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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.






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






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






4. To become weak; to lose interest. After the long battle the soldiers were flagged.






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






6. Overshadow; surpass. The younger brother - Tim - eclipsed his sister as timed relays.






7. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy






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






9. (v.) - To give in - acquiesce Eventually - Mimi caved in and let the girls wear eye makeup






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. (adj.) - Austere - rigid. She wore her hair in a severe bun and she dressed is a severe black - high necked dress.






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






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






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






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






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






22. A strong tendency. Annie has a bent for Chemistry.






23. To soften; moderate. Mr. King - after forbidding students to wear shirst with scenes of violence tempered his remarks by saying that they did not apply to boys who never wore hoodies or shirts with offensive militaristic designs to school






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






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






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






27. (n.) - A fundamental (e.g. staple crop)






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






29. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






39. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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 -






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






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






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







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