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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids






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






3. To be established - accepted - or customary. After years of community service - Henry was finally obtained.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. (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.






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






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






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






18. A rope - cord or cable attached as a brace or guide. The guy helped secure the mast.






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






39. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.






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






41. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.