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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. Quelled
Suppressed
Expressing emotion freely
Seeking legal remedies
Thorough; eager

2. Presumptive
Something that makes better but does not cure
Revolutionary
Presumed
Prevented

3. Dearth
Toadies; flatterers
Expressing care and concern
Shortage
Big fire

4. Prosaic
Ordinary
Of great importance
Critical
Divided into two extremes

5. Legitimate
Blame; criticize
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Thorough; taking care of details
To make legal; give approval to

6. Vex
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Being fat
Generous
Annoy

7. Sycophants
Toadies; flatterers
Persuasive language
Thorough; taking care of details
Dictator

8. Solicitous
Praise
Expressing care and concern
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Can't be expressed in words

9. Mandatory
Being fat
Compulsory
Worship; great praise
Dedicated; made holy

10. Disparaging
Being fat
Devaluing; criticizing
Critical
Vague

11. Therapeutic
Fair and equal
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Fair; wise
Medicinal

12. Consummate
Over-simplified
Supremely good
Seeking money above all else
Neglectful

13. Concord
Doubtful
Seeking legal remedies
Shortage
Agreement

14. Vindictive
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Fair and equal
Seeking revenge
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

15. Somber
Gloomy
Disasters
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Annoy

16. Intonation
Blame; criticize
Fair and equal
Concerned with thinking
Tone of voice

17. Censure
Blame; criticize
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Very bad

18. Cursory
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Superficial
Joining - speaking
Fate - doom

19. Articulation
Suppressed
Joining - speaking
To make legal; give approval to
Friendly - lovable

20. Rhetoric
Neglectful
Revolutionary
Toadies; flatterers
Persuasive language

21. Insular
Very bad
Narrow-minded
Big fire
Blame; criticize

22. Wistful
Faithfulness; loyalty
Agreement
Divided into two extremes
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

23. Profundity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Divided into two extremes
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Persuasive language

24. Remiss
Not easy to comprehend
Neglectful
Devaluing; criticizing
Experts with good taste/judgment

25. Litigious
Expensive
Generous
Thorough; eager
Seeking legal remedies

26. Pragmatism
Practicality
Strong and sturdy
On and off; not continuous
Disasters

27. Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Gave moral lecture
Expensive
Very bad

28. Conciliatory
Dedicated; made holy
Not moderate; excessive
Gave moral lecture
Bringing together; ending a dispute

29. Intermittent
On and off; not continuous
Suppressed
Hostility; hatred
Honor; honesty

30. Advocate
Suppressed
Honor; honesty
Expressing care and concern
Support

31. Palliative
Being fat
Disasters
Devaluing; criticizing
Something that makes better but does not cure

32. Integrity
Practicality
Honor; honesty
Juicy
Annoy

33. Callous
Gave moral lecture
Expressing care and concern
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Toadies; flatterers

34. Robust
Worship; great praise
Strong and sturdy
Over-simplified
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

35. Compendious
Attacking verbally
Neglectful
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Over-simplified

36. Facile
Annoy
Kindly; pampering
Expressing care and concern
Over-simplified

37. Peer
Fate - doom
Support
An equal
Persuasive language

38. Floridity
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Redness
Agreement
Worship; great praise

39. Histrionic
Cannot be tolerated
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Inspiring awe

40. Consecrated
Dedicated; made holy
Suppressed
Inspiring awe
Shortage

41. Opacity
Thorough; taking care of details
Thorough; eager
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

42. Corpulence
Being fat
Juicy
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Agreement

43. Futile
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Superficial
Useless; waste of time and effort
Persuasive language

44. Reprehensible
Very bad
Not moderate; excessive
Redness
Medicinal

45. Dalliance
Hostility; hatred
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Ordinary

46. Conflagration
Something that makes better but does not cure
Big fire
Doubtful
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

47. Bountiful
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Dictator
Generous

48. Propensity

49. Nemesis
Expressing emotion freely
Thick and sticky
Fate - doom
On and off; not continuous

50. Autocrat
Dictator
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way