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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
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1. Contemptible; despicable. I find his behavior to be scurvy.






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






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






4. 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 -






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






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






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






8. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.






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






50. 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