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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. (adj.) - Unfamiliar - foreign The new schedule was so alien to me that I kept showing up at the wrong time for about a week.






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






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






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






5. (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






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






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






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






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






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






11. (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.






12. (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.






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






14. The supporting structural cross-part of a wing. Guitars have struts across the neck.






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






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






17. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






18. Majestic - venerable. Albert Bierstadt painted august mountains.






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






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






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






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






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






24. To saturate or completely soak - as in to let a tea bag steep. Allow the tea to steep for at least five minutes -






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






46. 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.






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






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






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






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