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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. Advocate
Narrow-minded
Hostility; hatred
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Support

2. Compendious
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Persuasive language
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

3. Facile
Over-simplified
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Too sweet; over sentimental
Being fat

4. Peer
Divided into two extremes
An equal
Vague
Can't be expressed in words

5. Propensity

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6. Haranguing
Useless; waste of time and effort
Faithfulness; loyalty
Attacking verbally
Annoy

7. Depreciatory
Critical
Devaluing; criticizing
Harmful
Thorough; eager

8. Thwarted
Dictator
Prevented
Of great importance
Disasters

9. Succulent
Faithfulness; loyalty
Attacking verbally
Juicy
Persuasive language

10. Boorishness
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Gave moral lecture
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

11. Wistful
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Gloomy
Something that makes better but does not cure
Harmful

12. Disparaging
Seeking legal remedies
Prevented
Critical
Narrow-minded

13. Vindictive
Seeking revenge
Very bad
Kindly; pampering
To cover

14. Radical
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Revolutionary
Agreement
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

15. Vex
Expressing emotion freely
Annoy
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Hostility; hatred

16. Histrionic
Being fat
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Toadies; flatterers
Persuasive language

17. Adulation
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Worship; great praise
Ordinary
Prevented

18. Censure
Can't be expressed in words
Faithfulness; loyalty
Blame; criticize
Gave moral lecture

19. Floridity
Support
Praise
Big fire
Redness

20. Idiosyncratic
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Honor; honesty
Critical
Can't be expressed in words

21. Sedulous
Thorough; eager
Harmful
Fate - doom
Tendency; leaning' predilection

22. Litigious
Critical
Prevented
Generous
Seeking legal remedies

23. Sycophants
Seeking money above all else
Not moderate; excessive
Toadies; flatterers
Tone of voice

24. Sermonized
Not easy to comprehend
To cover
Agreement
Gave moral lecture

25. Profundity
Friendly - lovable
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Seeking revenge
Not easy to comprehend

26. Intemperate
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Useless; waste of time and effort
Not moderate; excessive
Divided into two extremes

27. Autocrat
Dictator
Tone of voice
Faithfulness; loyalty
Concerned with thinking

28. Dubious
Inspiring awe
Doubtful
Medicinal
Strong and sturdy

29. Cerebral
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Can't be expressed in words
In a commanding manner
Concerned with thinking

30. Futile
Attacking verbally
Blame; criticize
Suppressed
Useless; waste of time and effort

31. Consecrated
Dedicated; made holy
Harmful
Sulky
Useless; waste of time and effort

32. Legitimate
To make legal; give approval to
Expressing care and concern
Something that makes better but does not cure
Expressing emotion freely

33. Eulogy
Praise
Doubtful
Being fat
Superficial

34. Regressive
Useless; waste of time and effort
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Of great importance
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

35. Rhetoric
Supremely good
Joining - speaking
Persuasive language
Ordinary

36. Dearth
Shortage
Narrow-minded
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Ordinary

37. Imperious
Support
In a commanding manner
Faithfulness; loyalty
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

38. Ambiguous
Suppressed
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Vague
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

39. Fidelity
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Redness
Faithfulness; loyalty
Can't be expressed in words

40. Remiss
Medicinal
Fate - doom
An equal
Neglectful

41. Presumptive
Support
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Passed on through touch; infectious
Presumed

42. Formidable
An equal
Inspiring awe
Strong and sturdy
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

43. Viscous
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Friendly - lovable
Fate - doom
Thick and sticky

44. Shroud
On and off; not continuous
To cover
An equal
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

45. Momentous
Big fire
Juicy
Harmful
Of great importance

46. Therapeutic
Devaluing; criticizing
Tone of voice
Medicinal
Presumed

47. Amiable
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Joining - speaking
Friendly - lovable
Thick and sticky

48. Contagious
Tone of voice
In a commanding manner
Expensive
Passed on through touch; infectious

49. Magnanimous
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Neglectful
Harmful
Depth (of ideas/thought)

50. Pragmatism
Practicality
Concerned with thinking
Superficial
Juicy