SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4

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  1. subject
    some situation or event that is thought about
  2. command
    an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
  3. trade
    the commercial exchange of goods and services
  4. register
    an official written record of names or events
  5. stroke
    a single complete movement
  6. absorb
    take in a liquid
  7. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  8. critical
    of a serious examination and judgment of something
  9. withdraw
    pull back or move away or backward
  10. passage
    the act of moving from one state or place to the next
  11. substantial
    real; having a material or factual existence
  12. issue
    some situation or event that is thought about
  13. swallow
    pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
Created on Fri Jun 06 11:00:10 EDT 2025 (updated Fri Jun 06 11:01:28 EDT 2025)

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