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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. Fidelity
Kindly; pampering
Narrow-minded
Not easy to comprehend
Faithfulness; loyalty

2. Vacillated
Not easy to comprehend
Generous
Wavered; hesitated
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

3. Regressive
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Persuasive language
Concerned with thinking
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

4. Floridity
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Kindly; pampering
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Redness

5. Inscrutable
Neglectful
Not easy to comprehend
Juicy
Thorough; taking care of details

6. Sedulous
Bringing together; ending a dispute
An equal
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Thorough; eager

7. Advocate
Support
Suppressed
Gave moral lecture
Of great importance

8. Eulogy
Praise
Tendency; leaning' predilection
To make legal; give approval to
Practicality

9. Quelled
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Doubtful
Suppressed

10. Polarized
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Not easy to comprehend
Dictator
Divided into two extremes

11. Autocrat
Dictator
To cover
Being fat
To make legal; give approval to

12. Robust
Friendly - lovable
Honor; honesty
Strong and sturdy
Narrow-minded

13. Dubious
Very bad
Supremely good
Doubtful
Divided into two extremes

14. Pragmatism
Practicality
Divided into two extremes
Tone of voice
Annoy

15. Reprehensible
On and off; not continuous
Very bad
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
In a commanding manner

16. Sermonized
Gave moral lecture
Sulky
Toadies; flatterers
Worship; great praise

17. Ambiguous
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Honor; honesty
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Vague

18. Adulation
Hostility; hatred
Worship; great praise
Thick and sticky
Generous

19. Steadfastness
Something that makes better but does not cure
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Practicality
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

20. Futile
On and off; not continuous
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Useless; waste of time and effort

21. Articulation
Suppressed
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Joining - speaking
Toadies; flatterers

22. Contagious
Passed on through touch; infectious
To cover
Toadies; flatterers
Of great importance

23. Lavish
Being fat
Expensive
Harmful
Cannot be tolerated

24. Dearth
Dictator
Shortage
Hostility; hatred
Too sweet; over sentimental

25. Redolent
Vague
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Doubtful
Cannot be tolerated

26. Fastidious
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Too sweet; over sentimental
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Praise

27. Corpulence
Fate - doom
Being fat
Thorough; taking care of details
Cannot be tolerated

28. Depreciatory
Devaluing; criticizing
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Being fat
Tone of voice

29. Consummate
Wavered; hesitated
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Supremely good
Doubtful

30. Radical
Suppressed
Revolutionary
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

31. Ineffable

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32. Treacly
Expressing emotion freely
Too sweet; over sentimental
Seeking legal remedies
Attacking verbally

33. Vex
Not moderate; excessive
Over-simplified
Cannot be tolerated
Annoy

34. Cerebral
Devaluing; criticizing
Shortage
Thorough; eager
Concerned with thinking

35. Mandatory
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Cannot be tolerated
Harmful
Compulsory

36. Disparaging
Fair; wise
Critical
Concerned with thinking
Honor; honesty

37. Toadies
Something that makes better but does not cure
Attacking verbally
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Cannot be tolerated

38. Vindictive
Suppressed
Passed on through touch; infectious
Seeking revenge
Dedicated; made holy

39. Judicious
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Fair; wise
Seeking legal remedies
Inspiring awe

40. Integrity
Being fat
Honor; honesty
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Joining - speaking

41. Connoisseurs
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Experts with good taste/judgment
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

42. Bountiful
Generous
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Support
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

43. Opacity
Fair; wise
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Cannot be tolerated
Proving right

44. Imperious
Support
In a commanding manner
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Redness

45. Deleterious
Sulky
Cannot be tolerated
Harmful
Lack of transparency; being opaque

46. Insufferable
Cannot be tolerated
Doubtful
Juicy
Tendency; leaning' predilection

47. Momentous
Big fire
Not moderate; excessive
Shortage
Of great importance

48. Intonation
Not moderate; excessive
Experts with good taste/judgment
Superficial
Tone of voice

49. Histrionic
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Neglectful
Divided into two extremes
Expensive

50. Animosity
Hostility; hatred
Thick and sticky
To make legal; give approval to
Seeking revenge