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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.






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






3. 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






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






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






6. 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.






7. (adj.) - Serious Pleas recognize the gravity of the situation and refrain from laughing.






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






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






10. (v) - To shock or stun






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






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






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






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






15. 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 -






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






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






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






19. (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.






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






21. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






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






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






25. (v.) - To cut short. He cropped his jeans so he he could wade into the water and not have wet pants around his ankles






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






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






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






29. (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.






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Elevation of a land surface. The globe we have had all the mountain ranges in relief. Remember bas relief?






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






43. An arrogant attitude. George took a cavalier attitude towards smoking in the men's room.






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






45. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






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






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






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






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