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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. (v.) - To insult - put down . Every word she said was meant as a slight and the whole class recognized her hostility.






2. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. (v) - To shock or stun






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






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






30. (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.






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






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






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






34. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






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






36. (adj.) - Indirect - vague . After a while I tired of her elliptical hints and asked her directly what she wanted from me.






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






38. 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 -






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)






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






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






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






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