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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. Wistful
Seeking legal remedies
Prevented
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Critical

2. Therapeutic
Vague
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Joining - speaking
Medicinal

3. Intonation
Divided into two extremes
Not easy to comprehend
Tone of voice
Put off; procrastinate

4. Autocrat
Friendly - lovable
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Doubtful
Dictator

5. Vacillated
Wavered; hesitated
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Honor; honesty
Critical

6. Meticulous
Thorough; taking care of details
Kindly; pampering
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Concerned with thinking

7. Solicitous
Praise
Expressing care and concern
Experts with good taste/judgment
Redness

8. Cursory
Superficial
Support
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Seeking money above all else

9. Momentous
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Over-simplified
Of great importance

10. Fastidious
Toadies; flatterers
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Something that makes better but does not cure
Vague

11. Idiosyncratic
Experts with good taste/judgment
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Honor; honesty
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

12. Sedulous
Expressing care and concern
Dictator
Thorough; eager
Cannot be tolerated

13. Boorishness
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Something that makes better but does not cure
Superficial
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

14. Rhetoric
Sociable
Thorough; eager
Persuasive language
To make legal; give approval to

15. Dalliance
Too sweet; over sentimental
Revolutionary
Cannot be tolerated
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

16. Indulgent
Medicinal
Kindly; pampering
Gave moral lecture
Agreement

17. Depreciatory
Devaluing; criticizing
Joining - speaking
Dedicated; made holy
Faithfulness; loyalty

18. Corpulence
Being fat
Dictator
In a commanding manner
Fair and equal

19. Inscrutable
Fair; wise
Not easy to comprehend
Seeking revenge
Ordinary

20. Integrity
Inspiring awe
Honor; honesty
Wavered; hesitated
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

21. Remiss
Neglectful
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Fair and equal

22. Robust
Strong and sturdy
An equal
Supremely good
Friendly - lovable

23. Convivial
Seeking legal remedies
Sociable
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Dictator

24. Futile
Not moderate; excessive
Dedicated; made holy
Superficial
Useless; waste of time and effort

25. Lavish
Seeking money above all else
Expensive
Supremely good
Compulsory

26. Insufferable
Cannot be tolerated
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Narrow-minded

27. Mercenary
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Dictator
Seeking money above all else
Friendly - lovable

28. Bountiful
Too sweet; over sentimental
On and off; not continuous
Generous
Experts with good taste/judgment

29. Magnanimous
Presumed
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Faithfulness; loyalty
Revolutionary

30. Judicious
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Strong and sturdy
Thick and sticky
Fair; wise

31. Arable

32. Advocate
Support
Vague
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Doubtful

33. Eulogy
Praise
Passed on through touch; infectious
Thorough; taking care of details
Put off; procrastinate

34. Quelled
Ordinary
Of great importance
On and off; not continuous
Suppressed

35. Facile
Kindly; pampering
Vague
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Over-simplified

36. Succulent
Gloomy
Juicy
To cover
Support

37. Debacles
Disasters
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Experts with good taste/judgment
Gloomy

38. Toadies
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Seeking money above all else
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

39. Propensity

40. Deleterious
Disasters
Support
Harmful
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

41. Prosaic
Passed on through touch; infectious
Dictator
Ordinary
Thorough; eager

42. Vex
Annoy
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Wavered; hesitated
Blame; criticize

43. Censure
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Doubtful
Blame; criticize
Fate - doom

44. Treacly
Faithfulness; loyalty
Too sweet; over sentimental
Thorough; eager
Sociable

45. Profundity
Big fire
Not easy to comprehend
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Worship; great praise

46. Concord
Agreement
Hostility; hatred
Superficial
Not easy to comprehend

47. Reprehensible
Annoy
Concerned with thinking
Seeking legal remedies
Very bad

48. Intemperate
Not easy to comprehend
Hostility; hatred
Not moderate; excessive
Dictator

49. Connoisseurs
Experts with good taste/judgment
Critical
Presumed
Can't be expressed in words

50. Presumptive
Seeking revenge
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Presumed
Annoy