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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. (v) - To shock or stun






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. (n.) - A fundamental (e.g. staple crop)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. (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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. A result or outcome of an action. The seniors' prank precipitated a ban on all future senior pranks.






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






46. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






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






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






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