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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. A rope - cord or cable attached as a brace or guide. The guy helped secure the mast.






2. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.






3. (n.) - A fundamental (e.g. staple crop)






4. Overshadow; surpass. The younger brother - Tim - eclipsed his sister as timed relays.






5. Courage - spunk - fortitude. Despite hard times - James had amazing pluck.






6. Contemptible; despicable. I find his behavior to be scurvy.






7. (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.






8. To imply - suggest - or insinuate. He intimated that I had stolen his bike.






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. Exacting - fastidious - very precise. The reason the watch maker could command such high prices is because his work is so nice.






12. (adj.) - Unfamiliar - foreign The new schedule was so alien to me that I kept showing up at the wrong time for about a week.






13. To modify ex: modify work He qualified his remarks so that the older voters were not offended.






14. To tolerate - endure - countenance. I can brook many of his silly habits but loud gum chewing is intolerable






15. (adj.) - Having an offensively strong or unclean odor. The men's locker room is rank after a football game.






16. Wit - joker. I love having dinner with your cousin; he's such a wag.






17. A result or outcome of an action. The seniors' prank precipitated a ban on all future senior pranks.






18. To sap or droop; to become spiritless. I am sorry to be flagging but I am suffering from jet lag.






19. A stereotypical or formulaic character. i don't remember her name beacause she was just a stock character in the play.






20. (adj.) - Austere - rigid. She wore her hair in a severe bun and she dressed is a severe black - high necked dress.






21. (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






22. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.






23. (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.






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






25. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame






26. (v.) - To rummage around - search






27. To devise a new word Who coined the name 'labradoodles?'






28. General acceptance . The banning of handguns gained currency after the movie theater shooting spree.






29. To complain or grumble. Stop grousing and just come with us.






30. To take for one's own use; confiscate. Harry appropriated the candy supply for himself.






31. To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of sound.






32. (v.) - To insult - put down . Every word she said was meant as a slight and the whole class recognized her hostility.






33. To restrain; halt; contain. He was able to check the flow of water with his wrench.






34. 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.






35. (v.) - To modify or soften the severity of a statement






36. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.






37. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.






38. A serious situation or problem. Joe did not apprear to recognize the gravity of the situation






39. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.






40. (n.) - A dissolute man - womanizer. Do not go out with Bill - he's a rake and can't be trusted.






41. Exceptional - unusual - odd.She was singular in her gymnasts talent. She was singular in her Gothic taste.






42. To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration - let's table the discussion on cafeteria lunch and go for a nice walk instead.






43. (v.) - To move slowly and awkwardly. The old man lumbered down the lane






44. To tear or torn; an opening or tear. There was a rent in his uniform jacket from the barbed wire fence -






45. 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






46. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy






47. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.






48. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.






49. A tool used for shaping. My father used a die to shape the replacement spindle for our stair railing.






50. (n.) - A liking or talent for (syn: predilection - proclivity - penchant). The SAT really likes this one