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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. Robust
Very bad
An equal
Experts with good taste/judgment
Strong and sturdy

2. Debacles
Disasters
Critical
Blame; criticize
Devaluing; criticizing

3. Treacly
Too sweet; over sentimental
Useless; waste of time and effort
To make legal; give approval to
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

4. Legitimate
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
An equal
Of great importance
To make legal; give approval to

5. Formidable
Suppressed
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Passed on through touch; infectious
Inspiring awe

6. Succulent
Persuasive language
Juicy
Can't be expressed in words
Sulky

7. Judicious
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Fair; wise
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Devaluing; criticizing

8. Conciliatory
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Ordinary
Something that makes better but does not cure
Bringing together; ending a dispute

9. Compendious
Juicy
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Being fat
Wavered; hesitated

10. Adulation
Worship; great praise
Divided into two extremes
Compulsory
Being fat

11. Lavish
Seeking money above all else
Expensive
Being fat
Worship; great praise

12. Equitable
Doubtful
To make legal; give approval to
Narrow-minded
Fair and equal

13. Indulgent
Being fat
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Kindly; pampering
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

14. Inscrutable
Not easy to comprehend
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Thorough; eager
Joining - speaking

15. Magnanimous
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Experts with good taste/judgment

16. Vacillated
Honor; honesty
Kindly; pampering
Wavered; hesitated
Expressing emotion freely

17. Ambiguous
Of great importance
Vague
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Big fire

18. Sedulous
To cover
Worship; great praise
Thorough; eager
Strong and sturdy

19. Profundity
Seeking revenge
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Honor; honesty

20. Remiss
Over-simplified
Dedicated; made holy
Neglectful
Not moderate; excessive

21. Fastidious
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Shortage
Vague
Annoy

22. Vindication
Doubtful
Disasters
Seeking legal remedies
Proving right

23. Polarized
Presumed
Divided into two extremes
Compulsory
Joining - speaking

24. Consecrated
Attacking verbally
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Dedicated; made holy
Presumed

25. Prosaic
Medicinal
Ordinary
Cannot be tolerated
Useless; waste of time and effort

26. Boorishness
Gloomy
Blame; criticize
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Shortage

27. Floridity
Expressing care and concern
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Redness
Compulsory

28. Momentous
Supremely good
Of great importance
Sociable
Gloomy

29. Peer
Doubtful
Over-simplified
Put off; procrastinate
An equal

30. Steadfastness
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Cannot be tolerated
Redness
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

31. Ineffable

32. Futile
Presumed
Something that makes better but does not cure
Can't be expressed in words
Useless; waste of time and effort

33. Censure
Compulsory
Expressing emotion freely
An equal
Blame; criticize

34. Therapeutic
Not moderate; excessive
Cannot be tolerated
Harmful
Medicinal

35. Autocrat
Vague
To cover
Dictator
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

36. Solicitous
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Blame; criticize
Expressing care and concern
An equal

37. Mercenary
In a commanding manner
Seeking money above all else
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Narrow-minded

38. Intonation
Tone of voice
Friendly - lovable
Very bad
Disasters

39. Opacity
Too sweet; over sentimental
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Dedicated; made holy
Over-simplified

40. Depreciatory
Of great importance
Juicy
Toadies; flatterers
Devaluing; criticizing

41. Somber
Gloomy
Seeking money above all else
Seeking revenge
Suppressed

42. Deleterious
Annoy
Useless; waste of time and effort
Thick and sticky
Harmful

43. Intermittent
Not moderate; excessive
On and off; not continuous
Devaluing; criticizing
Supremely good

44. Imperious
Experts with good taste/judgment
Agreement
In a commanding manner
Generous

45. Consummate
Supremely good
Medicinal
Too sweet; over sentimental
Very bad

46. Radical
Revolutionary
Put off; procrastinate
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Juicy

47. Vex
Harmful
Devaluing; criticizing
Annoy
Sulky

48. Concord
Seeking legal remedies
Vague
Ordinary
Agreement

49. Sycophants
Toadies; flatterers
On and off; not continuous
Tone of voice
Thorough; eager

50. Arable