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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. Convivial
Sociable
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Experts with good taste/judgment
Narrow-minded

2. Solicitous
Expressing care and concern
In a commanding manner
Practicality
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

3. Prosaic
Cannot be tolerated
Inspiring awe
Ordinary
Gloomy

4. Formidable
Wavered; hesitated
Big fire
Suppressed
Inspiring awe

5. Adulation
Put off; procrastinate
Worship; great praise
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

6. Eulogy
Compulsory
Fair; wise
Being fat
Praise

7. Facile
Over-simplified
Redness
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Experts with good taste/judgment

8. Opacity
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Proving right
Annoy
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

9. Rhetoric
Persuasive language
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Strong and sturdy
Concerned with thinking

10. Ineffable

11. Sedulous
Revolutionary
Thorough; eager
Something that makes better but does not cure
Tendency; leaning' predilection

12. Peer
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Cannot be tolerated
On and off; not continuous
An equal

13. Wistful
Neglectful
Very bad
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Proving right

14. Vindictive
Persuasive language
Seeking revenge
Wavered; hesitated
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

15. Propensity

16. Conciliatory
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Medicinal
Gave moral lecture

17. Consummate
Dictator
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Supremely good
Suppressed

18. Deleterious
Passed on through touch; infectious
Experts with good taste/judgment
Practicality
Harmful

19. Imperious
Vague
Expressing care and concern
In a commanding manner
Devaluing; criticizing

20. Equitable
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Divided into two extremes
Fair and equal

21. Indulgent
Disasters
Over-simplified
Supremely good
Kindly; pampering

22. Momentous
Of great importance
Friendly - lovable
Persuasive language
Worship; great praise

23. Sycophants
Proving right
Toadies; flatterers
Too sweet; over sentimental
Shortage

24. Reprehensible
Very bad
Friendly - lovable
Narrow-minded
Shortage

25. Mercenary
Seeking money above all else
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Blame; criticize
Passed on through touch; infectious

26. Contagious
Passed on through touch; infectious
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Revolutionary
Redness

27. Thwarted
Prevented
Too sweet; over sentimental
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
An equal

28. Palliative
Something that makes better but does not cure
Honor; honesty
Persuasive language
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

29. Intemperate
Fair; wise
Experts with good taste/judgment
Attacking verbally
Not moderate; excessive

30. Shroud
Prevented
Hostility; hatred
Lack of transparency; being opaque
To cover

31. Presumptive
Presumed
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Experts with good taste/judgment
Concerned with thinking

32. Magnanimous
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Very bad
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

33. Radical
Proving right
Dedicated; made holy
Seeking money above all else
Revolutionary

34. Insufferable
Cannot be tolerated
Worship; great praise
Narrow-minded
Expressing care and concern

35. Toadies
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Experts with good taste/judgment
Gave moral lecture
Joining - speaking

36. Autocrat
Supremely good
Inspiring awe
Toadies; flatterers
Dictator

37. Therapeutic
Ordinary
Medicinal
Attacking verbally
Fate - doom

38. Dubious
Doubtful
Cannot be tolerated
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Supremely good

39. Intermittent
Medicinal
Inspiring awe
On and off; not continuous
Dedicated; made holy

40. Meticulous
Can't be expressed in words
Thorough; taking care of details
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Gloomy

41. Mandatory
Too sweet; over sentimental
Sulky
Devaluing; criticizing
Compulsory

42. Advocate
Thorough; eager
Too sweet; over sentimental
Support
To cover

43. Robust
Strong and sturdy
To cover
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Seeking money above all else

44. Bountiful
Superficial
Generous
Narrow-minded
Concerned with thinking

45. Insular
Cannot be tolerated
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Narrow-minded
Tone of voice

46. Remiss
Neglectful
Doubtful
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

47. Amiable
Gave moral lecture
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Friendly - lovable
Put off; procrastinate

48. Articulation
Joining - speaking
Concerned with thinking
Blame; criticize
Fate - doom

49. Conflagration
Supremely good
Fair and equal
Big fire
Expensive

50. Treacly
Too sweet; over sentimental
Inspiring awe
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Ordinary