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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
Over-simplified
Expressing care and concern
Support
Tone of voice

2. Eulogy
Worship; great praise
Practicality
Revolutionary
Praise

3. Vindictive
Thick and sticky
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Seeking revenge

4. Arable

5. Connoisseurs
Something that makes better but does not cure
Passed on through touch; infectious
Experts with good taste/judgment
Seeking legal remedies

6. Fastidious
Big fire
Very bad
Thorough; taking care of details
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

7. Lavish
Fair and equal
Passed on through touch; infectious
Expensive
Dictator

8. Contagious
Compulsory
Sulky
Passed on through touch; infectious
Strong and sturdy

9. Autocrat
Dictator
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Toadies; flatterers
An equal

10. Imperious
In a commanding manner
Expensive
Useless; waste of time and effort
Expressing emotion freely

11. Concord
Fair; wise
Agreement
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Depth (of ideas/thought)

12. Magnanimous
Expressing emotion freely
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Thick and sticky
Experts with good taste/judgment

13. Litigious
Not easy to comprehend
Very bad
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Seeking legal remedies

14. Deleterious
Harmful
Over-simplified
Strong and sturdy
Seeking money above all else

15. Boorishness
Worship; great praise
Devaluing; criticizing
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Medicinal

16. Ineffable

17. Equitable
Fair and equal
Support
Neglectful
Proving right

18. Solicitous
Generous
Expressing care and concern
Kindly; pampering
Presumed

19. Redolent
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Can't be expressed in words

20. Petulant
Seeking revenge
Neglectful
Sulky
Being fat

21. Sermonized
Strong and sturdy
Gave moral lecture
Fate - doom
Thorough; taking care of details

22. Treacly
Too sweet; over sentimental
Doubtful
Useless; waste of time and effort
Revolutionary

23. Facile
To cover
Thick and sticky
Over-simplified
To make legal; give approval to

24. Vex
On and off; not continuous
Annoy
Seeking revenge
Sulky

25. Temporize
Dedicated; made holy
Put off; procrastinate
Seeking legal remedies
Can't be expressed in words

26. Opacity
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Joining - speaking
Hostility; hatred

27. Intermittent
On and off; not continuous
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Not moderate; excessive
Thorough; taking care of details

28. Floridity
Fate - doom
Redness
Joining - speaking
Medicinal

29. Meticulous
Generous
Thorough; taking care of details
Too sweet; over sentimental
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

30. Indulgent
Kindly; pampering
Expressing emotion freely
Neglectful
Annoy

31. Formidable
Useless; waste of time and effort
Inspiring awe
Praise
Shortage

32. Viscous
To cover
Thick and sticky
Harmful
Blame; criticize

33. Radical
To cover
Presumed
Agreement
Revolutionary

34. Consummate
Supremely good
Narrow-minded
Being fat
Revolutionary

35. Consecrated
Kindly; pampering
Strong and sturdy
Dedicated; made holy
Narrow-minded

36. Conciliatory
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Presumed
Over-simplified
Narrow-minded

37. Fidelity
Critical
Redness
Faithfulness; loyalty
Concerned with thinking

38. Disparaging
Not moderate; excessive
Not easy to comprehend
Critical
Being fat

39. Sycophants
Toadies; flatterers
Being fat
Doubtful
Narrow-minded

40. Vacillated
Wavered; hesitated
Sociable
Annoy
Expressing emotion freely

41. Dubious
Doubtful
Not moderate; excessive
Fair and equal
Very bad

42. Idiosyncratic
Fair; wise
Sociable
Attacking verbally
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

43. Animosity
Joining - speaking
Not easy to comprehend
Hostility; hatred
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

44. Therapeutic
Inspiring awe
Medicinal
Agreement
On and off; not continuous

45. Legitimate
To make legal; give approval to
Vague
Expensive
Expressing care and concern

46. Steadfastness
Tone of voice
Kindly; pampering
Praise
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

47. Pragmatism
Concerned with thinking
In a commanding manner
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Practicality

48. Intonation
Persuasive language
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Honor; honesty
Tone of voice

49. Dearth
Gave moral lecture
Persuasive language
Shortage
Annoy

50. Corpulence
Revolutionary
Being fat
Fair; wise
Praise