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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. Solicitous
Expressing care and concern
Seeking revenge
Fair; wise
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

2. Dubious
Shortage
Expressing emotion freely
Neglectful
Doubtful

3. Succulent
Juicy
Seeking revenge
Expressing care and concern
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

4. Regressive
Supremely good
Praise
Strong and sturdy
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

5. Debacles
Blame; criticize
Disasters
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Joining - speaking

6. Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Praise
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Medicinal

7. Eulogy
Joining - speaking
Praise
Annoy
Doubtful

8. Intonation
Tone of voice
Expressing emotion freely
Attacking verbally
Tendency; leaning' predilection

9. Insufferable
Medicinal
Cannot be tolerated
Agreement
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

10. Nemesis
Harmful
Fate - doom
Shortage
Proving right

11. Vacillated
Thorough; eager
On and off; not continuous
Expressing emotion freely
Wavered; hesitated

12. Histrionic
Bringing together; ending a dispute
To make legal; give approval to
Suppressed
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

13. Propensity

14. Redolent
Generous
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Thick and sticky

15. Adulation
Suppressed
Useless; waste of time and effort
Worship; great praise
Friendly - lovable

16. Rhetoric
Strong and sturdy
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Persuasive language
Lack of transparency; being opaque

17. Inscrutable
Inspiring awe
Prevented
Not easy to comprehend
Concerned with thinking

18. Robust
Passed on through touch; infectious
Divided into two extremes
Strong and sturdy
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

19. Polarized
Divided into two extremes
Tone of voice
Wavered; hesitated
Generous

20. Consummate
An equal
Thick and sticky
Supremely good
Experts with good taste/judgment

21. Petulant
Dedicated; made holy
Being fat
Sulky
Passed on through touch; infectious

22. Vindictive
Very bad
Gave moral lecture
Disasters
Seeking revenge

23. Cerebral
Passed on through touch; infectious
Expressing care and concern
Concerned with thinking
Thick and sticky

24. Opacity
Redness
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Harmful
Agreement

25. Censure
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Narrow-minded
Not moderate; excessive
Blame; criticize

26. Facile
Over-simplified
To cover
Neglectful
An equal

27. Integrity
Expressing care and concern
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Honor; honesty
Ordinary

28. Depreciatory
Sociable
Being fat
Devaluing; criticizing
Gave moral lecture

29. Conciliatory
Dictator
Annoy
Thorough; taking care of details
Bringing together; ending a dispute

30. Animosity
Hostility; hatred
Supremely good
Agreement
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

31. Legitimate
Redness
To make legal; give approval to
Vague
Fair and equal

32. Amiable
Friendly - lovable
Thick and sticky
Not moderate; excessive
Joining - speaking

33. Toadies
Over-simplified
Devaluing; criticizing
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

34. Judicious
Ordinary
Dedicated; made holy
Strong and sturdy
Fair; wise

35. Reprehensible
Very bad
On and off; not continuous
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Thorough; taking care of details

36. Remiss
Neglectful
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Toadies; flatterers

37. Dearth
Not easy to comprehend
Shortage
Thorough; taking care of details
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

38. Bountiful
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Generous
Honor; honesty
Very bad

39. Connoisseurs
Expressing care and concern
Fate - doom
To make legal; give approval to
Experts with good taste/judgment

40. Formidable
Big fire
Not moderate; excessive
Fair and equal
Inspiring awe

41. Conflagration
Agreement
Big fire
Seeking revenge
Being fat

42. Deleterious
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Harmful
Expressing care and concern
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

43. Fastidious
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Persuasive language
Hostility; hatred
Agreement

44. Intermittent
On and off; not continuous
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Supremely good
Attacking verbally

45. Autocrat
Dictator
Thorough; eager
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Expressing emotion freely

46. Boorishness
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Vague
Disasters
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

47. Callous
To make legal; give approval to
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Not moderate; excessive

48. Articulation
Joining - speaking
Prevented
Attacking verbally
Expressing care and concern

49. Shroud
To cover
Expressing emotion freely
Can't be expressed in words
Presumed

50. Intemperate
Compulsory
Annoy
Not moderate; excessive
Of great importance