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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. (n.) - A fundamental (e.g. staple crop)
Carp
Relief
Channel
Staple
2. (v.) - To elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.
Hail
Court
waffle
Embroider
3. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.
list
consequential
alloy
occult
4. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame
steep
meet
Bent !
Root
5. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.
broach
Constitution
stand
Currency
6. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly
Cave
Rail
Grill
fell
7. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.
Carp
flip
color
Negotiate
8. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.
Buffet
prize
Gravity
Sustain
9. Wit - joker. I love having dinner with your cousin; he's such a wag.
Bent !
color
wag
Alien
10. (v.) - To put a stop to. With a tourniquet she was able to stem the flow of blood
Eclipse
Temper
court
Stem
11. Majestic - venerable. Albert Bierstadt painted august mountains.
Mint
sap
august
list
12. To complain or grumble. Stop grousing and just come with us.
grouse
Relief
personification
Qualify
13. (v.) - To proclaim enthusiastically. Harry was hailed as the greatest lacrosse player Hackley has ever seen.
list
Hail
Discriminating
essay
14. 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
steep
Badger
trenchant
15. (n.) - A dissolute man - womanizer. Do not go out with Bill - he's a rake and can't be trusted.
pedestrian
consequential
Rake
Stock
16. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.
Bent
pine
list
flip
17. To sap or droop; to become spiritless. I am sorry to be flagging but I am suffering from jet lag.
wag
Buffet
Pore
flag
18. Courage - spunk - fortitude. Despite hard times - James had amazing pluck.
essay
Precipitate
pluck
Root
19. (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
color
arrest/arresting
Grill
Affect/Affected
20. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)
broach
Cavalier
ford
Buffet
21. To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration - let's table the discussion on cafeteria lunch and go for a nice walk instead.
strut
appropriate
Negotiate
table
22. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.
Carp
Affect/Affected
Modest
exact
23. To restrain; halt; contain. He was able to check the flow of water with his wrench.
Check
Grill
Rank
Sanction
24. (adj.) - Simple - unadorned. It was a small modest home but they wee happy to have their own place.
Modest
Pore
quail
sap
25. To pry - to press - or force with a lever; something taken by force - He prized the locked door until the door jam gave way.
Bent !
nice
pine
prize
26. (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.
Channel
Alien
Subscribe
Police
27. (adj.) - Unfamiliar - foreign The new schedule was so alien to me that I kept showing up at the wrong time for about a week.
Coin
Floor
temper
Alien
28. Exceptional - unusual - odd.She was singular in her gymnasts talent. She was singular in her Gothic taste.
strut
singular
appropriate
meet
29. (v.) - To insult - put down . Every word she said was meant as a slight and the whole class recognized her hostility.
Slight
trenchant
Rail
Staple
30. To successfully travel through. We negotiated our way through the narrow street in Chainatown
pine
Negotiate
Eclipse
Grave/Gravity
31. (adj.) - Having an offensively strong or unclean odor. The men's locker room is rank after a football game.
Rank
Hail
personification
trenchant
32. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.
Channel
Crop
Root
consequential
33. To equivocate or change one's position. You can't count on Jane: she always waffles at the last moment
waffle
Bent
Cavalier
Spare
34. (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.
Severe
temper
Gravity
Milk
35. (v) - To shock or stun
Currency
scurvy
rent
Grate
36. 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.
pluck
arrest/arresting
Subscribe
die
37. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids
rail
quail
broach
court
38. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.
negotiate
Court
essay
die
39. To attempt to gain the favor of. Right now our President is courting voters.
flag
arrest/arresting
Bent !
court
40. To lose courage - turn frightened. The chimpanzee was quailed by the alpha male in the group.
pedestrian
damp
quail
Carp
41. (v.) - To cut short. He cropped his jeans so he he could wade into the water and not have wet pants around his ankles
Crop
Mint
occult
Affect/Affected
42. To complain about bitterly. He railed against the new regulations.
list
quail
Compromise
rail
43. To tear or torn; an opening or tear. There was a rent in his uniform jacket from the barbed wire fence -
Constitution
occult
Gravity
rent
44. The supporting structural cross-part of a wing. Guitars have struts across the neck.
strut
Coin
Pore
Discriminating
45. (v.) - To give in - acquiesce Eventually - Mimi caved in and let the girls wear eye makeup
Cave
die
Rank
Check
46. (adj.) - Austere - rigid. She wore her hair in a severe bun and she dressed is a severe black - high necked dress.
nice
Severe
Discriminating
list
47. (adj.) - Indirect - vague . After a while I tired of her elliptical hints and asked her directly what she wanted from me.
Cavalier
Alien
Gravity
Elliptical
48. To become weak; to lose interest. After the long battle the soldiers were flagged.
scurvy
Flag
wag
Grate
49. To saturate or completely soak - as in to let a tea bag steep. Allow the tea to steep for at least five minutes -
mince
steep
Pore
Flag
50. (n.) - To read over or study with great attention. Fran pored over the yearbook hoping to find himself in many pictures.
stand
Check
Pore
Stock