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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. Insufferable
Attacking verbally
Cannot be tolerated
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Prevented

2. Fidelity
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Faithfulness; loyalty
Passed on through touch; infectious
Juicy

3. Consummate
Narrow-minded
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Supremely good
Seeking revenge

4. Arable

5. Meticulous
Expressing emotion freely
Strong and sturdy
Thorough; taking care of details
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

6. Floridity
Seeking legal remedies
Redness
Expensive
Prevented

7. Mercenary
Presumed
Medicinal
Seeking money above all else
Fair and equal

8. Idiosyncratic
Honor; honesty
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
In a commanding manner
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

9. Compendious
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Honor; honesty
Of great importance
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

10. Vindictive
Seeking revenge
Gloomy
Expensive
Superficial

11. Amiable
Divided into two extremes
Friendly - lovable
Medicinal
Fate - doom

12. Convivial
Harmful
Redness
Sociable
Dedicated; made holy

13. Formidable
Inspiring awe
An equal
Seeking revenge
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

14. Dubious
Disasters
Faithfulness; loyalty
Can't be expressed in words
Doubtful

15. Debacles
Disasters
Supremely good
To cover
Worship; great praise

16. Vex
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Compulsory
Revolutionary
Annoy

17. Inscrutable
Not easy to comprehend
Tone of voice
Divided into two extremes
Depth (of ideas/thought)

18. Haranguing
Attacking verbally
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Sulky
In a commanding manner

19. Succulent
Very bad
Juicy
Concerned with thinking
Dictator

20. Solicitous
Not easy to comprehend
Redness
Prevented
Expressing care and concern

21. Reprehensible
Neglectful
Useless; waste of time and effort
Very bad
Dictator

22. Sedulous
Fate - doom
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Thorough; eager
Inspiring awe

23. Contagious
Prevented
Very bad
Over-simplified
Passed on through touch; infectious

24. Callous
Kindly; pampering
Agreement
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

25. Nemesis
Superficial
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Expressing care and concern
Fate - doom

26. Bountiful
Harmful
Generous
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

27. Prosaic
To cover
Ordinary
Faithfulness; loyalty
Attacking verbally

28. Equitable
Fair and equal
Kindly; pampering
In a commanding manner
Very bad

29. Fastidious
Big fire
Worship; great praise
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Compulsory

30. Conciliatory
Too sweet; over sentimental
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Strong and sturdy

31. Integrity
Vague
Disasters
Honor; honesty
Sociable

32. Cursory
Practicality
Cannot be tolerated
In a commanding manner
Superficial

33. Conflagration
Big fire
Put off; procrastinate
Annoy
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

34. Viscous
Passed on through touch; infectious
Thick and sticky
Seeking legal remedies
Not moderate; excessive

35. Sycophants
Tone of voice
Expressing care and concern
Toadies; flatterers
Over-simplified

36. Toadies
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Agreement
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Seeking money above all else

37. Rhetoric
Dedicated; made holy
Annoy
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Persuasive language

38. Profundity
Big fire
Agreement
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Seeking revenge

39. Polarized
Agreement
Redness
Divided into two extremes
Fair; wise

40. Wistful
Proving right
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Seeking money above all else

41. Animosity
Persuasive language
Practicality
Hostility; hatred
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

42. Corpulence
Useless; waste of time and effort
Being fat
Disasters
Of great importance

43. Treacly
Proving right
Too sweet; over sentimental
Neglectful
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

44. Somber
Fair and equal
Seeking legal remedies
Gloomy
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

45. Dearth
Support
Juicy
Shortage
Presumed

46. Autocrat
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Not moderate; excessive
Dictator

47. Litigious
Disasters
Blame; criticize
Cannot be tolerated
Seeking legal remedies

48. Magnanimous
Shortage
Thick and sticky
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

49. Vindication
Useless; waste of time and effort
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Proving right
Attacking verbally

50. Ineffable