SAT Vocab 2010 2011

Instructions:

• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Conciliatory
Sulky
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Gloomy


2. Peer
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Dictator
An equal
Suppressed


3. Compendious
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Not easy to comprehend
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Wavered; hesitated


4. Dalliance
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Praise
Vague
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something


5. Integrity
Medicinal
Honor; honesty
Expensive
Not moderate; excessive


6. Histrionic
Seeking legal remedies
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Disasters
Critical


7. Vindication
Not moderate; excessive
Depth (of ideas/thought)
In a commanding manner
Proving right


8. Mandatory
Vague
Dictator
Expensive
Compulsory


9. Opacity
Of great importance
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Support


10. Profundity
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Expressing care and concern
Kindly; pampering
Depth (of ideas/thought)


11. Thwarted
Prevented
Toadies; flatterers
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Practicality


12. Remiss
Not moderate; excessive
Persuasive language
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Neglectful


13. Momentous
Of great importance
Practicality
Annoy
Fate - doom


14. Insufferable
Cannot be tolerated
Friendly - lovable
Seeking legal remedies
Superficial


15. Corpulence
Fate - doom
Being fat
Ordinary
Annoy


16. Mercenary
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Honor; honesty
Seeking money above all else
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)


17. Insular
Prevented
Narrow-minded
Hostility; hatred
Lack of transparency; being opaque


18. Boorishness
Wavered; hesitated
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Big fire
Fate - doom


19. Fastidious
Fair; wise
Redness
Agreement
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)


20. Palliative
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Sociable
Something that makes better but does not cure
Harmful


21. Robust
Gloomy
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Not moderate; excessive
Strong and sturdy


22. Radical
Thick and sticky
Revolutionary
Tone of voice
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual


23. Legitimate
To make legal; give approval to
Blame; criticize
Revolutionary
Narrow-minded


24. Advocate
Vague
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Presumed
Support


25. Regressive
Friendly - lovable
Concerned with thinking
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
An equal


26. Fidelity
Thorough; taking care of details
Neglectful
Faithfulness; loyalty
Generous


27. Eulogy
Devaluing; criticizing
Expensive
Praise
Dictator


28. Wistful
Shortage
Attacking verbally
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
To cover


29. Dubious
Concerned with thinking
Expensive
Support
Doubtful


30. Toadies
Gave moral lecture
Practicality
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Very bad


31. Indulgent
Annoy
Strong and sturdy
Juicy
Kindly; pampering


32. Animosity
To cover
Suppressed
Thorough; taking care of details
Hostility; hatred


33. Equitable
Fair and equal
Tone of voice
Not easy to comprehend
Bringing together; ending a dispute


34. Futile
Sulky
Praise
Not easy to comprehend
Useless; waste of time and effort


35. Connoisseurs
Critical
Experts with good taste/judgment
Blame; criticize
Something that makes better but does not cure


36. Adulation
Expensive
Worship; great praise
Critical
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers


37. Haranguing
Fate - doom
Attacking verbally
Juicy
Harmful


38. Steadfastness
Superficial
Compulsory
Strong and sturdy
Loyalty; firmness of purpose


39. Debacles
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Proving right
Disasters
Fair and equal


40. Autocrat
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Dictator
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Kindly; pampering


41. Formidable
Thick and sticky
Gloomy
Concerned with thinking
Inspiring awe


42. Arable


43. Viscous
Thick and sticky
Experts with good taste/judgment
Honor; honesty
Lack of transparency; being opaque


44. Intonation
Sociable
Tone of voice
Disasters
Useless; waste of time and effort


45. Demonstrative
Can't be expressed in words
Of great importance
Expressing emotion freely
Cruel; hard and unfeeling


46. Shroud
Wavered; hesitated
To cover
Too sweet; over sentimental
Inspiring awe


47. Sycophants
To cover
Concerned with thinking
Toadies; flatterers
Seeking revenge


48. Petulant
Gloomy
Tone of voice
Practicality
Sulky


49. Vindictive
Seeking revenge
Hostility; hatred
Juicy
Can't be expressed in words


50. Prosaic
Concerned with thinking
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Useless; waste of time and effort
Ordinary