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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.






2. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. (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






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






33. 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 -






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






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






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






37. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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