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SAT Vocab 2010 2011

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1. Demonstrative
Gloomy
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Expressing emotion freely
Tendency; leaning' predilection

2. Conciliatory
Not moderate; excessive
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Agreement

3. Vacillated
Friendly - lovable
Wavered; hesitated
Devaluing; criticizing
Thorough; taking care of details

4. Corpulence
Suppressed
An equal
Gave moral lecture
Being fat

5. Floridity
Prevented
Redness
Shortage
Thorough; eager

6. Cursory
Compulsory
Can't be expressed in words
Presumed
Superficial

7. Somber
Hostility; hatred
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Presumed
Gloomy

8. Sermonized
Concerned with thinking
Put off; procrastinate
Gave moral lecture
Presumed

9. Consecrated
Dedicated; made holy
Toadies; flatterers
Juicy
Praise

10. Animosity
Tone of voice
Sociable
Fair and equal
Hostility; hatred

11. Regressive
Friendly - lovable
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Fair; wise
Inspiring awe

12. Redolent
Seeking money above all else
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Fair and equal
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

13. Dearth
Shortage
Practicality
Over-simplified
Lack of transparency; being opaque

14. Intonation
Wavered; hesitated
Expensive
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Tone of voice

15. Succulent
Gloomy
Of great importance
Juicy
Passed on through touch; infectious

16. Vindictive
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Seeking revenge
Concerned with thinking
Neglectful

17. Imperious
In a commanding manner
Narrow-minded
Being fat
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

18. Meticulous
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Thorough; taking care of details
Expressing emotion freely
Generous

19. Polarized
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Redness
Superficial
Divided into two extremes

20. Steadfastness
Useless; waste of time and effort
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Superficial
Shortage

21. Ineffable

22. Debacles
Dictator
Honor; honesty
Disasters
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

23. Convivial
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Faithfulness; loyalty
Sociable
Support

24. Contagious
Attacking verbally
To cover
Passed on through touch; infectious
Big fire

25. Profundity
Supremely good
Compulsory
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Juicy

26. Mandatory
Not easy to comprehend
Gave moral lecture
Compulsory
Fair and equal

27. Futile
Useless; waste of time and effort
In a commanding manner
Gloomy
Disasters

28. Mercenary
Seeking money above all else
Thick and sticky
To cover
Doubtful

29. Robust
Supremely good
Joining - speaking
In a commanding manner
Strong and sturdy

30. Temporize
Hostility; hatred
Put off; procrastinate
Divided into two extremes
Big fire

31. Intermittent
Concerned with thinking
Put off; procrastinate
Depth (of ideas/thought)
On and off; not continuous

32. Advocate
Support
Something that makes better but does not cure
Superficial
Honor; honesty

33. Articulation
Generous
Joining - speaking
Proving right
Redness

34. Peer
Fate - doom
An equal
Shortage
Concerned with thinking

35. Magnanimous
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Cannot be tolerated
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Shortage

36. Deleterious
Seeking legal remedies
Friendly - lovable
Harmful
Thick and sticky

37. Nemesis
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Practicality
Strong and sturdy
Fate - doom

38. Dubious
Dictator
Passed on through touch; infectious
Doubtful
Cannot be tolerated

39. Quelled
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Revolutionary
Suppressed
Worship; great praise

40. Boorishness
Compulsory
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Supremely good
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

41. Autocrat
Prevented
Gloomy
Dictator
Fair; wise

42. Opacity
Wavered; hesitated
Critical
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

43. Integrity
Honor; honesty
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Being fat
Thick and sticky

44. Remiss
Honor; honesty
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Strong and sturdy
Neglectful

45. Reprehensible
Fair; wise
Disasters
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Very bad

46. Ambiguous
Sulky
Being fat
Vague
To cover

47. Sedulous
Too sweet; over sentimental
Shortage
Thorough; eager
Honor; honesty

48. Rhetoric
Divided into two extremes
Passed on through touch; infectious
Persuasive language
Sulky

49. Cerebral
Concerned with thinking
Revolutionary
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Fair and equal

50. Inscrutable
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Not easy to comprehend
Thick and sticky
Expressing emotion freely