SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1

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  1. raise
    move upwards
  2. support
    the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
  3. release
    grant freedom to; free from confinement
  4. sound
    mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
  5. delivery
    voluntary transfer of something from one party to another
  6. figure
    alternate name for the body of a human being
  7. trace
    an indication that something has been present
  8. base
    lowest support of a structure
  9. casual
    without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
  10. dull
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  11. center
    an area that is in the middle of some larger region
  12. secure
    free from danger or risk
Created on Wed Jun 04 12:23:41 EDT 2025

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