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SAT Vocab 2010 2011

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Conflagration
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Seeking legal remedies
Attacking verbally
Big fire

2. Floridity
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Suppressed
Redness
In a commanding manner

3. Concord
Gave moral lecture
Agreement
Doubtful
Big fire

4. Steadfastness
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Disasters
Seeking revenge
Something that makes better but does not cure

5. Viscous
Prevented
Thick and sticky
Annoy
Seeking legal remedies

6. Litigious
Seeking legal remedies
Sociable
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

7. Mandatory
Over-simplified
Experts with good taste/judgment
Compulsory
Dedicated; made holy

8. Peer
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Praise
An equal

9. Quelled
Revolutionary
Fair and equal
Suppressed
Harmful

10. Treacly
Compulsory
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Praise
Too sweet; over sentimental

11. Opacity
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Attacking verbally
Thorough; eager
Lack of transparency; being opaque

12. Pragmatism
Being fat
Very bad
Practicality
Thorough; eager

13. Fidelity
Expensive
Expressing emotion freely
Faithfulness; loyalty
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

14. Polarized
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Generous
Divided into two extremes
To cover

15. Histrionic
Critical
Not moderate; excessive
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

16. Sermonized
Dictator
Superficial
Gave moral lecture
Put off; procrastinate

17. Indulgent
Kindly; pampering
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Harmful
Supremely good

18. Convivial
Cannot be tolerated
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Sociable

19. Contagious
Fate - doom
Passed on through touch; infectious
To make legal; give approval to
Thorough; taking care of details

20. Consecrated
Vague
To make legal; give approval to
Useless; waste of time and effort
Dedicated; made holy

21. Inscrutable
Persuasive language
Not easy to comprehend
Devaluing; criticizing
Thick and sticky

22. Sycophants
Support
Expressing care and concern
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Toadies; flatterers

23. Dearth
Divided into two extremes
Suppressed
Gloomy
Shortage

24. Wistful
Juicy
Of great importance
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

25. Ambiguous
In a commanding manner
Big fire
Vague
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

26. Petulant
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Strong and sturdy
Sulky
Sociable

27. Advocate
Support
Worship; great praise
Annoy
Joining - speaking

28. Insufferable
To make legal; give approval to
Hostility; hatred
Cannot be tolerated
Devaluing; criticizing

29. Regressive
Neglectful
On and off; not continuous
Attacking verbally
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

30. Succulent
Revolutionary
Persuasive language
Juicy
Strong and sturdy

31. Somber
Gloomy
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Seeking money above all else

32. Vacillated
Revolutionary
Concerned with thinking
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Wavered; hesitated

33. Judicious
Fair; wise
Passed on through touch; infectious
Redness
On and off; not continuous

34. Futile
Narrow-minded
Sulky
Useless; waste of time and effort
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

35. Reprehensible
Annoy
Very bad
In a commanding manner
Thorough; taking care of details

36. Articulation
Vague
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Joining - speaking
Redness

37. Censure
Not easy to comprehend
Practicality
Thick and sticky
Blame; criticize

38. Idiosyncratic
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Very bad
Superficial
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

39. Connoisseurs
Persuasive language
Useless; waste of time and effort
Experts with good taste/judgment
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

40. Boorishness
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Dictator
Gloomy
Proving right

41. Vex
Presumed
Annoy
Supremely good
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

42. Thwarted
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Prevented
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Ordinary

43. Cursory
Neglectful
Superficial
Thick and sticky
Not moderate; excessive

44. Dalliance
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Seeking legal remedies

45. Integrity
Honor; honesty
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Fate - doom
Doubtful

46. Eulogy
Fair and equal
Praise
Proving right
Suppressed

47. Ineffable

48. Equitable
Fair and equal
Agreement
Not easy to comprehend
Expressing emotion freely

49. Callous
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
To make legal; give approval to
On and off; not continuous

50. Imperious
Persuasive language
Expressing care and concern
Disasters
In a commanding manner