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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings
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sat
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.
essay
Bent !
Affect/Affected
Court
2. To be established - accepted - or customary. After years of community service - Henry was finally obtained.
color
Pore
strut
obtain
3. (v.) - To proclaim enthusiastically. Harry was hailed as the greatest lacrosse player Hackley has ever seen.
Hail
die
rent
negotiate
4. (v.) - To rummage around - search
Lumber
Check
Root
rail
5. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.
fell
stand
Affect/Affected
temper
6. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.
list
Grate
Coin
Cavalier
7. 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.
Currency
pied
pedestrian
Stock
8. (n.) - A liking or talent for (syn: predilection - proclivity - penchant). The SAT really likes this one
Alien
Flag
Bent !
obtain
9. To devise a new word Who coined the name 'labradoodles?'
grouse
Qualify
Grave/Gravity
Coin
10. To tolerate - endure - countenance. I can brook many of his silly habits but loud gum chewing is intolerable
brook
essay
Affect/Affected
color
11. (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.
Crop
Mint
stand
mince
12. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame
ford
Gravity
Lumber
meet
13. Courage - spunk - fortitude. Despite hard times - James had amazing pluck.
Grave/Gravity
pluck
Badger
Precipitate
14. (v.) - To believe in. I subscribe to the 'less is more' theory of dressing so I usually do not wear jewelry
Relief
Stock
pied
Subscribe
15. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.
grouse
occult
personification
sap
16. To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of sound.
stand
Severe
rail
damp
17. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.
Discriminating
Modest
consequential
Coin
18. To equivocate or change one's position. You can't count on Jane: she always waffles at the last moment
color
Crop
waffle
Root
19. (v) - To shock or stun
Badger
essay
Grate
court
20. A tool used for shaping. My father used a die to shape the replacement spindle for our stair railing.
Eclipse
intimate
die
damp
21. 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 -
Court
fell
Slight
Qualify
22. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.
pine
Milk
temper
Rank
23. (v.) - To insult - put down . Every word she said was meant as a slight and the whole class recognized her hostility.
Slight
scurvy
fell
august
24. To attempt to gain the favor of. Right now our President is courting voters.
intimate
Carp
Staple
court
25. (v.) - To attempt to get recognition or applause (e.g. to milk an audience) The young singer stayed on stage after the applause died down hoping to milk more even more recognition from the audience.
intimate
Alien
Channel
Milk
26. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick
Stock
Badger
arrest/arresting
die
27. To restrain; halt; contain. He was able to check the flow of water with his wrench.
Check
Slight
Badger
Severe
28. (n.) - A dissolute man - womanizer. Do not go out with Bill - he's a rake and can't be trusted.
singular
Lumber
Constitution
Rake
29. To modify ex: modify work He qualified his remarks so that the older voters were not offended.
qualify
Grave/Gravity
Rake
nice
30. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)
Subscribe
Buffet
Carp
rail
31. To take for one's own use; confiscate. Harry appropriated the candy supply for himself.
appropriate
Floor
august
Coin
32. To direct along a desired course. Charlotte - please channel the overflow of water towards the pond rather than into my garden.
Check
Compromise
Channel
table
33. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.
Carp
prize
nice
steep
34. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.
stand
Pore
guy
lumber
35. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.
flag
quail
Eclipse
flip
36. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy
pied
Relief
qualify
Channel
37. Majestic - venerable. Albert Bierstadt painted august mountains.
august
Root
Slight
Rail
38. Wit - joker. I love having dinner with your cousin; he's such a wag.
Bent !
wag
Precipitate
Floor
39. To imply - suggest - or insinuate. He intimated that I had stolen his bike.
intimate
Rake
Gravity
Alien
40. (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.
table
Constitution
pied
appropriate
41. (v.) - To move slowly and awkwardly. The old man lumbered down the lane
waffle
Lumber
august
Stem
42. To sap or droop; to become spiritless. I am sorry to be flagging but I am suffering from jet lag.
Embroider
flag
Slight
Discriminating
43. (v.) - To cut short. He cropped his jeans so he he could wade into the water and not have wet pants around his ankles
Negotiate
Crop
rent
Coin
44. To become weak; to lose interest. After the long battle the soldiers were flagged.
Rail
alloy
trenchant
Flag
45. (adj.) - Austere - rigid. She wore her hair in a severe bun and she dressed is a severe black - high necked dress.
Severe
Bridge
obtain
singular
46. (v.) - To elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.
flag
steep
Grave/Gravity
Embroider
47. A serious situation or problem. Joe did not apprear to recognize the gravity of the situation
rail
court
Grill
Gravity
48. (adj.) - Serious Pleas recognize the gravity of the situation and refrain from laughing.
guy
Court
Grave/Gravity
scurvy
49. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers
Floor
Relief
Modest
Hail
50. (v.) - To modify or soften the severity of a statement
Cavalier
fell
Qualify
Bent