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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. Nemesis
Not moderate; excessive
Experts with good taste/judgment
Fate - doom
Hostility; hatred

2. Reprehensible
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Compulsory
Disasters
Very bad

3. Debacles
Disasters
Compulsory
Useless; waste of time and effort
Being fat

4. Formidable
Doubtful
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
To cover
Inspiring awe

5. Propensity

6. Opacity
Shortage
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Of great importance
Lack of transparency; being opaque

7. Temporize
Persuasive language
Put off; procrastinate
Practicality
Passed on through touch; infectious

8. Intermittent
On and off; not continuous
Seeking money above all else
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Annoy

9. Corpulence
Being fat
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

10. Palliative
Superficial
Something that makes better but does not cure
Honor; honesty
Sociable

11. Legitimate
Thick and sticky
Redness
Of great importance
To make legal; give approval to

12. Treacly
Harmful
Useless; waste of time and effort
Too sweet; over sentimental
Over-simplified

13. Histrionic
Doubtful
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
To cover
Dedicated; made holy

14. Concord
Agreement
Fair and equal
Inspiring awe
Medicinal

15. Robust
Not easy to comprehend
Strong and sturdy
Revolutionary
Praise

16. Autocrat
Useless; waste of time and effort
Thorough; eager
Gloomy
Dictator

17. Therapeutic
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Can't be expressed in words
Medicinal
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

18. Wistful
Passed on through touch; infectious
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Over-simplified
Strong and sturdy

19. Adulation
Something that makes better but does not cure
Worship; great praise
Seeking legal remedies
Inspiring awe

20. Regressive
Too sweet; over sentimental
Very bad
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Sulky

21. Censure
Supremely good
Toadies; flatterers
Blame; criticize
Something that makes better but does not cure

22. Indulgent
Dedicated; made holy
Thorough; eager
Shortage
Kindly; pampering

23. Vex
Superficial
Sociable
Annoy
In a commanding manner

24. Depreciatory
Generous
Supremely good
Compulsory
Devaluing; criticizing

25. Boorishness
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Gave moral lecture
Something that makes better but does not cure
Thorough; eager

26. Advocate
Being fat
Concerned with thinking
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Support

27. Conciliatory
Honor; honesty
Fair; wise
Sulky
Bringing together; ending a dispute

28. Compendious
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Seeking money above all else
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

29. Litigious
Seeking legal remedies
To cover
Sulky
Very bad

30. Intonation
Expressing care and concern
Tone of voice
Gloomy
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

31. Radical
Revolutionary
Expensive
Cannot be tolerated
Toadies; flatterers

32. Succulent
Juicy
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Attacking verbally
Sociable

33. Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Inspiring awe
Toadies; flatterers
Disasters

34. Thwarted
Hostility; hatred
Prevented
Compulsory
Blame; criticize

35. Mandatory
Practicality
Generous
Inspiring awe
Compulsory

36. Vindictive
Useless; waste of time and effort
Persuasive language
Seeking revenge
Medicinal

37. Momentous
Lack of transparency; being opaque
An equal
Expressing care and concern
Of great importance

38. Sycophants
Expressing emotion freely
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Toadies; flatterers
Redness

39. Rhetoric
Thorough; eager
Persuasive language
Honor; honesty
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

40. Amiable
Sulky
Expressing emotion freely
Supremely good
Friendly - lovable

41. Peer
Big fire
An equal
Ordinary
Persuasive language

42. Fastidious
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Practicality

43. Pragmatism
Practicality
Dedicated; made holy
Very bad
Inspiring awe

44. Inscrutable
Not moderate; excessive
Kindly; pampering
Not easy to comprehend
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

45. Dubious
Compulsory
Generous
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Doubtful

46. Cerebral
Devaluing; criticizing
Ordinary
To cover
Concerned with thinking

47. Meticulous
Thorough; taking care of details
Attacking verbally
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Tendency; leaning' predilection

48. Petulant
Sulky
Thorough; eager
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Experts with good taste/judgment

49. Animosity
Hostility; hatred
Disasters
Honor; honesty
Fair; wise

50. Convivial
Attacking verbally
Dedicated; made holy
Sociable
Depth (of ideas/thought)