The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words List #1
December 11, 2015
By Vocabulary.com (NY) 
Context is king -- that’s the lesson you need to internalize as you begin preparing for the vocabulary questions on the new SAT. We have identified this pool of 200 words that cut across the disciplines and lend themselves well to context-dependent interpretation. As you learn this list on Vocabulary.com, you will have to rely on context clues in order to determine each word’s meaning in particular sentences. This is the same type of thinking you will need to develop in order to succeed on the new SAT!
Following our Roadmap to the new SAT? Head back to see what else you should be learning this week.
Following our Roadmap to the new SAT? Head back to see what else you should be learning this week.
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Activities for this list:
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Practice
Answer a few questions on each word on this list. Use it to prep for your next quiz!
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Spelling Bee
Test your spelling acumen. See the definition, listen to the word, then try to spell it correctly.
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Vocabulary Jam
Compete head-to-head in real-time to see which team can answer the most questions correctly.
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raise
move upwards
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support
the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
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release
grant freedom to; free from confinement
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sound
mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
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delivery
voluntary transfer of something from one party to another
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figure
the form or shape of a person's body
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trace
an indication that something has been present
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base
lowest support of a structure
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casual
without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
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dull
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
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center
an area that is in the middle of some larger region
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secure
free from danger or risk
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settle
become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
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level
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
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review
look at again; examine again
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crash
break violently or noisily
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discharge
remove the unbalanced electricity from
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pitch
the high or low quality of a sound
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bound
confined by bonds
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lapse
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
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scratch
cut, scrape, or wear away the surface of
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blast
a sudden very loud noise
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render
give or supply
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scale
an ordered reference standard
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fresh
recently made, produced, or harvested
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