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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. Adulation
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Attacking verbally
Worship; great praise
Tendency; leaning' predilection

2. Equitable
Presumed
Fair and equal
Prevented
Faithfulness; loyalty

3. Insular
An equal
Suppressed
Medicinal
Narrow-minded

4. Petulant
Sulky
Tone of voice
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Passed on through touch; infectious

5. Ineffable

6. Sedulous
Honor; honesty
Thorough; eager
Tone of voice
Dedicated; made holy

7. Animosity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
To make legal; give approval to
Supremely good
Hostility; hatred

8. Viscous
Thick and sticky
Support
Vague
In a commanding manner

9. Corpulence
Doubtful
Too sweet; over sentimental
Being fat
Sociable

10. Meticulous
Thorough; taking care of details
Big fire
Shortage
Blame; criticize

11. Pragmatism
Medicinal
Practicality
Not moderate; excessive
Agreement

12. Demonstrative
Expressing emotion freely
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Critical
Thorough; eager

13. Redolent
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Cannot be tolerated
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Support

14. Mercenary
Dictator
Seeking money above all else
On and off; not continuous
Presumed

15. Temporize
Worship; great praise
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Put off; procrastinate
On and off; not continuous

16. Thwarted
Prevented
Wavered; hesitated
Superficial
Over-simplified

17. Convivial
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Sociable
Too sweet; over sentimental
Worship; great praise

18. Nemesis
Fate - doom
Neglectful
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Experts with good taste/judgment

19. Vacillated
Fair; wise
An equal
Wavered; hesitated
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

20. Intonation
Seeking legal remedies
Tone of voice
Harmful
Something that makes better but does not cure

21. Rhetoric
Not moderate; excessive
Support
Ordinary
Persuasive language

22. Legitimate
Disasters
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Attacking verbally
To make legal; give approval to

23. Robust
Very bad
Seeking revenge
Devaluing; criticizing
Strong and sturdy

24. Arable

25. Ambiguous
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Support
Vague
An equal

26. Wistful
Critical
An equal
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Juicy

27. Haranguing
Attacking verbally
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Ordinary
Doubtful

28. Lavish
Friendly - lovable
Expensive
Ordinary
Tone of voice

29. Boorishness
Kindly; pampering
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Seeking revenge

30. Connoisseurs
Expressing care and concern
Experts with good taste/judgment
Too sweet; over sentimental
Being fat

31. Palliative
Redness
Suppressed
Practicality
Something that makes better but does not cure

32. Opacity
Useless; waste of time and effort
Honor; honesty
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Generous

33. Vindictive
Cannot be tolerated
Shortage
Seeking revenge
Kindly; pampering

34. Magnanimous
Useless; waste of time and effort
Attacking verbally
Devaluing; criticizing
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

35. Debacles
Can't be expressed in words
Seeking legal remedies
Disasters
Sulky

36. Consecrated
Dedicated; made holy
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
In a commanding manner
Experts with good taste/judgment

37. Litigious
Seeking legal remedies
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Divided into two extremes
In a commanding manner

38. Vex
To cover
Faithfulness; loyalty
Annoy
Fair and equal

39. Treacly
Friendly - lovable
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Too sweet; over sentimental
Seeking revenge

40. Intermittent
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Vague
On and off; not continuous
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

41. Indulgent
Superficial
Can't be expressed in words
Ordinary
Kindly; pampering

42. Idiosyncratic
Thorough; taking care of details
Seeking revenge
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

43. Propensity

44. Therapeutic
Seeking legal remedies
Medicinal
Put off; procrastinate
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

45. Bountiful
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Redness
Toadies; flatterers
Generous

46. Floridity
Useless; waste of time and effort
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Redness
Put off; procrastinate

47. Callous
Practicality
Put off; procrastinate
Kindly; pampering
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

48. Formidable
Praise
Persuasive language
Gloomy
Inspiring awe

49. Dearth
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Shortage
Wavered; hesitated
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

50. Shroud
Redness
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
To cover
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)