Multiple-Meaning Words: Multiple-Meaning Words: Week 3

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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Full list of words from this list:

words only definitions & notes
  1. draft
    a current of air
  2. model
    a representation of something, often on a smaller scale
  3. source
    the place where something begins
  4. range
    a variety of different things or activities
  5. value
    the quality that renders something desirable
  6. slack
    not tense or taut
  7. awkward
    lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
  8. bond
    a connection that fastens things together
  9. expose
    make visible or apparent
  10. solid
    not soft or yielding to pressure
  11. address
    the place where a person or organization can be found
  12. delicacy
    the quality of being exquisitely fine in appearance
  13. positive
    characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance
  14. assume
    take to be the case or to be true
  15. character
    a property that defines the individual nature of something
  16. throw
    propel through the air
  17. raw
    not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
  18. application
    the action of putting something into operation
  19. deliver
    bring to a destination
  20. discipline
    a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
  21. image
    a visual representation produced on a surface
  22. represent
    be a delegate or spokesperson for
  23. bind
    secure with or as if with ropes
  24. charm
    attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
  25. connect
    fasten or put together two or more pieces
Created on Fri Dec 11 10:09:59 EST 2015 (updated Thu Jun 24 14:17:55 EDT 2021)

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