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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. Robust
Fate - doom
Faithfulness; loyalty
To cover
Strong and sturdy

2. Bountiful
Seeking revenge
Divided into two extremes
Useless; waste of time and effort
Generous

3. Radical
Revolutionary
Narrow-minded
Experts with good taste/judgment
Tendency; leaning' predilection

4. Contagious
To cover
Passed on through touch; infectious
Attacking verbally
Not easy to comprehend

5. Sycophants
Toadies; flatterers
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Disasters
Big fire

6. Litigious
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Seeking legal remedies
Passed on through touch; infectious
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

7. Disparaging
Devaluing; criticizing
Critical
Sociable
Concerned with thinking

8. Opacity
Hostility; hatred
Wavered; hesitated
Proving right
Lack of transparency; being opaque

9. Consummate
Very bad
Supremely good
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Can't be expressed in words

10. Dearth
Medicinal
Shortage
Neglectful
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

11. Corpulence
Being fat
Wavered; hesitated
Fair; wise
Suppressed

12. Polarized
Prevented
Something that makes better but does not cure
Divided into two extremes
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

13. Convivial
Sociable
Divided into two extremes
Prevented
Expressing emotion freely

14. Consecrated
Seeking money above all else
Thorough; eager
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Dedicated; made holy

15. Petulant
To cover
Too sweet; over sentimental
Sulky
Cannot be tolerated

16. Vex
To cover
Disasters
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Annoy

17. Boorishness
Presumed
Prevented
Suppressed
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

18. Intemperate
Not moderate; excessive
Annoy
Passed on through touch; infectious
Expensive

19. Steadfastness
Friendly - lovable
Critical
Faithfulness; loyalty
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

20. Sermonized
Wavered; hesitated
Gave moral lecture
Compulsory
Superficial

21. Inscrutable
Concerned with thinking
Useless; waste of time and effort
Not easy to comprehend
Sociable

22. Momentous
Seeking revenge
Praise
Of great importance
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

23. Deleterious
Harmful
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Suppressed
Shortage

24. Palliative
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Something that makes better but does not cure
Proving right
Big fire

25. Solicitous
Fate - doom
Narrow-minded
Honor; honesty
Expressing care and concern

26. Succulent
Fate - doom
Juicy
To make legal; give approval to
Revolutionary

27. Vindication
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Proving right
Passed on through touch; infectious
Wavered; hesitated

28. Vindictive
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Very bad
Gloomy
Seeking revenge

29. Idiosyncratic
Neglectful
Worship; great praise
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

30. Haranguing
Disasters
Useless; waste of time and effort
Attacking verbally
Hostility; hatred

31. Insular
Narrow-minded
Concerned with thinking
Can't be expressed in words
Of great importance

32. Depreciatory
Presumed
Shortage
Devaluing; criticizing
Honor; honesty

33. Quelled
Suppressed
Vague
Thick and sticky
Being fat

34. Profundity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Strong and sturdy
Agreement
Redness

35. Formidable
Inspiring awe
Vague
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Depth (of ideas/thought)

36. Toadies
Divided into two extremes
Joining - speaking
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Thorough; taking care of details

37. Fidelity
Dedicated; made holy
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Faithfulness; loyalty
Inspiring awe

38. Amiable
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Too sweet; over sentimental
Friendly - lovable
Praise

39. Magnanimous
Kindly; pampering
Not moderate; excessive
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Can't be expressed in words

40. Vacillated
Wavered; hesitated
Seeking money above all else
An equal
Agreement

41. Fastidious
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Suppressed
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

42. Ineffable

43. Indulgent
Big fire
Kindly; pampering
Fate - doom
Dedicated; made holy

44. Sedulous
Tone of voice
Thorough; eager
Fate - doom
An equal

45. Pragmatism
Thorough; taking care of details
Practicality
Worship; great praise
Of great importance

46. Futile
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Thorough; eager
Useless; waste of time and effort
Compulsory

47. Callous
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Generous
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Revolutionary

48. Redolent
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Revolutionary
Experts with good taste/judgment

49. Mercenary
Gloomy
Seeking money above all else
Not easy to comprehend
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

50. Rhetoric
Persuasive language
Wavered; hesitated
Joining - speaking
Depth (of ideas/thought)