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SAT Vocab 2010 2011

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Answer 50 questions in 20 minutes. 1 minute extra for reading the instructions.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Mandatory
Thorough; taking care of details
An equal
Prevented
Compulsory

2. Cerebral
Too sweet; over sentimental
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Concerned with thinking
Dictator

3. Futile
Useless; waste of time and effort
Wavered; hesitated
Expressing care and concern
An equal

4. Prosaic
To make legal; give approval to
Ordinary
Concerned with thinking
Dedicated; made holy

5. Sermonized
Gave moral lecture
In a commanding manner
Divided into two extremes
Cannot be tolerated

6. Wistful
Hostility; hatred
Shortage
Agreement
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

7. Magnanimous
Strong and sturdy
Passed on through touch; infectious
Proving right
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

8. Petulant
Shortage
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Sociable
Sulky

9. Compendious
Sulky
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Strong and sturdy
Something that makes better but does not cure

10. Debacles
Narrow-minded
Disasters
Worship; great praise
Devaluing; criticizing

11. Succulent
Cannot be tolerated
Hostility; hatred
Narrow-minded
Juicy

12. Treacly
Too sweet; over sentimental
Seeking revenge
Attacking verbally
Strong and sturdy

13. Viscous
Thick and sticky
Seeking revenge
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Suppressed

14. Radical
Neglectful
Not moderate; excessive
Revolutionary
Supremely good

15. Intemperate
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Not moderate; excessive
Seeking money above all else

16. Nemesis
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Too sweet; over sentimental
Fate - doom
Put off; procrastinate

17. Autocrat
Praise
Divided into two extremes
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Dictator

18. Adulation
Compulsory
In a commanding manner
Worship; great praise
Not moderate; excessive

19. Eulogy
Practicality
Hostility; hatred
Sociable
Praise

20. Rhetoric
Of great importance
Sociable
Persuasive language
Faithfulness; loyalty

21. Formidable
Disasters
Inspiring awe
Can't be expressed in words
Support

22. Redolent
Prevented
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Devaluing; criticizing
Agreement

23. Bountiful
Thorough; eager
Generous
Divided into two extremes
Practicality

24. Histrionic
Gave moral lecture
Fate - doom
Concerned with thinking
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

25. Therapeutic
Not easy to comprehend
Medicinal
Friendly - lovable
Dedicated; made holy

26. Propensity

27. Mercenary
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Seeking money above all else
Presumed
Supremely good

28. Quelled
Suppressed
Practicality
Ordinary
Support

29. Reprehensible
Very bad
Thorough; eager
Tendency; leaning' predilection
In a commanding manner

30. Facile
Practicality
Hostility; hatred
Wavered; hesitated
Over-simplified

31. Palliative
Generous
Proving right
Compulsory
Something that makes better but does not cure

32. Ineffable

33. Sycophants
Toadies; flatterers
Juicy
Dedicated; made holy
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

34. Vindictive
Thick and sticky
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Seeking revenge
Can't be expressed in words

35. Imperious
Passed on through touch; infectious
In a commanding manner
Persuasive language
Strong and sturdy

36. Connoisseurs
Not moderate; excessive
Experts with good taste/judgment
Sulky
Agreement

37. Disparaging
Friendly - lovable
Practicality
Critical
Bringing together; ending a dispute

38. Steadfastness
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Of great importance
Being fat

39. Momentous
Of great importance
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Practicality
Seeking money above all else

40. Polarized
Not easy to comprehend
Seeking money above all else
Divided into two extremes
Not moderate; excessive

41. Demonstrative
Seeking revenge
Expressing emotion freely
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

42. Vindication
Juicy
Expressing emotion freely
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Proving right

43. Contagious
Strong and sturdy
To cover
Persuasive language
Passed on through touch; infectious

44. Temporize
Expensive
Put off; procrastinate
Useless; waste of time and effort
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

45. Profundity
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Ordinary
Thick and sticky

46. Dalliance
Supremely good
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Useless; waste of time and effort
Narrow-minded

47. Regressive
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Redness
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Praise

48. Vex
Sociable
Neglectful
Being fat
Annoy

49. Opacity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Generous

50. Consummate
Attacking verbally
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Supremely good
Inspiring awe