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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. (v) - To shock or stun






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






37. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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