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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. Prosaic
Narrow-minded
Ordinary
Put off; procrastinate
Can't be expressed in words

2. Vindication
Proving right
Sulky
Expensive
Toadies; flatterers

3. Cursory
Seeking revenge
Strong and sturdy
Superficial
Disasters

4. Histrionic
Critical
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Annoy

5. Dubious
Doubtful
Thick and sticky
Generous
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

6. Articulation
Expensive
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Joining - speaking
Supremely good

7. Integrity
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Honor; honesty
In a commanding manner
Thorough; eager

8. Connoisseurs
Gloomy
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Friendly - lovable
Experts with good taste/judgment

9. Magnanimous
Seeking legal remedies
Thorough; taking care of details
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

10. Toadies
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Being fat
Generous
Seeking revenge

11. Opacity
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Doubtful
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Seeking legal remedies

12. Disparaging
Critical
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Not moderate; excessive
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

13. Vindictive
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Seeking revenge
Something that makes better but does not cure
To make legal; give approval to

14. Palliative
Something that makes better but does not cure
Juicy
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Prevented

15. Futile
Hostility; hatred
Supremely good
Useless; waste of time and effort
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

16. Autocrat
Dictator
Thick and sticky
Fate - doom
Useless; waste of time and effort

17. Vacillated
To cover
Wavered; hesitated
Thorough; eager
Vague

18. Intemperate
Sociable
Not moderate; excessive
Too sweet; over sentimental
To make legal; give approval to

19. Demonstrative
Expressing emotion freely
An equal
Not moderate; excessive
Seeking money above all else

20. Shroud
To cover
Over-simplified
Neglectful
Fair and equal

21. Cerebral
On and off; not continuous
Concerned with thinking
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Prevented

22. Judicious
Inspiring awe
Something that makes better but does not cure
Fair; wise
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

23. Fidelity
Generous
Juicy
Dedicated; made holy
Faithfulness; loyalty

24. Succulent
Juicy
Supremely good
Doubtful
Generous

25. Imperious
Useless; waste of time and effort
Seeking legal remedies
Experts with good taste/judgment
In a commanding manner

26. Vex
Very bad
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Annoy
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

27. Pragmatism
Seeking legal remedies
Thorough; taking care of details
Expensive
Practicality

28. Radical
Friendly - lovable
Thorough; taking care of details
Revolutionary
Joining - speaking

29. Viscous
Thick and sticky
Honor; honesty
Can't be expressed in words
Disasters

30. Meticulous
Thorough; taking care of details
Revolutionary
To cover
Generous

31. Dalliance
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Sulky
Praise
Divided into two extremes

32. Solicitous
Wavered; hesitated
Prevented
Expressing care and concern
Harmful

33. Regressive
Fair and equal
Tone of voice
Not moderate; excessive
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

34. Debacles
Disasters
Gloomy
Agreement
Superficial

35. Therapeutic
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Juicy
Dedicated; made holy
Medicinal

36. Conflagration
Proving right
Big fire
Practicality
Blame; criticize

37. Indulgent
Doubtful
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Critical
Kindly; pampering

38. Insular
Something that makes better but does not cure
Redness
Compulsory
Narrow-minded

39. Treacly
Kindly; pampering
Too sweet; over sentimental
Being fat
Seeking legal remedies

40. Momentous
Practicality
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Of great importance

41. Bountiful
Generous
Big fire
Strong and sturdy
Experts with good taste/judgment

42. Somber
Wavered; hesitated
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Gloomy
Dictator

43. Nemesis
Medicinal
Inspiring awe
Fate - doom
Fair; wise

44. Polarized
Divided into two extremes
Sulky
Passed on through touch; infectious
Fate - doom

45. Depreciatory
Vague
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Devaluing; criticizing

46. Lavish
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Expressing emotion freely
Expensive
Lack of transparency; being opaque

47. Rhetoric
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Passed on through touch; infectious
Persuasive language
Critical

48. Amiable
Thorough; eager
Annoy
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Friendly - lovable

49. Intermittent
Critical
Passed on through touch; infectious
On and off; not continuous
Lack of transparency; being opaque

50. Robust
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Practicality
Strong and sturdy
Agreement