SAT Multiple Meaning Words List #3

blast means:

• the action of putting something into operation

• a sudden very loud noise

• a long fixed look

• the act of entering

dull means:

• clueless

• spiritless

• thankless

• directionless

Answer explanation

In this question, dull is an adjective that means lacking in liveliness or animation.

support means:

• picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing

• written work or composition that has been published

• marking consists of lines that intersect each other

• structure that holds up or provides a foundation

center means:

• a point equidistant from the ends of a line

• property or goods saved from damage or destruction

• a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

• surveying instrument for horizontal and verticle angles

review means to:

• react

• reappear

• reach

• reexamine

Answer explanation

In this question, review is a verb that means to look at again; examine again.

tender means to:

• gild

• bid

• end

• divide

Answer explanation

In this question, tender is a verb that means to propose a payment.

The opposite of substantial is:

• conspicuous

• technical

• unique

• shadowy

Answer explanation

In this question, substantial is an adjective that means real; having a material or factual existence.

This last phrase, which is somewhat obscure, seems to be a request made in the contingency of an unfavorable omen being received.

In this sentence, obscure means:

• inconspicuous

• cryptic

• somber

• isolated

Answer explanation

In this question, obscure is an adjective that means not clearly understood or expressed.

Developers designed a 200-unit ​ (a)   to provide low-cost housing for families living in the path of the new crosstown expressway.

• project
• museum
• cottage
• viaduct

Only two volumes of this periodical, and a few issues of the third, were published; only volume II was available to me.

In this sentence, issues means:

• editorials

• remainders

• installments

• undertakings

Answer explanation

In this question, issue is a noun that means one of a series published periodically.