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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. Vex
Neglectful
Annoy
Cannot be tolerated
Superficial

2. Dalliance
Not easy to comprehend
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Honor; honesty
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

3. Sermonized
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Toadies; flatterers
Vague
Gave moral lecture

4. Contagious
Expressing emotion freely
Dedicated; made holy
Passed on through touch; infectious
Fair and equal

5. Animosity
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Dedicated; made holy
Harmful
Hostility; hatred

6. Presumptive
Hostility; hatred
Shortage
Persuasive language
Presumed

7. Peer
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Thick and sticky
An equal
Sociable

8. Dearth
Shortage
Sociable
Thorough; eager
Seeking money above all else

9. Floridity
Big fire
Medicinal
Redness
Tendency; leaning' predilection

10. Haranguing
In a commanding manner
Attacking verbally
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

11. Shroud
Expressing care and concern
To cover
Thorough; eager
Concerned with thinking

12. Viscous
Sulky
Can't be expressed in words
Fair and equal
Thick and sticky

13. Articulation
Seeking revenge
Joining - speaking
Neglectful
Tone of voice

14. Judicious
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Useless; waste of time and effort
Fair and equal
Fair; wise

15. Magnanimous
Revolutionary
To cover
Seeking legal remedies
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

16. Regressive
Can't be expressed in words
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Seeking revenge

17. Consecrated
Dedicated; made holy
Praise
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
To cover

18. Somber
Of great importance
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Gloomy
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

19. Profundity
Presumed
Fair and equal
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Worship; great praise

20. Connoisseurs
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Too sweet; over sentimental
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Experts with good taste/judgment

21. Solicitous
Expressing care and concern
Attacking verbally
Put off; procrastinate
Practicality

22. Idiosyncratic
Prevented
Seeking money above all else
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

23. Litigious
Suppressed
On and off; not continuous
Wavered; hesitated
Seeking legal remedies

24. Mercenary
Toadies; flatterers
Seeking money above all else
Kindly; pampering
Redness

25. Formidable
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Inspiring awe
Agreement
Dedicated; made holy

26. Nemesis
Strong and sturdy
Fate - doom
Faithfulness; loyalty
Harmful

27. Ambiguous
Neglectful
Vague
Thorough; taking care of details
Tendency; leaning' predilection

28. Fastidious
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Expressing emotion freely
Being fat
Faithfulness; loyalty

29. Censure
Faithfulness; loyalty
Blame; criticize
Doubtful
Bringing together; ending a dispute

30. Rhetoric
Persuasive language
Compulsory
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Kindly; pampering

31. Cerebral
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Concerned with thinking
Of great importance
Toadies; flatterers

32. Remiss
Of great importance
To cover
Joining - speaking
Neglectful

33. Corpulence
Devaluing; criticizing
Seeking legal remedies
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Being fat

34. Sycophants
Shortage
Toadies; flatterers
Attacking verbally
Friendly - lovable

35. Autocrat
Hostility; hatred
Dictator
Tone of voice
Support

36. Momentous
Fair and equal
Thorough; taking care of details
Can't be expressed in words
Of great importance

37. Mandatory
Compulsory
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Can't be expressed in words
Thick and sticky

38. Intemperate
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Not moderate; excessive
Practicality
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

39. Sedulous
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Joining - speaking
Thorough; eager
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

40. Eulogy
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Praise
Critical
Gave moral lecture

41. Toadies
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Narrow-minded
Kindly; pampering
Worship; great praise

42. Lavish
Narrow-minded
Expensive
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

43. Adulation
Seeking revenge
Worship; great praise
Kindly; pampering
Toadies; flatterers

44. Demonstrative
Passed on through touch; infectious
Superficial
Supremely good
Expressing emotion freely

45. Imperious
Fair and equal
Persuasive language
Medicinal
In a commanding manner

46. Ineffable

47. Depreciatory
Seeking revenge
Devaluing; criticizing
Agreement
Redness

48. Deleterious
Of great importance
Harmful
Agreement
Over-simplified

49. Robust
Strong and sturdy
Harmful
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

50. Therapeutic
Generous
Attacking verbally
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Medicinal