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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. To equivocate or change one's position. You can't count on Jane: she always waffles at the last moment






2. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.






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






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






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






6. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






7. (v) - To shock or stun






8. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.






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






10. To successfully travel through. He negotiated the sharp turn very poorly.






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






12. (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.






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






14. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.






15. 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






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






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






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






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






20. (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.






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. (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.






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






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






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






46. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.






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






48. To complain or grumble. Stop grousing and just come with us.






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






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