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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. An arrogant attitude. George took a cavalier attitude towards smoking in the men's room.






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






3. 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 -






4. (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.






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






6. To become weak; to lose interest. After the long battle the soldiers were flagged.






7. To move heavily and clumsily. Hagrid lumbered back to his shack.






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






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






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






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






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






13. To pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully. Don't mince word; say what you mean.






14. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






15. To be established - accepted - or customary. After years of community service - Henry was finally obtained.






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






17. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






30. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.






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






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






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






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






35. (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






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






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






38. To attempt to gain the favor of. Right now our President is courting voters.






39. 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.






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






41. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick






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






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






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






45. (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.






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






47. (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.






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






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






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