing. Guitars have struts across the neck.
Qualify
Bent
Bent !
strut
31. Wit - joker. I love having dinner with your cousin; he's such a wag.
sap
wag
Pore
prize
32. (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
Floor
Rank
Constitution
33. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.
exact
Bent !
arrest/arresting
temper
34. 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
grouse
rail
Relief
35. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers
singular
Grate
Floor
Stem
36. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick
ford
Grave/Gravity
Check
Badger
37. 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.
court
Currency
Pore
exact
38. Exacting - fastidious - very precise. The reason the watch maker could command such high prices is because his work is so nice.
nice
Negotiate
Police
Carp
39. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.
personification
quail
Floor
Carp
40. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame
Discriminating
Subscribe
meet
Elliptical
41. Overshadow; surpass. The younger brother - Tim - eclipsed his sister as timed relays.
intimate
ford
rent
Eclipse
42. 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.
alloy
pied
Severe
Embroider
43. To restrain; halt; contain. He was able to check the flow of water with his wrench.
Grill
Check
Badger
Slight
44. (v.) - To insult - put down . Every word she said was meant as a slight and the whole class recognized her hostility.
scurvy
steep
Embroider
Slight
45. To attempt to gain the favor of. Right now our President is courting voters.
Grill
court
Subscribe
waffle
46. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids
rent
singular
essay
broach
47. To equivocate or change one's position. You can't count on Jane: she always waffles at the last moment
flip
waffle
rent
Cavalier
48. To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of sound.
Stock
Severe
strut
damp
49. To tolerate - endure - countenance. I can brook many of his silly habits but loud gum chewing is intolerable
Gravity
brook
Temper
rail
50. A serious situation or problem. Joe did not apprear to recognize the gravity of the situation
Gravity
stand
trenchant
singular