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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. (v.) - To rummage around - search
color
lumber
Root
Sanction
2. (v.) - To modify or soften the severity of a statement
Carp
damp
Qualify
Constitution
3. 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.
alloy
exact
intimate
Carp
4. (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.
Subscribe
Milk
fell
Badger
5. Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating. For some reason very librarian our school has ever ever hired has been trenchant.
Staple
trenchant
flag
Constitution
6. (adj.) - Indirect - vague . After a while I tired of her elliptical hints and asked her directly what she wanted from me.
Crop
Elliptical
pied
Staple
7. To reduce quality or value of something. If you defrost and refreeze the meat you will compromise the quality.
quail
Compromise
exact
Bent
8. The supporting structural cross-part of a wing. Guitars have struts across the neck.
Cave
court
strut
Carp
9. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.
consequential
occult
Cavalier
Flag
10. To take for one's own use; confiscate. Harry appropriated the candy supply for himself.
appropriate
trenchant
Sanction
flag
11. (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.
color
rent
Bridge
damp
12. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.
personification
Bent
scurvy
ford
13. Exceptional - unusual - odd.She was singular in her gymnasts talent. She was singular in her Gothic taste.
occult
singular
pied
Constitution
14. To attempt to gain the favor of. Right now our President is courting voters.
mince
Subscribe
court
pedestrian
15. (adj.) - Austere - rigid. She wore her hair in a severe bun and she dressed is a severe black - high necked dress.
stand
Flag
Severe
Subscribe
16. (v.) - To move slowly and awkwardly. The old man lumbered down the lane
Court
Lumber
Check
Staple
17. To become weak; to lose interest. After the long battle the soldiers were flagged.
Flag
Staple
exact
Grill
18. (v.) - To regulate - control. Who is going to police the dark alley to make sure it is safe for the young children who pass by every day.
Currency
color
Police
mince
19. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids
Flag
fell
Coin
broach
20. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary
Stem
Sanction
Elliptical
singular
21. To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration - let's table the discussion on cafeteria lunch and go for a nice walk instead.
Gravity
pluck
table
Police
22. To successfully travel through. We negotiated our way through the narrow street in Chainatown
Slight
Constitution
waffle
Negotiate
23. (adj.) - Unfamiliar - foreign The new schedule was so alien to me that I kept showing up at the wrong time for about a week.
essay
waffle
Alien
Carp
24. A rope - cord or cable attached as a brace or guide. The guy helped secure the mast.
guy
mince
Badger
Rank
25. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.
Pore
essay
Relief
Subscribe
26. To change as if by dyeing - to distort or affect. When she colored her hair purple it colored my impression of her.
color
Relief
rent
personification
27. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy
Modest
pied
Milk
Spare
28. To sap or droop; to become spiritless. I am sorry to be flagging but I am suffering from jet lag.
nice
brook
flag
Sustain
29. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.
Stem
sap
Bent
stand
30. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.
temper
Carp
rail
Police
31. An arrogant attitude. George took a cavalier attitude towards smoking in the men's room.
scurvy
Root
flag
Cavalier
32. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly
alloy
Embroider
Rail
wag
33. A serious situation or problem. Joe did not apprear to recognize the gravity of the situation
Staple
negotiate
alloy
Gravity
34. To modify ex: modify work He qualified his remarks so that the older voters were not offended.
qualify
meet
die
Mint
35. (v.) - To elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.
Lumber
Embroider
scurvy
Carp
36. To tolerate - endure - countenance. I can brook many of his silly habits but loud gum chewing is intolerable
Police
damp
Stock
brook
37. To complain about bitterly. He railed against the new regulations.
rail
scurvy
Qualify
nice
38. (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.
Slight
Constitution
Negotiate
wag
39. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste
Discriminating
Alien
die
Negotiate
40. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.
pine
qualify
Eclipse
mince
41. 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.
mince
prize
Slight
exact
42. (v.) - To proclaim enthusiastically. Harry was hailed as the greatest lacrosse player Hackley has ever seen.
Hail
qualify
Cave
scurvy
43. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)
Alien
Buffet
flip
Affect/Affected
44. To restrain; halt; contain. He was able to check the flow of water with his wrench.
Elliptical
Check
trenchant
Gravity
45. To move heavily and clumsily. Hagrid lumbered back to his shack.
august
Root
lumber
Hail
46. Inhumanely cruel. Attila the Hun was probably the most fell of all rulers.
Mint
Bent !
damp
fell
47. (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.
Mint
Relief
Bent
Staple
48. Majestic - venerable. Albert Bierstadt painted august mountains.
august
Coin
essay
Eclipse
49. To imply - suggest - or insinuate. He intimated that I had stolen his bike.
steep
intimate
Subscribe
Rail
50. To successfully travel through. He negotiated the sharp turn very poorly.
Stock
Grate
negotiate
temper