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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. Debacles
Concerned with thinking
Praise
Disasters
Fair; wise

2. Mandatory
Compulsory
Thick and sticky
Redness
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

3. Shroud
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
To cover
Redness
Gave moral lecture

4. Consummate
Superficial
Being fat
Supremely good
Big fire

5. Animosity
Hostility; hatred
Friendly - lovable
Seeking legal remedies
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

6. Sedulous
Narrow-minded
Support
Put off; procrastinate
Thorough; eager

7. Facile
Sociable
Can't be expressed in words
Shortage
Over-simplified

8. Amiable
Put off; procrastinate
Friendly - lovable
Expressing care and concern
Inspiring awe

9. Pragmatism
Support
Revolutionary
Persuasive language
Practicality

10. Toadies
Expensive
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Of great importance
On and off; not continuous

11. Floridity
Redness
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Superficial
Blame; criticize

12. Vex
Seeking money above all else
Divided into two extremes
Annoy
Concerned with thinking

13. Nemesis
Agreement
Fate - doom
Passed on through touch; infectious
Toadies; flatterers

14. Consecrated
Thorough; taking care of details
Dedicated; made holy
Agreement
Shortage

15. Treacly
Compulsory
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Kindly; pampering
Too sweet; over sentimental

16. Callous
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Friendly - lovable
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Agreement

17. Intonation
Compulsory
Disasters
Tone of voice
Very bad

18. Succulent
Hostility; hatred
Prevented
Juicy
Experts with good taste/judgment

19. Mercenary
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Seeking money above all else
Juicy
Tendency; leaning' predilection

20. Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Agreement
Doubtful
Sociable

21. Disparaging
Critical
Expressing emotion freely
Harmful
Presumed

22. Profundity
Fate - doom
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Seeking revenge
Depth (of ideas/thought)

23. Sycophants
To cover
Support
Toadies; flatterers
Blame; criticize

24. Dearth
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Joining - speaking
Shortage
Supremely good

25. Thwarted
Juicy
Prevented
Hostility; hatred
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

26. Redolent
Worship; great praise
Devaluing; criticizing
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Of great importance

27. Connoisseurs
Experts with good taste/judgment
Honor; honesty
Harmful
Neglectful

28. Therapeutic
Wavered; hesitated
Cannot be tolerated
Medicinal
Ordinary

29. Futile
An equal
Useless; waste of time and effort
Juicy
Joining - speaking

30. Demonstrative
Supremely good
Thorough; taking care of details
Expressing emotion freely
Harmful

31. Insufferable
Of great importance
Cannot be tolerated
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

32. Advocate
Worship; great praise
To cover
In a commanding manner
Support

33. Deleterious
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Over-simplified
Harmful

34. Imperious
In a commanding manner
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

35. Bountiful
Sociable
Generous
Juicy
Bringing together; ending a dispute

36. Conflagration
Persuasive language
Passed on through touch; infectious
Thick and sticky
Big fire

37. Cerebral
Concerned with thinking
Fair; wise
Proving right
Divided into two extremes

38. Litigious
Seeking legal remedies
Agreement
Juicy
Bringing together; ending a dispute

39. Inscrutable
Not easy to comprehend
Fate - doom
Thorough; eager
Over-simplified

40. Meticulous
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Thorough; taking care of details
Toadies; flatterers
Put off; procrastinate

41. Lavish
Praise
Critical
Sociable
Expensive

42. Quelled
Expensive
Blame; criticize
To cover
Suppressed

43. Propensity

44. Corpulence
Being fat
Useless; waste of time and effort
Passed on through touch; infectious
Fair; wise

45. Vacillated
Wavered; hesitated
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Seeking money above all else
Compulsory

46. Momentous
To make legal; give approval to
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Concerned with thinking
Of great importance

47. Articulation
Cannot be tolerated
Joining - speaking
Inspiring awe
Expressing emotion freely

48. Formidable
Cannot be tolerated
Inspiring awe
Seeking money above all else
Doubtful

49. Ineffable

50. Presumptive
Agreement
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Presumed
Cannot be tolerated