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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. Autocrat
Dictator
Not easy to comprehend
Kindly; pampering
Toadies; flatterers

2. Consummate
Supremely good
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Put off; procrastinate
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

3. Temporize
Put off; procrastinate
Being fat
Thick and sticky
Blame; criticize

4. Eulogy
Fair and equal
Praise
Narrow-minded
Seeking money above all else

5. Mandatory
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Worship; great praise
Sulky
Compulsory

6. Sermonized
Presumed
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
On and off; not continuous
Gave moral lecture

7. Presumptive
Annoy
Presumed
Of great importance
Superficial

8. Opacity
Seeking money above all else
Seeking legal remedies
Wavered; hesitated
Lack of transparency; being opaque

9. Peer
Seeking revenge
Disasters
An equal
Of great importance

10. Wistful
Honor; honesty
Faithfulness; loyalty
On and off; not continuous
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

11. Imperious
In a commanding manner
Thorough; taking care of details
Worship; great praise
On and off; not continuous

12. Adulation
Worship; great praise
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Not moderate; excessive
Kindly; pampering

13. Cursory
Blame; criticize
Superficial
Sulky
Compulsory

14. Amiable
Friendly - lovable
Not easy to comprehend
Strong and sturdy
Big fire

15. Haranguing
Attacking verbally
Fair and equal
Very bad
Something that makes better but does not cure

16. Petulant
Sulky
Tone of voice
Praise
Critical

17. Lavish
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
To cover
Expensive
Seeking legal remedies

18. Advocate
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Passed on through touch; infectious
Support

19. Thwarted
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Faithfulness; loyalty
Prevented
Narrow-minded

20. Vex
Annoy
Concerned with thinking
Critical
Sulky

21. Nemesis
Juicy
Fate - doom
Suppressed
Presumed

22. Corpulence
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Being fat
Revolutionary
Seeking money above all else

23. Rhetoric
Neglectful
Attacking verbally
Persuasive language
Wavered; hesitated

24. Ambiguous
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Vague
Sociable

25. Therapeutic
Medicinal
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Annoy

26. Idiosyncratic
Over-simplified
Neglectful
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
In a commanding manner

27. Viscous
Hostility; hatred
Thick and sticky
Put off; procrastinate
Dedicated; made holy

28. Contagious
Devaluing; criticizing
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Passed on through touch; infectious
Inspiring awe

29. Remiss
Narrow-minded
Seeking revenge
Neglectful
Revolutionary

30. Succulent
Juicy
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Bringing together; ending a dispute

31. Radical
Persuasive language
Revolutionary
Of great importance
Not moderate; excessive

32. Insular
Vague
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Narrow-minded
On and off; not continuous

33. Fidelity
Sociable
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Faithfulness; loyalty

34. Pragmatism
Practicality
Expensive
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Agreement

35. Ineffable

36. Equitable
Prevented
Seeking legal remedies
Sociable
Fair and equal

37. Polarized
Thick and sticky
Divided into two extremes
Toadies; flatterers
Vague

38. Deleterious
Harmful
To make legal; give approval to
An equal
Neglectful

39. Momentous
Inspiring awe
To cover
Of great importance
Not easy to comprehend

40. Debacles
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Disasters
Fair and equal

41. Treacly
Can't be expressed in words
Neglectful
Too sweet; over sentimental
Devaluing; criticizing

42. Demonstrative
Vague
Prevented
Expressing emotion freely
Annoy

43. Sycophants
Passed on through touch; infectious
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Divided into two extremes
Toadies; flatterers

44. Regressive
Worship; great praise
Seeking legal remedies
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Inspiring awe

45. Prosaic
Very bad
Ordinary
Prevented
Faithfulness; loyalty

46. Somber
Worship; great praise
Cannot be tolerated
Redness
Gloomy

47. Redolent
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Gave moral lecture
Fate - doom
Annoy

48. Profundity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Bringing together; ending a dispute
An equal
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

49. Judicious
Narrow-minded
Practicality
Fair; wise
Fate - doom

50. Mercenary
Seeking money above all else
Revolutionary
Ordinary
Useless; waste of time and effort