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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. Deleterious
Useless; waste of time and effort
Harmful
Expensive
Suppressed

2. Intemperate
Worship; great praise
Not moderate; excessive
Devaluing; criticizing
Inspiring awe

3. Animosity
Ordinary
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Hostility; hatred
Practicality

4. Sermonized
In a commanding manner
Gave moral lecture
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Devaluing; criticizing

5. Prosaic
Toadies; flatterers
Ordinary
Compulsory
Expressing care and concern

6. Mercenary
Seeking money above all else
Seeking legal remedies
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Doubtful

7. Opacity
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Being fat
Wavered; hesitated
Seeking money above all else

8. Cursory
Redness
Sociable
Superficial
Big fire

9. Wistful
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
In a commanding manner
Lack of transparency; being opaque

10. Cerebral
Useless; waste of time and effort
Fair and equal
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Concerned with thinking

11. Corpulence
Hostility; hatred
Big fire
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Being fat

12. Quelled
Can't be expressed in words
Suppressed
Persuasive language
Redness

13. Lavish
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Compulsory
Expensive
Critical

14. Sycophants
Toadies; flatterers
Too sweet; over sentimental
Practicality
Persuasive language

15. Debacles
Disasters
Fair and equal
Persuasive language
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

16. Consummate
Attacking verbally
Too sweet; over sentimental
Supremely good
Seeking revenge

17. Remiss
Kindly; pampering
Put off; procrastinate
Neglectful
Seeking legal remedies

18. Insular
Cannot be tolerated
Fate - doom
Narrow-minded
Wavered; hesitated

19. Eulogy
Disasters
Agreement
Generous
Praise

20. Fastidious
Inspiring awe
Practicality
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Useless; waste of time and effort

21. Inscrutable
Not easy to comprehend
Generous
Joining - speaking
Worship; great praise

22. Reprehensible
Cannot be tolerated
Very bad
Toadies; flatterers
Too sweet; over sentimental

23. Depreciatory
Devaluing; criticizing
Strong and sturdy
Honor; honesty
Persuasive language

24. Temporize
Put off; procrastinate
Proving right
Revolutionary
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

25. Judicious
Fair; wise
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Fate - doom
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

26. Vacillated
Hostility; hatred
Supremely good
Wavered; hesitated
Big fire

27. Dubious
Disasters
Compulsory
Doubtful
Of great importance

28. Petulant
Sulky
Devaluing; criticizing
Divided into two extremes
Faithfulness; loyalty

29. Dalliance
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Devaluing; criticizing
Thorough; taking care of details
Gave moral lecture

30. Futile
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Useless; waste of time and effort
Strong and sturdy
Thorough; eager

31. Contagious
Passed on through touch; infectious
Shortage
Too sweet; over sentimental
Gave moral lecture

32. Redolent
Divided into two extremes
Useless; waste of time and effort
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Narrow-minded

33. Articulation
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Of great importance
Toadies; flatterers
Joining - speaking

34. Peer
Big fire
Kindly; pampering
Fair; wise
An equal

35. Viscous
Very bad
Faithfulness; loyalty
Thick and sticky
Hostility; hatred

36. Legitimate
Seeking legal remedies
To make legal; give approval to
Too sweet; over sentimental
Support

37. Dearth
Shortage
Kindly; pampering
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Passed on through touch; infectious

38. Shroud
Fair; wise
Divided into two extremes
Friendly - lovable
To cover

39. Intonation
Joining - speaking
Tone of voice
Supremely good
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

40. Toadies
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Passed on through touch; infectious
Divided into two extremes
Persuasive language

41. Therapeutic
Seeking legal remedies
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Medicinal
Lack of transparency; being opaque

42. Histrionic
Joining - speaking
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Annoy
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

43. Nemesis
Practicality
Fate - doom
Seeking money above all else
Bringing together; ending a dispute

44. Litigious
Something that makes better but does not cure
To cover
Doubtful
Seeking legal remedies

45. Fidelity
Put off; procrastinate
Faithfulness; loyalty
Friendly - lovable
Presumed

46. Advocate
Blame; criticize
Vague
Support
Expressing emotion freely

47. Haranguing
Divided into two extremes
Inspiring awe
Attacking verbally
Wavered; hesitated

48. Momentous
Seeking revenge
Of great importance
Expressing emotion freely
To cover

49. Intermittent
Expensive
Concerned with thinking
Faithfulness; loyalty
On and off; not continuous

50. Solicitous
Expressing care and concern
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Devaluing; criticizing
Kindly; pampering