SAT Practice Test: Vocabulary Tests: Verb Tests

v. atone
to surpass in importance or excellence
to drink in or suck up
to make amends for
to devote oneself to a particular profession or field of study

v. ameliorate
to relieve, as from pain or hardship
to place the products or merchandise of under a ban
to mislead the mind or judgment of
to imprison

v. prefix
to cover or fill the surface of
to attach at the beginning
to live sumptuously
to make heavier, worse or more burdensome

v. promenade
to provoke
to bridge
to suffer extremity of hunger or thirst
to walk for amusement or exercise

v. efface
to consist of
to cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and equidistant in all parts
to obliterate
to make more sharp, severe or virulent

v. bedeck
to be indignant at, as an injury or insult
to cover with ornament
to review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action
to lose spirit, courage or hope

v. underwrite
to educe or extract gradually or without violence
to issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance
to clear from involvement
to utter with a shout

v. braze
to make to conform to some mental or imaginary standard
to please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need
to make of or ornament with brass
to plunder

v. consign
to entrust
to turn away or aside
to unite or blend as by melting together
to come into view or into existence

v. contravene
to walk about
to chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated
to follow backward or toward the place of beginning, as a track or marking
to prevent or obstruct the operation of