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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. Succulent
Juicy
Experts with good taste/judgment
Vague
Superficial

2. Arable

3. Solicitous
Expressing care and concern
Faithfulness; loyalty
Fate - doom
Fair; wise

4. Insular
To make legal; give approval to
Narrow-minded
Over-simplified
Toadies; flatterers

5. Disparaging
Superficial
To make legal; give approval to
Critical
Gave moral lecture

6. Intonation
To make legal; give approval to
Tone of voice
Presumed
Seeking legal remedies

7. Meticulous
Experts with good taste/judgment
Not moderate; excessive
Expressing emotion freely
Thorough; taking care of details

8. Convivial
Joining - speaking
Expressing care and concern
Sociable
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

9. Rhetoric
Experts with good taste/judgment
Prevented
Disasters
Persuasive language

10. Shroud
Annoy
Of great importance
To cover
Fair and equal

11. Cursory
Harmful
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Superficial
Kindly; pampering

12. Equitable
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Sociable
Disasters
Fair and equal

13. Legitimate
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Worship; great praise
To make legal; give approval to
Annoy

14. Ineffable

15. Pragmatism
Inspiring awe
Blame; criticize
Attacking verbally
Practicality

16. Callous
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Useless; waste of time and effort
Redness

17. Momentous
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Of great importance
Sociable
Redness

18. Litigious
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
An equal
Seeking legal remedies
Seeking money above all else

19. Fastidious
Seeking money above all else
Concerned with thinking
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

20. Wistful
Of great importance
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Revolutionary
Faithfulness; loyalty

21. Prosaic
Ordinary
Supremely good
Dedicated; made holy
Harmful

22. Demonstrative
Dedicated; made holy
Not easy to comprehend
Expressing emotion freely
Divided into two extremes

23. Boorishness
An equal
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Seeking money above all else
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

24. Mercenary
Tone of voice
Medicinal
Seeking money above all else
Generous

25. Dalliance
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Put off; procrastinate
Useless; waste of time and effort
Expressing care and concern

26. Conciliatory
Of great importance
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Hostility; hatred

27. Compendious
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Gloomy
Put off; procrastinate
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

28. Somber
Gloomy
Prevented
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Bringing together; ending a dispute

29. Histrionic
Experts with good taste/judgment
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Seeking money above all else
Useless; waste of time and effort

30. Intemperate
Not moderate; excessive
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Thick and sticky

31. Radical
Kindly; pampering
Ordinary
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Revolutionary

32. Deleterious
Neglectful
Harmful
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Vague

33. Futile
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Divided into two extremes
Useless; waste of time and effort
Hostility; hatred

34. Fidelity
Wavered; hesitated
To make legal; give approval to
Faithfulness; loyalty
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

35. Articulation
Superficial
Compulsory
Wavered; hesitated
Joining - speaking

36. Conflagration
Agreement
Fair; wise
Big fire
Toadies; flatterers

37. Opacity
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Expensive

38. Regressive
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Juicy
Concerned with thinking
Fair and equal

39. Therapeutic
Seeking revenge
Medicinal
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

40. Magnanimous
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Worship; great praise
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
An equal

41. Advocate
Kindly; pampering
Support
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

42. Reprehensible
On and off; not continuous
Prevented
Very bad
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

43. Vacillated
Seeking money above all else
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Wavered; hesitated

44. Idiosyncratic
Honor; honesty
Compulsory
Very bad
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

45. Eulogy
Attacking verbally
Praise
Shortage
Persuasive language

46. Sycophants
Toadies; flatterers
Suppressed
Experts with good taste/judgment
Concerned with thinking

47. Censure
In a commanding manner
Worship; great praise
Expressing emotion freely
Blame; criticize

48. Propensity

49. Sermonized
On and off; not continuous
Gave moral lecture
Thorough; taking care of details
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

50. Debacles
Faithfulness; loyalty
Seeking legal remedies
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Disasters