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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. Palliative
Something that makes better but does not cure
Praise
Concerned with thinking
Sociable

2. Boorishness
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Harmful
Supremely good
Compulsory

3. Robust
Thorough; taking care of details
To make legal; give approval to
Attacking verbally
Strong and sturdy

4. Consecrated
Can't be expressed in words
Expressing emotion freely
Dictator
Dedicated; made holy

5. Futile
Concerned with thinking
Fair; wise
Useless; waste of time and effort
Fate - doom

6. Momentous
Of great importance
Annoy
Disasters
Dictator

7. Pragmatism
Practicality
Wavered; hesitated
Of great importance
Disasters

8. Ambiguous
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Vague
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Cannot be tolerated

9. Conciliatory
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Fate - doom
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

10. Fastidious
Thick and sticky
Concerned with thinking
Useless; waste of time and effort
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

11. Opacity
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Seeking legal remedies
Agreement
Thorough; taking care of details

12. Corpulence
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Wavered; hesitated
Shortage
Being fat

13. Histrionic
Useless; waste of time and effort
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Of great importance
Faithfulness; loyalty

14. Mercenary
Seeking money above all else
Expensive
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

15. Facile
Over-simplified
Divided into two extremes
Expensive
Redness

16. Articulation
Thorough; eager
Expressing care and concern
Kindly; pampering
Joining - speaking

17. Inscrutable
Not easy to comprehend
Kindly; pampering
Seeking money above all else
Strong and sturdy

18. Petulant
Over-simplified
Not moderate; excessive
Sulky
Proving right

19. Imperious
Put off; procrastinate
In a commanding manner
Compulsory
Praise

20. Eulogy
Praise
Of great importance
Sociable
Tendency; leaning' predilection

21. Dubious
Thick and sticky
Presumed
Gloomy
Doubtful

22. Polarized
Divided into two extremes
In a commanding manner
Devaluing; criticizing
Generous

23. Nemesis
Fate - doom
Shortage
Juicy
Honor; honesty

24. Censure
Inspiring awe
Annoy
Too sweet; over sentimental
Blame; criticize

25. Connoisseurs
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Put off; procrastinate
Experts with good taste/judgment
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

26. Compendious
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Thorough; eager
Compulsory
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

27. Reprehensible
Very bad
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Prevented
Toadies; flatterers

28. Haranguing
Attacking verbally
Critical
Seeking money above all else
Joining - speaking

29. Ineffable

30. Vindication
Support
Neglectful
Proving right
Devaluing; criticizing

31. Shroud
Not easy to comprehend
Fair; wise
To cover
Fate - doom

32. Meticulous
Concerned with thinking
Dedicated; made holy
Vague
Thorough; taking care of details

33. Insufferable
Proving right
Dedicated; made holy
Cannot be tolerated
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

34. Adulation
Support
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Worship; great praise
Presumed

35. Treacly
Too sweet; over sentimental
Vague
In a commanding manner
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

36. Rhetoric
Persuasive language
Divided into two extremes
Thorough; taking care of details
Cannot be tolerated

37. Sermonized
Over-simplified
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Gave moral lecture
Bringing together; ending a dispute

38. Amiable
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Friendly - lovable
Compulsory
Thorough; eager

39. Vindictive
Useless; waste of time and effort
An equal
Practicality
Seeking revenge

40. Dalliance
Blame; criticize
Support
Toadies; flatterers
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

41. Profundity
Seeking money above all else
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Redness
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

42. Intemperate
Medicinal
Gloomy
Not moderate; excessive
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

43. Quelled
Thorough; eager
Medicinal
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Suppressed

44. Radical
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Superficial
Revolutionary
Critical

45. Idiosyncratic
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Worship; great praise
Juicy
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

46. Propensity

47. Judicious
Fair; wise
Concerned with thinking
Agreement
Strong and sturdy

48. Disparaging
Fate - doom
Passed on through touch; infectious
Critical
Seeking legal remedies

49. Sedulous
Ordinary
Thorough; eager
Divided into two extremes
Inspiring awe

50. Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Persuasive language
Thorough; taking care of details
Revolutionary