SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8

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  1. thin
    of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite
  2. simple
    having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
  3. style
    how something is done or how it happens
  4. bother
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  5. crude
    belonging to an early stage of technical development
  6. depress
    push down
  7. forge
    create by hammering
  8. grace
    elegance and beauty of movement or expression
  9. resolution
    a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
  10. store
    a mercantile establishment for the sale of goods or services
  11. accept
    receive willingly something given or offered
  12. clip
    a small fastener used to hold loose articles together
Created on Fri Jun 06 11:28:30 EDT 2025

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