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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
Seeking revenge
Hostility; hatred
Superficial
To make legal; give approval to

2. Disparaging
Big fire
Critical
Very bad
Thorough; taking care of details

3. Pragmatism
Friendly - lovable
Practicality
An equal
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

4. Conflagration
Gave moral lecture
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Toadies; flatterers
Big fire

5. Regressive
Hostility; hatred
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Joining - speaking
Blame; criticize

6. Peer
Dedicated; made holy
An equal
Bringing together; ending a dispute
To make legal; give approval to

7. Opacity
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Not easy to comprehend
Cannot be tolerated
To make legal; give approval to

8. Corpulence
Inspiring awe
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Put off; procrastinate
Being fat

9. Idiosyncratic
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Kindly; pampering
Can't be expressed in words

10. Prosaic
Ordinary
Sociable
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Wavered; hesitated

11. Fidelity
Expressing care and concern
Presumed
Critical
Faithfulness; loyalty

12. Insular
Narrow-minded
Fair and equal
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Worship; great praise

13. Profundity
Narrow-minded
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Kindly; pampering
Thorough; eager

14. Shroud
To cover
Honor; honesty
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Concerned with thinking

15. Presumptive
Expressing care and concern
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Presumed
Vague

16. Adulation
Useless; waste of time and effort
Praise
Worship; great praise
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

17. Polarized
Divided into two extremes
Wavered; hesitated
Big fire
Attacking verbally

18. Connoisseurs
Experts with good taste/judgment
Superficial
On and off; not continuous
Strong and sturdy

19. Steadfastness
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Expensive
Harmful
Revolutionary

20. Depreciatory
Devaluing; criticizing
Support
Revolutionary
Dictator

21. Insufferable
Praise
Sulky
Cannot be tolerated
Joining - speaking

22. Thwarted
Superficial
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Thick and sticky
Prevented

23. Momentous
Hostility; hatred
Of great importance
Presumed
Worship; great praise

24. Fastidious
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Attacking verbally
Joining - speaking
Worship; great praise

25. Sedulous
Not easy to comprehend
Devaluing; criticizing
Thorough; eager
Useless; waste of time and effort

26. Demonstrative
Too sweet; over sentimental
Presumed
Useless; waste of time and effort
Expressing emotion freely

27. Equitable
Fair and equal
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Suppressed
Practicality

28. Temporize
Kindly; pampering
Divided into two extremes
Agreement
Put off; procrastinate

29. Meticulous
Concerned with thinking
Can't be expressed in words
Big fire
Thorough; taking care of details

30. Deleterious
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Prevented
Harmful
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

31. Arable

32. Dearth
Shortage
Put off; procrastinate
Something that makes better but does not cure
Thorough; taking care of details

33. Solicitous
Thick and sticky
Expressing care and concern
Thorough; eager
Not easy to comprehend

34. Floridity
Can't be expressed in words
Doubtful
Redness
Very bad

35. Intermittent
Wavered; hesitated
Blame; criticize
On and off; not continuous
In a commanding manner

36. Remiss
Practicality
Shortage
Neglectful
Very bad

37. Facile
Over-simplified
Sulky
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Experts with good taste/judgment

38. Articulation
Harmful
Joining - speaking
Expensive
Passed on through touch; infectious

39. Intonation
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Tone of voice
In a commanding manner
Seeking revenge

40. Rhetoric
Superficial
Persuasive language
Supremely good
Neglectful

41. Lavish
Expensive
Kindly; pampering
Honor; honesty
Passed on through touch; infectious

42. Advocate
Support
Dictator
Thorough; taking care of details
Fair and equal

43. Concord
Redness
Agreement
Expensive
Expressing care and concern

44. Futile
Useless; waste of time and effort
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Fair; wise
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

45. Wistful
Sulky
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Prevented

46. Magnanimous
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Seeking revenge
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

47. Cerebral
An equal
Concerned with thinking
Narrow-minded
Persuasive language

48. Cursory
Superficial
Being fat
Strong and sturdy
Something that makes better but does not cure

49. Dubious
Devaluing; criticizing
Critical
To cover
Doubtful

50. Succulent
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
On and off; not continuous
Juicy
Big fire