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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. Steadfastness
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Blame; criticize
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Seeking legal remedies

2. Robust
Juicy
Thorough; eager
Kindly; pampering
Strong and sturdy

3. Redolent
Neglectful
Gave moral lecture
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Suppressed

4. Insular
Neglectful
Thick and sticky
Generous
Narrow-minded

5. Adulation
Worship; great praise
Shortage
Inspiring awe
Hostility; hatred

6. Lavish
Expensive
Agreement
Divided into two extremes
Practicality

7. Quelled
Suppressed
Practicality
Gave moral lecture
Presumed

8. Idiosyncratic
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Doubtful
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Lack of transparency; being opaque

9. Formidable
Tone of voice
Inspiring awe
Something that makes better but does not cure
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

10. Facile
Over-simplified
Thorough; taking care of details
Wavered; hesitated
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

11. Ambiguous
Devaluing; criticizing
Expressing care and concern
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Vague

12. Boorishness
Compulsory
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Shortage
To make legal; give approval to

13. Advocate
Suppressed
Support
Thorough; taking care of details
Sulky

14. Temporize
Expressing care and concern
Gave moral lecture
Joining - speaking
Put off; procrastinate

15. Integrity
To cover
Seeking legal remedies
Fair and equal
Honor; honesty

16. Cursory
Superficial
Doubtful
Juicy
Narrow-minded

17. Dubious
Devaluing; criticizing
Faithfulness; loyalty
Doubtful
Being fat

18. Haranguing
Hostility; hatred
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Attacking verbally
Proving right

19. Vindication
Persuasive language
Proving right
Presumed
Useless; waste of time and effort

20. Equitable
Put off; procrastinate
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Fair and equal
Thorough; taking care of details

21. Meticulous
Tone of voice
Sulky
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Thorough; taking care of details

22. Censure
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Ordinary
On and off; not continuous
Blame; criticize

23. Intermittent
On and off; not continuous
Passed on through touch; infectious
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

24. Consecrated
Thorough; eager
On and off; not continuous
Dedicated; made holy
Compulsory

25. Sycophants
Useless; waste of time and effort
Divided into two extremes
Toadies; flatterers
Blame; criticize

26. Petulant
Harmful
Gloomy
Fate - doom
Sulky

27. Dearth
Neglectful
Over-simplified
Persuasive language
Shortage

28. Eulogy
Very bad
Praise
Divided into two extremes
Fair and equal

29. Therapeutic
Attacking verbally
Dedicated; made holy
Medicinal
Too sweet; over sentimental

30. Dalliance
To make legal; give approval to
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Concerned with thinking

31. Toadies
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Passed on through touch; infectious
Gloomy

32. Presumptive
Prevented
Passed on through touch; infectious
Experts with good taste/judgment
Presumed

33. Amiable
Agreement
Worship; great praise
Not easy to comprehend
Friendly - lovable

34. Deleterious
Harmful
Medicinal
Sulky
Fate - doom

35. Nemesis
Fate - doom
Thorough; taking care of details
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

36. Vex
Too sweet; over sentimental
Redness
Annoy
Inspiring awe

37. Histrionic
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Fair; wise
Doubtful

38. Convivial
Compulsory
Neglectful
Sociable
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

39. Inscrutable
Not easy to comprehend
Big fire
Ordinary
Something that makes better but does not cure

40. Rhetoric
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Persuasive language
Wavered; hesitated
Friendly - lovable

41. Vindictive
Vague
Big fire
Honor; honesty
Seeking revenge

42. Vacillated
Expensive
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Wavered; hesitated

43. Floridity
Redness
Supremely good
Worship; great praise
Useless; waste of time and effort

44. Intonation
To make legal; give approval to
Tone of voice
Juicy
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

45. Succulent
Annoy
Hostility; hatred
Juicy
Narrow-minded

46. Treacly
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Wavered; hesitated
Expensive
Too sweet; over sentimental

47. Conflagration
Compulsory
Dedicated; made holy
Big fire
Expensive

48. Judicious
Fair; wise
Agreement
Honor; honesty
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

49. Sedulous
Presumed
Fair and equal
Thorough; eager
Devaluing; criticizing

50. Sermonized
Practicality
Very bad
Sulky
Gave moral lecture