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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. Vindictive
Seeking revenge
Useless; waste of time and effort
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Dedicated; made holy

2. Radical
Strong and sturdy
Revolutionary
Over-simplified
Critical

3. Vindication
Devaluing; criticizing
Proving right
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Being fat

4. Integrity
Too sweet; over sentimental
Friendly - lovable
Honor; honesty
Of great importance

5. Ambiguous
Vague
Redness
Of great importance
Proving right

6. Histrionic
Generous
Superficial
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Toadies; flatterers

7. Consecrated
Gloomy
Dedicated; made holy
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Not moderate; excessive

8. Censure
Being fat
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Blame; criticize
Depth (of ideas/thought)

9. Opacity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Presumed
Lack of transparency; being opaque

10. Prosaic
Being fat
Disasters
Ordinary
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

11. Advocate
Strong and sturdy
Supremely good
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Support

12. Wistful
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Annoy

13. Therapeutic
Something that makes better but does not cure
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Medicinal
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

14. Depreciatory
Devaluing; criticizing
Seeking legal remedies
On and off; not continuous
Critical

15. Petulant
Thick and sticky
Sulky
Expensive
Inspiring awe

16. Concord
Faithfulness; loyalty
Agreement
Disasters
Cannot be tolerated

17. Indulgent
Kindly; pampering
Sulky
Toadies; flatterers
Ordinary

18. Sermonized
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Expressing care and concern
Gave moral lecture
Presumed

19. Mandatory
Can't be expressed in words
Agreement
Compulsory
Supremely good

20. Meticulous
Gloomy
Over-simplified
Thorough; taking care of details
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

21. Imperious
Gave moral lecture
In a commanding manner
Too sweet; over sentimental
Seeking money above all else

22. Animosity
Doubtful
Honor; honesty
Hostility; hatred
Redness

23. Corpulence
To make legal; give approval to
Being fat
Harmful
Kindly; pampering

24. Insular
In a commanding manner
Superficial
Narrow-minded
Concerned with thinking

25. Deleterious
To make legal; give approval to
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Too sweet; over sentimental
Harmful

26. Cursory
Superficial
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Thorough; eager
Lack of transparency; being opaque

27. Magnanimous
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Fair; wise
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Persuasive language

28. Haranguing
Suppressed
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Toadies; flatterers
Attacking verbally

29. Solicitous
Not easy to comprehend
Joining - speaking
Sociable
Expressing care and concern

30. Palliative
Big fire
Fair; wise
Sociable
Something that makes better but does not cure

31. Litigious
Seeking legal remedies
Narrow-minded
Doubtful
An equal

32. Rhetoric
Concerned with thinking
Shortage
Persuasive language
Ordinary

33. Debacles
Seeking legal remedies
Very bad
Medicinal
Disasters

34. Judicious
Fair; wise
Harmful
Friendly - lovable
Prevented

35. Shroud
To cover
Being fat
Revolutionary
Gloomy

36. Mercenary
Superficial
Experts with good taste/judgment
Seeking money above all else
Blame; criticize

37. Polarized
Divided into two extremes
Seeking money above all else
Dedicated; made holy
Doubtful

38. Legitimate
Gloomy
To make legal; give approval to
Toadies; flatterers
Critical

39. Boorishness
Of great importance
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Cannot be tolerated
Superficial

40. Sycophants
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Harmful
Toadies; flatterers
Supremely good

41. Viscous
Thick and sticky
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Praise
Depth (of ideas/thought)

42. Treacly
Compulsory
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Too sweet; over sentimental
Harmful

43. Profundity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Experts with good taste/judgment
Too sweet; over sentimental
Faithfulness; loyalty

44. Toadies
Ordinary
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Cannot be tolerated
Worship; great praise

45. Futile
Being fat
Useless; waste of time and effort
Of great importance
Toadies; flatterers

46. Amiable
Wavered; hesitated
Friendly - lovable
Kindly; pampering
Joining - speaking

47. Cerebral
Juicy
Prevented
Concerned with thinking
Not easy to comprehend

48. Inscrutable
Generous
Not easy to comprehend
Suppressed
Dictator

49. Presumptive
To make legal; give approval to
Support
Passed on through touch; infectious
Presumed

50. Idiosyncratic
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual