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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. Majestic - venerable. Albert Bierstadt painted august mountains.






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






3. To successfully travel through. We negotiated our way through the narrow street in Chainatown






4. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers






5. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly






6. 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.






7. To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream. Climb every mountain; ford every stream--are words from the Sound of Music






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






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






10. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






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






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






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






14. (v.) - To put a stop to. With a tourniquet she was able to stem the flow of blood






15. (v.) - To believe in. I subscribe to the 'less is more' theory of dressing so I usually do not wear jewelry






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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 -






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






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






22. (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.






23. 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.






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






25. To change as if by dyeing - to distort or affect. When she colored her hair purple it colored my impression of her.






26. To reduce quality or value of something. If you defrost and refreeze the meat you will compromise the quality.






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






28. To lose courage - turn frightened. The chimpanzee was quailed by the alpha male in the group.






29. To direct along a desired course. Charlotte - please channel the overflow of water towards the pond rather than into my garden.






30. Inhumanely cruel. Attila the Hun was probably the most fell of all rulers.






31. A rope - cord or cable attached as a brace or guide. The guy helped secure the mast.






32. (v) - To shock or stun






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






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






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.






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






37. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.






38. A strong tendency. Annie has a bent for Chemistry.






39. 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






40. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary






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






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






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






44. To equivocate or change one's position. You can't count on Jane: she always waffles at the last moment






45. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.






46. (v.) - To proclaim enthusiastically. Harry was hailed as the greatest lacrosse player Hackley has ever seen.






47. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






48. (v.) - To give in - acquiesce Eventually - Mimi caved in and let the girls wear eye makeup






49. 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.






50. To complain about bitterly. He railed against the new regulations.