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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. Reprehensible
Tone of voice
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Very bad
Sociable

2. Litigious
Superficial
In a commanding manner
Seeking legal remedies
On and off; not continuous

3. Robust
Strong and sturdy
Critical
Passed on through touch; infectious
An equal

4. Facile
Tone of voice
Prevented
Strong and sturdy
Over-simplified

5. Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Passed on through touch; infectious
Concerned with thinking
Put off; procrastinate

6. Consummate
Redness
Revolutionary
Supremely good
Generous

7. Polarized
Seeking money above all else
Ordinary
To make legal; give approval to
Divided into two extremes

8. Legitimate
Annoy
To make legal; give approval to
Fair and equal
To cover

9. Sermonized
Fair and equal
Thick and sticky
Gave moral lecture
Devaluing; criticizing

10. Fastidious
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Seeking legal remedies
Inspiring awe
To cover

11. Peer
Thick and sticky
An equal
Dedicated; made holy
Inspiring awe

12. Steadfastness
Blame; criticize
Superficial
In a commanding manner
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

13. Intonation
Tone of voice
Thorough; eager
Sulky
Disasters

14. Mercenary
Neglectful
Seeking money above all else
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

15. Quelled
Suppressed
Persuasive language
Wavered; hesitated
In a commanding manner

16. Autocrat
Dictator
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Put off; procrastinate

17. Deleterious
Harmful
Suppressed
Being fat
Divided into two extremes

18. Contagious
Passed on through touch; infectious
Suppressed
Thorough; eager
Not easy to comprehend

19. Imperious
Gave moral lecture
In a commanding manner
Honor; honesty
Strong and sturdy

20. Compendious
Toadies; flatterers
Practicality
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Strong and sturdy

21. Profundity
An equal
Inspiring awe
Attacking verbally
Depth (of ideas/thought)

22. Petulant
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Sulky
Tone of voice

23. Advocate
Of great importance
Support
Medicinal
Redness

24. Pragmatism
Practicality
Joining - speaking
Disasters
In a commanding manner

25. Debacles
Disasters
Seeking money above all else
Cannot be tolerated
On and off; not continuous

26. Histrionic
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Concerned with thinking
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Hostility; hatred

27. Floridity
Useless; waste of time and effort
On and off; not continuous
Dictator
Redness

28. Regressive
Presumed
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Worship; great praise
Dedicated; made holy

29. Convivial
Not easy to comprehend
Being fat
Sociable
Dictator

30. Disparaging
Critical
Generous
Suppressed
Sociable

31. Sycophants
Shortage
Superficial
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Toadies; flatterers

32. Vex
Proving right
Seeking money above all else
Annoy
Something that makes better but does not cure

33. Intermittent
Worship; great praise
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
On and off; not continuous
In a commanding manner

34. Demonstrative
Proving right
An equal
Sulky
Expressing emotion freely

35. Therapeutic
Can't be expressed in words
Medicinal
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Thorough; eager

36. Ambiguous
Toadies; flatterers
Vague
Ordinary
Expensive

37. Radical
Thick and sticky
Revolutionary
Medicinal
Support

38. Vacillated
Of great importance
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Wavered; hesitated
Inspiring awe

39. Dalliance
Supremely good
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Seeking money above all else
Generous

40. Conciliatory
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Doubtful
Fair; wise

41. Arable

42. Depreciatory
Devaluing; criticizing
Gloomy
Of great importance
Bringing together; ending a dispute

43. Articulation
Joining - speaking
Something that makes better but does not cure
Vague
Ordinary

44. Integrity
Over-simplified
Thick and sticky
Honor; honesty
Useless; waste of time and effort

45. Vindication
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Proving right
Kindly; pampering
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

46. Mandatory
Thorough; eager
Compulsory
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Generous

47. Presumptive
Put off; procrastinate
Dedicated; made holy
Presumed
Cannot be tolerated

48. Redolent
Fate - doom
Very bad
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

49. Sedulous
Supremely good
Critical
Thorough; eager
Tendency; leaning' predilection

50. Animosity
Useless; waste of time and effort
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Being fat
Hostility; hatred