Glossary of Common Second Meanings

Question 1

Account (for)

Answer 1

explain

Question 2

Affect (v.) - to adopt (a behavior); affected (adj.)

Answer 2

behaving in an artificial/ pretentious way

Question 3

Afford

Answer 3

grant (e.g. an opportunity)

Question 4

Arrangement

Answer 4

situation

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Arrest

Answer 5

put a stop to (not just put handcuffs on a criminal)

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Assume

Answer 6

take on responsibility for, acquire (e.g. to assume a new position)

Question 7

Basic

Answer 7

essential, fundamental

Question 8

Becoming (adj.)

Answer 8

fitting, flattering

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Bent

Answer 9

liking or preference for

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Boost

Answer 10

improve, promote

Question 11

Calculated

Answer 11

plotted out

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Capacity

Answer 12

ability

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Chance (v.)

Answer 13

attempt

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Check

Answer 14

control (e.g. The vaccine checked the spread of the disease)

Question 15

Clear

Answer 15

obvious, unmistakable

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Coin (v.)

Answer 16

invent (e.g. coin a phrase)

Question 17

Common

Answer 17

shared

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Compromise (v.)

Answer 18

endanger or make vulnerable (e.g. to compromise one’s beliefs)

Question 19

Constitution

Answer 19

build (e.g. a football player has a solid constitution)

Question 20

Conviction

Answer 20

strong belief (noun form of convinced)

Question 21

Couch (v.)

Answer 21

hide

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Critical

Answer 22

essential, necessary

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Curious

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odd

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Currency

Answer 24

acceptance, approval (of an idea)

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Direct (v.)

Answer 25

guide

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Discriminating

Answer 26

perceptive

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Disposed

Answer 27

inclined

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Distant

Answer 28

aloof, emotionally uninvolved

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Doctor (v.)

Answer 29

tamper with, alter

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Draw (v.)

Answer 30

attract

Question 31

Economy

Answer 31

thrift (e.g. a writer who has an economical style is one who uses few words)

Question 32

Embroider

Answer 32

falsify, make up stories about

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Establish

Answer 33

demonstrate, confirm

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Exchange (n.)

Answer 34

conversation

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Execute

Answer 35

carry out

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Exploit

Answer 36

make use of, take advantage of (does not carry a negative connotation)

Question 37

Facility

Answer 37

talent for

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Fierce

Answer 38

intense

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Fine

Answer 39

(1) keen, perceptive; (2) well-developed

Question 40

Foil

Answer 40

to put a stop to (e.g. to foil a robbery)

Question 41

Foundation

Answer 41

basis, underpinning

Question 42

Grand

Answer 42

imposing

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Grave/Gravity

Answer 43

serious(ness)

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Great

Answer 44

large

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Harbor

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to possess, hold (e.g. to harbor a belief)

Question 46

Hold

Answer 46

claim

Question 47

Hold out

Answer 47

resist

Question 48

Host

Answer 48

contain

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Independent

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separate (e.g. an independent variable)

Question 50

Modest

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small, limited (e.g. a modest amount = a small amount)

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Nature

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type

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Observe

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follow (e.g. a law)

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Open

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accessible

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Peculiar (to)

Answer 54

unique, distinctive

Question 55

Plastic/plasticity

Answer 55

able to be changed

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Poor

Answer 56

weak (e.g. a performance)

Question 57

Provoke

Answer 57

elicit (e.g. a reaction)

Question 58

Put (v.)

Answer 58

state, say

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Qualify

Answer 59

provide more information or detail about

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Raise (v.)

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(1) rear (e.g. an animal); (2) elevate/uplift

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Range

Answer 61

scope

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Raw

Answer 62

unfiltered

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Realize

Answer 63

achieve (a goal)

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Reconcile

Answer 64

bring together

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Regular

Answer 65

even

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Relate/Relay

Answer 66

pass on information, give an account of ( a story)

Question 67

Reservations

Answer 67

misgivings

Question 68

Reserve

Answer 68

hold off on (e.g. to reserve judgement)

Question 69

Ripple (v.)

Answer 69

spread

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Ruffled

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flustered, anxious (unruffled - calm)

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Sap (v.)

Answer 71

drain (e.g. of energy)

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Scour

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search

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Scrap (v.)

Answer 73

eliminate

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Set

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determine

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Sheer

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pure, simple

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Shelve/Table (v.)

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reject or discard (e.g. an idea or proposal)

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Simple

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straightforward

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Sober

Answer 78

serious, modest

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Sound

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firm, stable, reliable, valid (e.g. a sound argument)

Question 80

Spare, Severe

Answer 80

Plain, unadorned

Question 81

Splinter (v.)

Answer 81

split off

Question 82

State

Answer 82

condition

Question 83

Static

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unchanging (i.e. in a state of stasis

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Station

Answer 84

rank

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Scale

Answer 85

level

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Store (n.)

Answer 86

reserve

Question 87

Sustain (v.)

Answer 87

withstand

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Temper (v.)

Answer 88

moderate, make less harsh

Question 89

Tied (to)

Answer 89

connected to

Question 90

Train (v.)

Answer 90

fixate on (e.g. train one’s eyes on something)

Question 91

Track

Answer 91

follow

Question 92

True

Answer 92

genuine

Question 93

Uniform

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constant, unvarying

Question 94

Unqualified

Answer 94

absolute

Question 95

Upset (v.)

Answer 95

interfere with an expected outcome

Question 96

Urge

Answer 96

advocate, be in favor of

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Values

Answer 97

principles

Question 98

Wake

Answer 98

aftermath

Question 99

Want

Answer 99

lack

Question 100

yield

Answer 100

reveal (e.g. an experiment yields results)