SAT Vocab 2010 2011

Instructions:

• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Dalliance
Juicy
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Very bad
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something


2. Demonstrative
Suppressed
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
In a commanding manner
Expressing emotion freely


3. Eulogy
Praise
Worship; great praise
Expressing care and concern
Expensive


4. Polarized
Seeking revenge
Ordinary
Divided into two extremes
Harmful


5. Futile
On and off; not continuous
Seeking money above all else
Useless; waste of time and effort
Worship; great praise


6. Reprehensible
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Gave moral lecture
Faithfulness; loyalty
Very bad


7. Inscrutable
Support
Not easy to comprehend
Divided into two extremes
Narrow-minded


8. Compendious
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Revolutionary
Thorough; taking care of details
Inspiring awe


9. Intonation
Concerned with thinking
Tone of voice
Blame; criticize
Sociable


10. Boorishness
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Revolutionary
Practicality
Kindly; pampering


11. Imperious
In a commanding manner
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Supremely good
Seeking revenge


12. Pragmatism
Tone of voice
Practicality
Revolutionary
Wavered; hesitated


13. Depreciatory
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Devaluing; criticizing
Shortage
Dedicated; made holy


14. Sedulous
Thorough; eager
To cover
Fate - doom
Depth (of ideas/thought)


15. Meticulous
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Thorough; taking care of details
Passed on through touch; infectious
An equal


16. Judicious
Fair; wise
Agreement
Fair and equal
Friendly - lovable


17. Integrity
Narrow-minded
Support
Honor; honesty
Not easy to comprehend


18. Conflagration
Attacking verbally
Prevented
Vague
Big fire


19. Viscous
Honor; honesty
On and off; not continuous
Dictator
Thick and sticky


20. Momentous
Suppressed
Devaluing; criticizing
To cover
Of great importance


21. Mercenary
Disasters
Seeking money above all else
Attacking verbally
Fair; wise


22. Wistful
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Attacking verbally
Lack of transparency; being opaque


23. Amiable
Friendly - lovable
Big fire
Compulsory
Redness


24. Vacillated
Faithfulness; loyalty
Wavered; hesitated
Very bad
Persuasive language


25. Equitable
Friendly - lovable
Superficial
Agreement
Fair and equal


26. Dearth
Shortage
Kindly; pampering
Vague
To make legal; give approval to


27. Ineffable


28. Peer
Wavered; hesitated
Faithfulness; loyalty
Thorough; eager
An equal


29. Idiosyncratic
Harmful
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Thorough; taking care of details
Divided into two extremes


30. Opacity
Support
Not moderate; excessive
Superficial
Lack of transparency; being opaque


31. Fidelity
Ordinary
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Supremely good
Faithfulness; loyalty


32. Prosaic
Ordinary
Fair; wise
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)


33. Connoisseurs
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Expressing care and concern
Experts with good taste/judgment
Persuasive language


34. Consecrated
Seeking revenge
Something that makes better but does not cure
Dedicated; made holy
Suppressed


35. Histrionic
Sociable
Strong and sturdy
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Loyalty; firmness of purpose


36. Vindication
Attacking verbally
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Proving right
Divided into two extremes


37. Animosity
Disasters
Over-simplified
Annoy
Hostility; hatred


38. Therapeutic
Medicinal
Redness
Toadies; flatterers
Containing a lot in a small space/few words


39. Somber
Gloomy
Strong and sturdy
Attacking verbally
Cruel; hard and unfeeling


40. Autocrat
On and off; not continuous
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Ordinary
Dictator


41. Profundity
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Seeking legal remedies


42. Succulent
On and off; not continuous
Agreement
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Juicy


43. Legitimate
Ordinary
Thick and sticky
To make legal; give approval to
Useless; waste of time and effort


44. Treacly
Seeking legal remedies
Too sweet; over sentimental
Faithfulness; loyalty
Honor; honesty


45. Haranguing
Attacking verbally
Prevented
Medicinal
Of great importance


46. Lavish
Annoy
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Expensive


47. Robust
Of great importance
Dedicated; made holy
Strong and sturdy
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior


48. Adulation
Annoy
To make legal; give approval to
Support
Worship; great praise


49. Intemperate
Fate - doom
Not moderate; excessive
Joining - speaking
Tone of voice


50. Debacles
Not easy to comprehend
Worship; great praise
Disasters
Gloomy