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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. Animosity
Disasters
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Hostility; hatred
Thick and sticky

2. Compendious
Revolutionary
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Expressing care and concern

3. Cerebral
Concerned with thinking
Thick and sticky
Praise
Cannot be tolerated

4. Debacles
Experts with good taste/judgment
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Disasters
Proving right

5. Rhetoric
An equal
Practicality
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Persuasive language

6. Prosaic
Redness
Tone of voice
Ordinary
Wavered; hesitated

7. Profundity
Expressing emotion freely
Divided into two extremes
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

8. Disparaging
Seeking revenge
Persuasive language
Put off; procrastinate
Critical

9. Intonation
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Tone of voice
Not easy to comprehend
Being fat

10. Vacillated
Experts with good taste/judgment
Wavered; hesitated
Thick and sticky
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

11. Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Expensive
Expressing emotion freely

12. Legitimate
Something that makes better but does not cure
Fair and equal
Of great importance
To make legal; give approval to

13. Remiss
Kindly; pampering
Fair; wise
Over-simplified
Neglectful

14. Thwarted
Cannot be tolerated
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Prevented
Disasters

15. Dalliance
Seeking legal remedies
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Of great importance
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

16. Censure
Thorough; eager
Blame; criticize
Shortage
Joining - speaking

17. Consecrated
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Dedicated; made holy
Fate - doom
Gave moral lecture

18. Momentous
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Of great importance
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

19. Toadies
Persuasive language
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Redness
Not moderate; excessive

20. Dearth
Superficial
Praise
Toadies; flatterers
Shortage

21. Radical
Compulsory
Revolutionary
Wavered; hesitated
Seeking legal remedies

22. Insular
Narrow-minded
To cover
Practicality
Tone of voice

23. Vex
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
To make legal; give approval to
Juicy
Annoy

24. Integrity
Support
Honor; honesty
Tone of voice
Inspiring awe

25. Haranguing
Attacking verbally
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Neglectful
Proving right

26. Dubious
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Passed on through touch; infectious
Doubtful
Friendly - lovable

27. Floridity
Narrow-minded
Redness
Fair and equal
Suppressed

28. Formidable
Inspiring awe
Prevented
Of great importance
In a commanding manner

29. Callous
Hostility; hatred
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Fair and equal
Narrow-minded

30. Connoisseurs
Can't be expressed in words
Experts with good taste/judgment
Strong and sturdy
Fair and equal

31. Fastidious
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Expensive
Neglectful
Disasters

32. Treacly
Too sweet; over sentimental
Generous
Hostility; hatred
Thick and sticky

33. Futile
Thorough; eager
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Useless; waste of time and effort
Inspiring awe

34. Temporize
Put off; procrastinate
Concerned with thinking
Wavered; hesitated
To make legal; give approval to

35. Convivial
Expressing care and concern
Juicy
Sociable
Experts with good taste/judgment

36. Meticulous
Can't be expressed in words
Cannot be tolerated
Generous
Thorough; taking care of details

37. Cursory
An equal
Suppressed
Superficial
On and off; not continuous

38. Arable

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39. Inscrutable
Something that makes better but does not cure
In a commanding manner
Of great importance
Not easy to comprehend

40. Mandatory
Compulsory
Critical
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Of great importance

41. Palliative
An equal
Being fat
Something that makes better but does not cure
Generous

42. Vindictive
Strong and sturdy
Divided into two extremes
Seeking revenge
Thorough; eager

43. Equitable
Gave moral lecture
Expensive
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Fair and equal

44. Contagious
Neglectful
Of great importance
Passed on through touch; infectious
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

45. Somber
Fair; wise
Sociable
Gloomy
Juicy

46. Quelled
Fate - doom
Suppressed
Put off; procrastinate
To make legal; give approval to

47. Litigious
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Kindly; pampering
Seeking legal remedies
Prevented

48. Opacity
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Big fire
Praise
Lack of transparency; being opaque

49. Imperious
Expensive
Not moderate; excessive
In a commanding manner
An equal

50. Reprehensible
Expensive
Not moderate; excessive
Very bad
Cruel; hard and unfeeling