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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. To successfully travel through. We negotiated our way through the narrow street in Chainatown






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






3. To successfully travel through. He negotiated the sharp turn very poorly.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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






15. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.






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






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






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






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






20. (v.) - To question intensively . The criminal was grilled for hours by the police






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






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






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






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






25. (v.) - To join two things together The wellness club and the athletic department were bridged my their mutual interest in having Hackley serve healthy food.






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






27. (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.






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






29. 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.






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






31. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






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






34. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.






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






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






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






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






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






40. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






41. (v.) - To elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.






42. Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating. For some reason very librarian our school has ever ever hired has been trenchant.






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






44. To pry - to press - or force with a lever; something taken by force - He prized the locked door until the door jam gave way.






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






46. (n.) - To read over or study with great attention. Fran pored over the yearbook hoping to find himself in many pictures.






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






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






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






50. (adj.) - Simple - unadorned. It was a small modest home but they wee happy to have their own place.