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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. Consecrated
Compulsory
Toadies; flatterers
Not easy to comprehend
Dedicated; made holy

2. Convivial
Fair; wise
Vague
Sociable
Hostility; hatred

3. Reprehensible
Very bad
Seeking revenge
Medicinal
Worship; great praise

4. Judicious
On and off; not continuous
Fair; wise
Expensive
An equal

5. Contagious
Passed on through touch; infectious
Concerned with thinking
Dictator
Not moderate; excessive

6. Magnanimous
Over-simplified
Suppressed
Prevented
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

7. Cerebral
Tone of voice
Sulky
Concerned with thinking
Joining - speaking

8. Sermonized
Vague
Gave moral lecture
Honor; honesty
Put off; procrastinate

9. Succulent
Hostility; hatred
Passed on through touch; infectious
Can't be expressed in words
Juicy

10. Presumptive
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Medicinal
Tone of voice
Presumed

11. Radical
Revolutionary
Thorough; eager
Presumed
Being fat

12. Regressive
Juicy
Devaluing; criticizing
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

13. Compendious
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Dedicated; made holy
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Can't be expressed in words

14. Steadfastness
Compulsory
Dedicated; made holy
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

15. Indulgent
To make legal; give approval to
Proving right
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Kindly; pampering

16. Viscous
Divided into two extremes
Shortage
Praise
Thick and sticky

17. Temporize
Put off; procrastinate
Sociable
Prevented
Kindly; pampering

18. Lavish
Expensive
Annoy
Honor; honesty
Inspiring awe

19. Inscrutable
Not easy to comprehend
Thick and sticky
Expressing emotion freely
Disasters

20. Redolent
Very bad
Honor; honesty
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

21. Toadies
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Dictator
Not easy to comprehend

22. Disparaging
Gave moral lecture
Suppressed
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Critical

23. Conflagration
Sociable
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Big fire
Neglectful

24. Arable

25. Corpulence
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Being fat
Seeking money above all else
Prevented

26. Bountiful
Generous
Gloomy
Fair; wise
Harmful

27. Deleterious
Juicy
Harmful
Supremely good
In a commanding manner

28. Ambiguous
Vague
Shortage
Seeking revenge
Not moderate; excessive

29. Opacity
Gave moral lecture
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Sociable
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

30. Censure
Tone of voice
Thick and sticky
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Blame; criticize

31. Fastidious
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Dictator
Proving right
Disasters

32. Intonation
Tone of voice
Sulky
Very bad
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

33. Idiosyncratic
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Vague
Divided into two extremes
In a commanding manner

34. Haranguing
Attacking verbally
Sulky
Friendly - lovable
Expensive

35. Connoisseurs
Of great importance
Fair and equal
To make legal; give approval to
Experts with good taste/judgment

36. Quelled
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Something that makes better but does not cure
Passed on through touch; infectious
Suppressed

37. Solicitous
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Expressing emotion freely
Thorough; eager
Expressing care and concern

38. Vacillated
Wavered; hesitated
Agreement
Inspiring awe
Big fire

39. Rhetoric
Support
Persuasive language
Faithfulness; loyalty
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

40. Debacles
Compulsory
Fair and equal
To make legal; give approval to
Disasters

41. Depreciatory
Useless; waste of time and effort
Devaluing; criticizing
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Fair and equal

42. Boorishness
Honor; honesty
Persuasive language
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Being fat

43. Dalliance
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Sociable
Critical
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

44. Consummate
Blame; criticize
Supremely good
Useless; waste of time and effort
Proving right

45. Nemesis
Persuasive language
Fate - doom
Not easy to comprehend
Thick and sticky

46. Intemperate
Disasters
Vague
Not moderate; excessive
Wavered; hesitated

47. Cursory
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Superficial
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Toadies; flatterers

48. Autocrat
Inspiring awe
Dictator
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Compulsory

49. Somber
Compulsory
Gloomy
Annoy
Tendency; leaning' predilection

50. Vindictive
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Attacking verbally
Seeking revenge