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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. Vindictive
Toadies; flatterers
Seeking revenge
Harmful
Worship; great praise

2. Convivial
Sulky
Sociable
Not moderate; excessive
Put off; procrastinate

3. Momentous
Harmful
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Not easy to comprehend
Of great importance

4. Presumptive
Concerned with thinking
Divided into two extremes
On and off; not continuous
Presumed

5. Therapeutic
Medicinal
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Suppressed
To cover

6. Dubious
Seeking revenge
Expensive
Sulky
Doubtful

7. Fidelity
On and off; not continuous
Faithfulness; loyalty
Over-simplified
Wavered; hesitated

8. Articulation
Ordinary
Sociable
Joining - speaking
Seeking legal remedies

9. Vex
Annoy
Support
Over-simplified
Agreement

10. Mandatory
Critical
Faithfulness; loyalty
Blame; criticize
Compulsory

11. Advocate
Big fire
Support
Devaluing; criticizing
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

12. Amiable
Agreement
Friendly - lovable
Fate - doom
Vague

13. Cursory
Attacking verbally
Passed on through touch; infectious
Superficial
Bringing together; ending a dispute

14. Meticulous
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Thorough; taking care of details
Expressing emotion freely
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

15. Vacillated
Fate - doom
To make legal; give approval to
On and off; not continuous
Wavered; hesitated

16. Equitable
To make legal; give approval to
Sociable
Experts with good taste/judgment
Fair and equal

17. Disparaging
Critical
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Gloomy
Tendency; leaning' predilection

18. Futile
Useless; waste of time and effort
Persuasive language
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Tone of voice

19. Somber
Thorough; taking care of details
Thick and sticky
Gloomy
Hostility; hatred

20. Quelled
To cover
Kindly; pampering
Suppressed
In a commanding manner

21. Rhetoric
To make legal; give approval to
Persuasive language
Attacking verbally
Depth (of ideas/thought)

22. Wistful
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Proving right
Of great importance
Revolutionary

23. Litigious
Critical
Compulsory
Honor; honesty
Seeking legal remedies

24. Sycophants
Being fat
Toadies; flatterers
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Proving right

25. Reprehensible
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Passed on through touch; infectious
Very bad
Supremely good

26. Concord
Sulky
Over-simplified
Redness
Agreement

27. Boorishness
Of great importance
Being fat
Put off; procrastinate
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

28. Conflagration
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Big fire
Medicinal
Kindly; pampering

29. Legitimate
In a commanding manner
To make legal; give approval to
Narrow-minded
To cover

30. Temporize
Divided into two extremes
Kindly; pampering
Gave moral lecture
Put off; procrastinate

31. Dearth
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Seeking revenge
Shortage
Persuasive language

32. Ambiguous
Thorough; eager
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Vague
Agreement

33. Robust
Strong and sturdy
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Experts with good taste/judgment
Juicy

34. Histrionic
An equal
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Devaluing; criticizing
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

35. Corpulence
Persuasive language
Being fat
Vague
Neglectful

36. Compendious
Critical
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Medicinal
Thorough; eager

37. Fastidious
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Vague
To cover

38. Toadies
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Wavered; hesitated
Ordinary
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

39. Remiss
Toadies; flatterers
Neglectful
Expressing care and concern
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

40. Profundity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Friendly - lovable
Attacking verbally

41. Intonation
Presumed
Tone of voice
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Can't be expressed in words

42. Prosaic
Ordinary
Gave moral lecture
Seeking legal remedies
Doubtful

43. Adulation
Being fat
Faithfulness; loyalty
Worship; great praise
Disasters

44. Autocrat
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Dictator

45. Treacly
Thorough; taking care of details
Too sweet; over sentimental
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Passed on through touch; infectious

46. Insular
Narrow-minded
Toadies; flatterers
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Hostility; hatred

47. Debacles
Redness
Seeking revenge
Of great importance
Disasters

48. Haranguing
Blame; criticize
Seeking money above all else
In a commanding manner
Attacking verbally

49. Censure
Blame; criticize
Ordinary
To make legal; give approval to
Faithfulness; loyalty

50. Integrity
Experts with good taste/judgment
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Hostility; hatred
Honor; honesty