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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. Dubious
Doubtful
Seeking money above all else
An equal
Of great importance

2. Intemperate
Strong and sturdy
Not moderate; excessive
Harmful
Thorough; eager

3. Redolent
Tone of voice
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Sulky
Expensive

4. Rhetoric
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Faithfulness; loyalty
Persuasive language
Over-simplified

5. Sedulous
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Thorough; eager
Not easy to comprehend
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

6. Prosaic
Medicinal
Expensive
Blame; criticize
Ordinary

7. Equitable
Critical
Fair and equal
On and off; not continuous
Narrow-minded

8. Mercenary
Seeking money above all else
Compulsory
Supremely good
Put off; procrastinate

9. Corpulence
Big fire
Being fat
Can't be expressed in words
Honor; honesty

10. Adulation
In a commanding manner
Worship; great praise
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Shortage

11. Amiable
Cannot be tolerated
Blame; criticize
Friendly - lovable
Dedicated; made holy

12. Judicious
Not moderate; excessive
Being fat
Fair; wise
Compulsory

13. Futile
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Divided into two extremes
Proving right
Useless; waste of time and effort

14. Robust
Honor; honesty
Supremely good
Very bad
Strong and sturdy

15. Depreciatory
Hostility; hatred
On and off; not continuous
Devaluing; criticizing
Thick and sticky

16. Dearth
Shortage
In a commanding manner
Persuasive language
Tendency; leaning' predilection

17. Succulent
Over-simplified
Expressing emotion freely
Juicy
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

18. Eulogy
Worship; great praise
Shortage
To make legal; give approval to
Praise

19. Sycophants
Toadies; flatterers
Compulsory
Expressing care and concern
Proving right

20. Insufferable
To make legal; give approval to
Generous
Worship; great praise
Cannot be tolerated

21. Boorishness
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
To make legal; give approval to
Passed on through touch; infectious

22. Intermittent
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
On and off; not continuous
Very bad
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

23. Bountiful
Generous
Too sweet; over sentimental
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Put off; procrastinate

24. Integrity
Expressing care and concern
Thorough; taking care of details
Honor; honesty
Inspiring awe

25. Cerebral
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Concerned with thinking
Support
Proving right

26. Somber
Suppressed
Gloomy
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Supremely good

27. Thwarted
Something that makes better but does not cure
Gloomy
Prevented
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

28. Formidable
Inspiring awe
Hostility; hatred
Experts with good taste/judgment
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

29. Fidelity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Put off; procrastinate
Faithfulness; loyalty
Attacking verbally

30. Consummate
Seeking revenge
Expressing care and concern
Presumed
Supremely good

31. Pragmatism
Neglectful
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Useless; waste of time and effort
Practicality

32. Treacly
Thorough; taking care of details
Too sweet; over sentimental
Kindly; pampering
Agreement

33. Propensity

34. Vindication
Faithfulness; loyalty
Proving right
Critical
Strong and sturdy

35. Censure
Blame; criticize
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Narrow-minded
Useless; waste of time and effort

36. Connoisseurs
Prevented
Sulky
On and off; not continuous
Experts with good taste/judgment

37. Shroud
Cannot be tolerated
To cover
Doubtful
To make legal; give approval to

38. Legitimate
Of great importance
Superficial
Over-simplified
To make legal; give approval to

39. Deleterious
In a commanding manner
To cover
Harmful
Generous

40. Radical
Revolutionary
Something that makes better but does not cure
Hostility; hatred
Lack of transparency; being opaque

41. Arable

42. Conciliatory
Prevented
Toadies; flatterers
Over-simplified
Bringing together; ending a dispute

43. Dalliance
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Fate - doom
Fair and equal

44. Sermonized
Kindly; pampering
Annoy
Sulky
Gave moral lecture

45. Meticulous
Concerned with thinking
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Vague
Thorough; taking care of details

46. Inscrutable
Not easy to comprehend
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Medicinal
Thorough; eager

47. Disparaging
Critical
Medicinal
Can't be expressed in words
Praise

48. Consecrated
Dedicated; made holy
Agreement
Very bad
Thick and sticky

49. Autocrat
Passed on through touch; infectious
Dictator
Being fat
Depth (of ideas/thought)

50. Profundity
Agreement
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Thick and sticky
Being fat