Multiple-Meaning Words: Multiple-Meaning Words: Week 4

Context is king — that’s the lesson you need to internalize as you begin preparing for the vocabulary questions on the 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 SAT!

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  1. determine
    find out or learn with certainty, as by making an inquiry
  2. grim
    harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
  3. pattern
    a repeated design, structure, or arrangement
  4. recognize
    perceive to be something or something you can identify
  5. scan
    examine minutely or intensely
  6. severe
    very harsh or strict, especially when dealing with others
  7. state
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  8. straight
    having no deviations
  9. active
    characterized by energetic movement
  10. execute
    put in effect
  11. pose
    assume a bearing as for artistic purposes
  12. process
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  13. contain
    hold or have within
  14. thin
    of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite
  15. simple
    having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
  16. style
    how something is done or how it happens
  17. bother
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  18. crude
    belonging to an early stage of technical development
  19. depress
    push down
  20. forge
    create by hammering
  21. grace
    elegance and beauty of movement or expression
  22. resolution
    a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
  23. store
    a mercantile establishment for the sale of goods or services
  24. accept
    receive willingly something given or offered
  25. clip
    a small fastener used to hold loose articles together
Created on Fri Dec 11 10:11:27 EST 2015 (updated Thu Jun 24 14:18:03 EDT 2021)

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