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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






10. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






12. (n.) - The physical character - health of a body. I am very lucky because I have a very healthy constitution - so have never missed a day of school.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. (v) - To shock or stun






42. (v.) - To join two things together The wellness club and the athletic department were bridged my their mutual interest in having Hackley serve healthy food.






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






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






45. Inhumanely cruel. Attila the Hun was probably the most fell of all rulers.






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






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






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






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






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