SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 10

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  1. involve
    contain as a part
  2. tone
    the distinctive property of a complex sound
  3. recognition
    identifying something or someone by remembering
  4. sensitive
    responsive to physical stimuli
  5. shine
    emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
  6. sight
    the ability to see; the visual faculty
  7. mount
    go up, advance, or increase
  8. agitate
    move or cause to move back and forth
  9. condition
    a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
  10. convert
    change the nature, purpose, or function of something
  11. defend
    protect against a challenge or attack
  12. development
    a process in which something passes to a different stage
Created on Fri Jun 06 11:33:02 EDT 2025 (updated Fri Jun 06 11:34:32 EDT 2025)

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