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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. Facile
Compulsory
Over-simplified
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Not easy to comprehend

2. Redolent
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
On and off; not continuous
Seeking legal remedies
Sulky

3. Robust
Thick and sticky
Blame; criticize
Gave moral lecture
Strong and sturdy

4. Disparaging
Agreement
Honor; honesty
Critical
Bringing together; ending a dispute

5. Haranguing
Medicinal
Kindly; pampering
Attacking verbally
Too sweet; over sentimental

6. Compendious
Useless; waste of time and effort
Joining - speaking
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Revolutionary

7. Callous
Generous
Worship; great praise
Big fire
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

8. Cerebral
Something that makes better but does not cure
On and off; not continuous
Concerned with thinking
Compulsory

9. Connoisseurs
Experts with good taste/judgment
Medicinal
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Expressing care and concern

10. Dubious
Vague
Big fire
Doubtful
To cover

11. Opacity
An equal
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Put off; procrastinate
Concerned with thinking

12. Floridity
Blame; criticize
Strong and sturdy
Revolutionary
Redness

13. Futile
Passed on through touch; infectious
Useless; waste of time and effort
Wavered; hesitated
Shortage

14. Contagious
Can't be expressed in words
Passed on through touch; infectious
Revolutionary
An equal

15. Solicitous
Cannot be tolerated
On and off; not continuous
Expressing care and concern
Faithfulness; loyalty

16. Fidelity
Narrow-minded
Faithfulness; loyalty
Seeking money above all else
Tendency; leaning' predilection

17. Radical
Not easy to comprehend
Blame; criticize
Revolutionary
Hostility; hatred

18. Formidable
Supremely good
Thorough; eager
Compulsory
Inspiring awe

19. Arable

20. Conflagration
Big fire
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Harmful
In a commanding manner

21. Vacillated
Supremely good
Wavered; hesitated
Useless; waste of time and effort
To make legal; give approval to

22. Boorishness
Attacking verbally
Sulky
Proving right
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

23. Dalliance
Worship; great praise
Hostility; hatred
Seeking money above all else
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

24. Censure
Blame; criticize
Presumed
Neglectful
Practicality

25. Treacly
To cover
Too sweet; over sentimental
Support
Worship; great praise

26. Consecrated
Dedicated; made holy
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Suppressed
Depth (of ideas/thought)

27. Idiosyncratic
To cover
Generous
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Annoy

28. Quelled
Supremely good
Medicinal
Devaluing; criticizing
Suppressed

29. Vindication
Proving right
Over-simplified
Sociable
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

30. Therapeutic
Concerned with thinking
Medicinal
Compulsory
Expressing care and concern

31. Cursory
Worship; great praise
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
On and off; not continuous
Superficial

32. Mercenary
Revolutionary
Shortage
Seeking money above all else
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

33. Somber
Shortage
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Seeking legal remedies
Gloomy

34. Litigious
Hostility; hatred
Strong and sturdy
Fate - doom
Seeking legal remedies

35. Adulation
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Worship; great praise
Fate - doom
Gave moral lecture

36. Consummate
Tone of voice
Gloomy
Supremely good
Expensive

37. Reprehensible
Very bad
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Disasters
An equal

38. Equitable
Thorough; taking care of details
Fair and equal
Vague
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

39. Conciliatory
Not easy to comprehend
Vague
Dictator
Bringing together; ending a dispute

40. Rhetoric
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Joining - speaking
Blame; criticize
Persuasive language

41. Demonstrative
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Expressing emotion freely
Concerned with thinking
Support

42. Insufferable
Cannot be tolerated
Too sweet; over sentimental
Thorough; eager
Sulky

43. Prosaic
Thorough; eager
Ordinary
On and off; not continuous
Expressing emotion freely

44. Wistful
Dictator
Friendly - lovable
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Faithfulness; loyalty

45. Meticulous
Thick and sticky
Thorough; taking care of details
Expressing emotion freely
Expensive

46. Viscous
Thick and sticky
Support
Gloomy
Compulsory

47. Pragmatism
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Practicality
Passed on through touch; infectious
Lack of transparency; being opaque

48. Propensity

49. Amiable
Not easy to comprehend
Friendly - lovable
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Of great importance

50. Mandatory
Strong and sturdy
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Compulsory
Supremely good