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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 elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.
Compromise
prize
Embroider
Police
2. A stereotypical or formulaic character. i don't remember her name beacause she was just a stock character in the play.
ford
Stock
Channel
wag
3. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy
pied
die
Mint
Stem
4. A strong tendency. Annie has a bent for Chemistry.
Bent
Rake
Hail
Sustain
5. (v.) - To believe in. I subscribe to the 'less is more' theory of dressing so I usually do not wear jewelry
Subscribe
Court
Pore
Channel
6. (v.) - To question intensively . The criminal was grilled for hours by the police
Sanction
Grill
temper
scurvy
7. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.
alloy
Root
Discriminating
sap
8. To devise a new word Who coined the name 'labradoodles?'
stand
flip
Discriminating
Coin
9. To be established - accepted - or customary. After years of community service - Henry was finally obtained.
Channel
Carp
trenchant
obtain
10. Inhumanely cruel. Attila the Hun was probably the most fell of all rulers.
qualify
meet
Buffet
fell
11. Exacting - fastidious - very precise. The reason the watch maker could command such high prices is because his work is so nice.
Alien
Flag
Affect/Affected
nice
12. The supporting structural cross-part of a wing. Guitars have struts across the neck.
strut
Flag
Qualify
Grave/Gravity
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.
Precipitate
exact
Root
Alien
14. To tolerate - endure - countenance. I can brook many of his silly habits but loud gum chewing is intolerable
pedestrian
Sustain
broach
brook
15. To change as if by dyeing - to distort or affect. When she colored her hair purple it colored my impression of her.
mince
Buffet
color
Compromise
16. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary
Currency
Sanction
Court
Cave
17. Elevation of a land surface. The globe we have had all the mountain ranges in relief. Remember bas relief?
Grave/Gravity
Severe
Relief
waffle
18. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.
Sanction
brook
arrest/arresting
list
19. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated
negotiate
Relief
Spare
Sanction
20. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.
broach
personification
Relief
meet
21. To modify ex: modify work He qualified his remarks so that the older voters were not offended.
flip
Court
qualify
Eclipse
22. 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
pluck
Court
23. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.
singular
Subscribe
Hail
essay
24. (adj.) - Austere - rigid. She wore her hair in a severe bun and she dressed is a severe black - high necked dress.
Precipitate
trenchant
Severe
rent
25. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids
broach
Flag
nice
Carp
26. Exceptional - unusual - odd.She was singular in her gymnasts talent. She was singular in her Gothic taste.
pine
singular
ford
pedestrian
27. To direct along a desired course. Charlotte - please channel the overflow of water towards the pond rather than into my garden.
flip
Channel
Subscribe
Carp
28. (adj.) - Having an offensively strong or unclean odor. The men's locker room is rank after a football game.
strut
Sustain
Rank
Stock
29. Courage - spunk - fortitude. Despite hard times - James had amazing pluck.
Eclipse
Lumber
pied
pluck
30. (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.
meet
sap
Police
wag
31. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)
meet
negotiate
Buffet
strut
32. (n.) - To read over or study with great attention. Fran pored over the yearbook hoping to find himself in many pictures.
Bridge
Pore
prize
occult
33. A serious situation or problem. Joe did not apprear to recognize the gravity of the situation
alloy
Gravity
pine
Relief
34. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.
die
Sanction
temper
exact
35. To successfully travel through. He negotiated the sharp turn very poorly.
Root
consequential
scurvy
negotiate
36. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.
flip
Qualify
stand
Grill
37. To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of sound.
Compromise
Relief
damp
Rake
38. To pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully. Don't mince word; say what you mean.
arrest/arresting
mince
august
Negotiate
39. (adj.) - Unfamiliar - foreign The new schedule was so alien to me that I kept showing up at the wrong time for about a week.
Constitution
mince
prize
Alien
40. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers
exact
Floor
Grate
Hail
41. To take for one's own use; confiscate. Harry appropriated the candy supply for himself.
Pore
appropriate
Hail
Crop
42. Contemptible; despicable. I find his behavior to be scurvy.
scurvy
Bridge
guy
strut
43. To equivocate or change one's position. You can't count on Jane: she always waffles at the last moment
Rake
waffle
Lumber
table
44. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.
nice
Slight
trenchant
consequential
45. A rope - cord or cable attached as a brace or guide. The guy helped secure the mast.
guy
pluck
Compromise
Stem
46. A tool used for shaping. My father used a die to shape the replacement spindle for our stair railing.
scurvy
die
prize
Badger
47. (adj.) - Simple - unadorned. It was a small modest home but they wee happy to have their own place.
Slight
singular
pine
Modest
48. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.
Rake
pine
strut
Root
49. (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
stand
Affect/Affected
singular
Stock
50. To move heavily and clumsily. Hagrid lumbered back to his shack.
Buffet
stand
lumber
Bent !