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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. Amiable
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Friendly - lovable
Sociable
Gave moral lecture

2. Radical
Support
Revolutionary
Concerned with thinking
Sulky

3. Steadfastness
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Persuasive language
Praise
An equal

4. Shroud
Redness
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
To cover
Fair; wise

5. Vindication
Praise
Proving right
Honor; honesty
Dictator

6. Consecrated
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Praise
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Dedicated; made holy

7. Indulgent
Of great importance
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Put off; procrastinate
Kindly; pampering

8. Convivial
Worship; great praise
Sociable
Thorough; eager
Experts with good taste/judgment

9. Temporize
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Dedicated; made holy
Put off; procrastinate
Expressing care and concern

10. Histrionic
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Strong and sturdy
Medicinal
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

11. Profundity
Praise
Something that makes better but does not cure
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Depth (of ideas/thought)

12. Viscous
Doubtful
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Thick and sticky
Redness

13. Regressive
Supremely good
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Kindly; pampering
Superficial

14. Concord
Agreement
Seeking money above all else
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Tone of voice

15. Prosaic
Juicy
Hostility; hatred
Toadies; flatterers
Ordinary

16. Arable

17. Sermonized
Thorough; eager
Gave moral lecture
Medicinal
Over-simplified

18. Redolent
Practicality
Useless; waste of time and effort
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

19. Animosity
Honor; honesty
Wavered; hesitated
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Hostility; hatred

20. Polarized
Kindly; pampering
Being fat
Divided into two extremes
Experts with good taste/judgment

21. Cerebral
Concerned with thinking
Over-simplified
In a commanding manner
Inspiring awe

22. Cursory
Shortage
Attacking verbally
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Superficial

23. Pragmatism
Over-simplified
Practicality
Dedicated; made holy
Thick and sticky

24. Robust
Harmful
On and off; not continuous
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Strong and sturdy

25. Rhetoric
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Hostility; hatred
To cover
Persuasive language

26. Ambiguous
Expensive
Wavered; hesitated
Disasters
Vague

27. Opacity
Supremely good
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Of great importance
Revolutionary

28. Formidable
Inspiring awe
Shortage
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Lack of transparency; being opaque

29. Idiosyncratic
Passed on through touch; infectious
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
On and off; not continuous
Juicy

30. Toadies
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Blame; criticize
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Expressing emotion freely

31. Litigious
Seeking legal remedies
Generous
Doubtful
Cannot be tolerated

32. Lavish
Juicy
Expensive
Joining - speaking
Tendency; leaning' predilection

33. Contagious
Passed on through touch; infectious
Critical
Praise
Inspiring awe

34. Disparaging
Not easy to comprehend
Sociable
Critical
Faithfulness; loyalty

35. Presumptive
Proving right
Experts with good taste/judgment
Presumed
Fair; wise

36. Conflagration
Expressing care and concern
Critical
Superficial
Big fire

37. Reprehensible
Very bad
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Juicy
Superficial

38. Nemesis
Fate - doom
Faithfulness; loyalty
Cannot be tolerated
Over-simplified

39. Judicious
Hostility; hatred
Fair; wise
Friendly - lovable
Faithfulness; loyalty

40. Insular
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Not easy to comprehend
Narrow-minded
Seeking money above all else

41. Depreciatory
Experts with good taste/judgment
Can't be expressed in words
Devaluing; criticizing
Superficial

42. Succulent
Disasters
Of great importance
Experts with good taste/judgment
Juicy

43. Remiss
Superficial
Narrow-minded
Praise
Neglectful

44. Petulant
Joining - speaking
Expressing care and concern
Sulky
Dedicated; made holy

45. Deleterious
In a commanding manner
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Harmful
Not easy to comprehend

46. Compendious
Doubtful
Support
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Superficial

47. Floridity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Redness
Gave moral lecture
Kindly; pampering

48. Eulogy
Generous
Praise
Seeking revenge
Depth (of ideas/thought)

49. Sycophants
Toadies; flatterers
Revolutionary
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Being fat

50. Callous
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Not moderate; excessive
Compulsory
Sociable