Multiple-Meaning Words: Multiple-Meaning Words: Week 2

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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words only definitions & notes
  1. split
    separate into parts or portions
  2. decline
    grow worse
  3. plot
    a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
  4. advance
    move forward
  5. right
    free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
  6. upset
    cause to lose one's composure
  7. occupy
    live in (a certain place)
  8. project
    a planned undertaking
  9. stall
    a small area set off for special use
  10. complete
    having all necessary qualities
  11. tender
    easy to cut or chew
  12. patch
    a small contrasting part of something
  13. subject
    some situation or event that is thought about
  14. command
    an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
  15. trade
    the commercial exchange of goods and services
  16. register
    an official written record of names or events
  17. stroke
    a single complete movement
  18. absorb
    take in a liquid
  19. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  20. critical
    of a serious examination and judgment of something
  21. withdraw
    pull back or move away or backward
  22. passage
    the act of moving from one state or place to the next
  23. substantial
    real; having a material or factual existence
  24. issue
    some situation or event that is thought about
  25. swallow
    pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
Created on Fri Dec 11 10:08:01 EST 2015 (updated Thu Jun 24 14:17:46 EDT 2021)

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