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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. (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.






19. 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






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






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






22. (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.






23. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers






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






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






26. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. (v) - To shock or stun






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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 -






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






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