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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
Disasters
Ordinary
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Concerned with thinking

2. Radical
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Worship; great praise
Medicinal
Revolutionary

3. Consummate
Supremely good
An equal
Expensive
Persuasive language

4. Litigious
Devaluing; criticizing
Something that makes better but does not cure
Seeking legal remedies
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

5. Momentous
Expressing care and concern
Neglectful
Of great importance
Useless; waste of time and effort

6. Callous
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Gave moral lecture
Can't be expressed in words
Depth (of ideas/thought)

7. Imperious
In a commanding manner
Praise
To make legal; give approval to
Faithfulness; loyalty

8. Opacity
Sulky
Honor; honesty
Juicy
Lack of transparency; being opaque

9. Viscous
Thick and sticky
Compulsory
Fate - doom
Bringing together; ending a dispute

10. Petulant
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Faithfulness; loyalty
To make legal; give approval to
Sulky

11. Wistful
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Seeking legal remedies
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

12. Regressive
Support
Harmful
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Strong and sturdy

13. Insular
Sociable
Thick and sticky
Suppressed
Narrow-minded

14. Dalliance
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Seeking money above all else
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
An equal

15. Autocrat
Toadies; flatterers
Dictator
In a commanding manner
Presumed

16. Toadies
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Expressing care and concern
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Toadies; flatterers

17. Animosity
Thorough; eager
Hostility; hatred
Toadies; flatterers
Vague

18. Histrionic
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Thorough; taking care of details
Seeking revenge

19. Boorishness
Thick and sticky
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Wavered; hesitated

20. Dubious
Strong and sturdy
Doubtful
Tone of voice
Shortage

21. Polarized
Divided into two extremes
Devaluing; criticizing
Thick and sticky
Seeking revenge

22. Lavish
Sociable
Over-simplified
Big fire
Expensive

23. Somber
Friendly - lovable
Gloomy
Thick and sticky
Practicality

24. Haranguing
Attacking verbally
Prevented
Critical
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

25. Convivial
Sociable
Narrow-minded
Expressing emotion freely
Wavered; hesitated

26. Cerebral
Concerned with thinking
Dictator
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Strong and sturdy

27. Compendious
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
To make legal; give approval to
Support
Tendency; leaning' predilection

28. Vindictive
Gloomy
Seeking revenge
Devaluing; criticizing
To cover

29. Conflagration
Concerned with thinking
Big fire
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

30. Integrity
Put off; procrastinate
Honor; honesty
An equal
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

31. Remiss
Neglectful
Cannot be tolerated
Big fire
Expensive

32. Censure
Of great importance
Seeking legal remedies
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Blame; criticize

33. Sycophants
Toadies; flatterers
Concerned with thinking
Sulky
Blame; criticize

34. Sermonized
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Blame; criticize
Gloomy
Gave moral lecture

35. Mandatory
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Attacking verbally
Compulsory
Thick and sticky

36. Nemesis
Fate - doom
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Dictator
Fair; wise

37. Advocate
Blame; criticize
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Thick and sticky
Support

38. Legitimate
To make legal; give approval to
Not moderate; excessive
Critical
Hostility; hatred

39. Consecrated
Dedicated; made holy
Generous
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Over-simplified

40. Succulent
On and off; not continuous
Shortage
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Juicy

41. Corpulence
Seeking legal remedies
Divided into two extremes
Seeking revenge
Being fat

42. Judicious
Blame; criticize
Vague
Fair; wise
Narrow-minded

43. Rhetoric
Disasters
Praise
To cover
Persuasive language

44. Articulation
Critical
Vague
Thorough; eager
Joining - speaking

45. Connoisseurs
Attacking verbally
To make legal; give approval to
Wavered; hesitated
Experts with good taste/judgment

46. Magnanimous
Friendly - lovable
Tone of voice
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Thorough; eager

47. Futile
Dictator
Faithfulness; loyalty
Useless; waste of time and effort
Blame; criticize

48. Dearth
Generous
Big fire
Wavered; hesitated
Shortage

49. Concord
Neglectful
Too sweet; over sentimental
Kindly; pampering
Agreement

50. Facile
Thorough; eager
Experts with good taste/judgment
Over-simplified
Toadies; flatterers