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SAT Vocab 2010 2011

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Animosity
Hostility; hatred
Persuasive language
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Ordinary

2. Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Put off; procrastinate
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Practicality

3. Histrionic
Ordinary
Gave moral lecture
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Passed on through touch; infectious

4. Ambiguous
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Revolutionary
Useless; waste of time and effort
Vague

5. Intonation
Tone of voice
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Expensive
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

6. Adulation
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Worship; great praise
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Honor; honesty

7. Haranguing
Vague
Big fire
Cannot be tolerated
Attacking verbally

8. Consecrated
Honor; honesty
Dedicated; made holy
Prevented
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

9. Imperious
Vague
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Not moderate; excessive
In a commanding manner

10. Judicious
Presumed
Fair; wise
Gave moral lecture
Useless; waste of time and effort

11. Insular
Strong and sturdy
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Narrow-minded
Concerned with thinking

12. Robust
Compulsory
In a commanding manner
Narrow-minded
Strong and sturdy

13. Equitable
Fair and equal
Shortage
Put off; procrastinate
Dictator

14. Amiable
Compulsory
Friendly - lovable
Strong and sturdy
To cover

15. Legitimate
Suppressed
Gave moral lecture
Neglectful
To make legal; give approval to

16. Sermonized
Not moderate; excessive
Gave moral lecture
Revolutionary
Put off; procrastinate

17. Intemperate
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Disasters
Not moderate; excessive
Kindly; pampering

18. Presumptive
Experts with good taste/judgment
Presumed
Kindly; pampering
Joining - speaking

19. Vex
Inspiring awe
Generous
Annoy
Wavered; hesitated

20. Momentous
Of great importance
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Joining - speaking
Over-simplified

21. Autocrat
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Big fire
Expressing care and concern
Dictator

22. Vindication
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Seeking money above all else
Not moderate; excessive
Proving right

23. Facile
Over-simplified
Too sweet; over sentimental
Honor; honesty
Blame; criticize

24. Convivial
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Thorough; taking care of details
Sociable
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

25. Mandatory
Compulsory
Concerned with thinking
Fair; wise
Shortage

26. Regressive
Big fire
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Seeking revenge
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

27. Compendious
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Agreement
Dictator

28. Idiosyncratic
Not moderate; excessive
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Prevented
Tone of voice

29. Polarized
Kindly; pampering
Fair; wise
Sociable
Divided into two extremes

30. Arable

31. Deleterious
Compulsory
Experts with good taste/judgment
Harmful
Presumed

32. Therapeutic
Juicy
Faithfulness; loyalty
Medicinal
Experts with good taste/judgment

33. Propensity

34. Articulation
Devaluing; criticizing
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Put off; procrastinate
Joining - speaking

35. Palliative
Dedicated; made holy
Annoy
Seeking revenge
Something that makes better but does not cure

36. Lavish
Too sweet; over sentimental
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Expensive
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

37. Solicitous
Medicinal
Shortage
Expressing care and concern
Juicy

38. Toadies
Agreement
Wavered; hesitated
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Medicinal

39. Eulogy
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Devaluing; criticizing
Prevented
Praise

40. Formidable
Shortage
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Of great importance
Inspiring awe

41. Petulant
Sulky
Joining - speaking
Support
Dictator

42. Dalliance
Ordinary
Medicinal
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

43. Bountiful
Generous
Narrow-minded
Passed on through touch; infectious
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

44. Quelled
Suppressed
Juicy
Thorough; taking care of details
Put off; procrastinate

45. Disparaging
Put off; procrastinate
Critical
Thorough; taking care of details
Experts with good taste/judgment

46. Intermittent
Inspiring awe
On and off; not continuous
Worship; great praise
Superficial

47. Ineffable

48. Depreciatory
Big fire
Experts with good taste/judgment
Can't be expressed in words
Devaluing; criticizing

49. Callous
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Ordinary
Kindly; pampering
Can't be expressed in words

50. Floridity
Disasters
Redness
Praise
Blame; criticize