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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. Histrionic
Supremely good
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Joining - speaking

2. Concord
Kindly; pampering
Agreement
Something that makes better but does not cure
Fate - doom

3. Robust
Superficial
Shortage
Strong and sturdy
Too sweet; over sentimental

4. Intermittent
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
On and off; not continuous
Too sweet; over sentimental
Dedicated; made holy

5. Toadies
Friendly - lovable
Shortage
Doubtful
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

6. Treacly
Very bad
Too sweet; over sentimental
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Ordinary

7. Somber
Gloomy
Persuasive language
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Redness

8. Regressive
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Can't be expressed in words
Too sweet; over sentimental
Friendly - lovable

9. Inscrutable
Not easy to comprehend
Compulsory
Cannot be tolerated
Narrow-minded

10. Boorishness
Proving right
To make legal; give approval to
An equal
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

11. Amiable
Fate - doom
Friendly - lovable
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Inspiring awe

12. Dubious
Doubtful
Strong and sturdy
Supremely good
Blame; criticize

13. Sermonized
Inspiring awe
Gave moral lecture
Seeking legal remedies
Suppressed

14. Integrity
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Strong and sturdy
Agreement
Honor; honesty

15. Debacles
Disasters
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

16. Floridity
Experts with good taste/judgment
Redness
Fate - doom
Wavered; hesitated

17. Facile
Harmful
Over-simplified
Neglectful
Ordinary

18. Conflagration
Big fire
Gloomy
Toadies; flatterers
On and off; not continuous

19. Vindication
Passed on through touch; infectious
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Dedicated; made holy
Proving right

20. Magnanimous
Honor; honesty
Seeking legal remedies
Agreement
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

21. Conciliatory
Suppressed
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Medicinal
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

22. Fidelity
Big fire
Faithfulness; loyalty
Narrow-minded
Sociable

23. Insular
Joining - speaking
Kindly; pampering
Superficial
Narrow-minded

24. Solicitous
Expressing care and concern
On and off; not continuous
Kindly; pampering
Support

25. Prosaic
Expensive
Expressing emotion freely
Ordinary
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

26. Succulent
Juicy
Critical
Dictator
Not moderate; excessive

27. Peer
Concerned with thinking
Friendly - lovable
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
An equal

28. Demonstrative
Seeking legal remedies
Inspiring awe
To make legal; give approval to
Expressing emotion freely

29. Shroud
Vague
To cover
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Over-simplified

30. Connoisseurs
Experts with good taste/judgment
Gloomy
Superficial
Wavered; hesitated

31. Bountiful
Expressing emotion freely
Generous
Wavered; hesitated
Fair; wise

32. Depreciatory
Seeking legal remedies
Harmful
Devaluing; criticizing
Attacking verbally

33. Radical
Being fat
Revolutionary
Useless; waste of time and effort
Can't be expressed in words

34. Vacillated
To cover
Proving right
Sociable
Wavered; hesitated

35. Callous
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Practicality
Suppressed
Hostility; hatred

36. Corpulence
Being fat
Honor; honesty
Praise
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

37. Wistful
Blame; criticize
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

38. Intemperate
Not moderate; excessive
In a commanding manner
Disasters
Narrow-minded

39. Convivial
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Worship; great praise
Sociable
Faithfulness; loyalty

40. Pragmatism
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
To cover
Practicality
Concerned with thinking

41. Ineffable

42. Compendious
Put off; procrastinate
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Devaluing; criticizing
Shortage

43. Temporize
Disasters
Put off; procrastinate
Faithfulness; loyalty
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

44. Presumptive
Presumed
Experts with good taste/judgment
Cannot be tolerated
In a commanding manner

45. Lavish
Expensive
Expressing emotion freely
Thorough; taking care of details
In a commanding manner

46. Propensity

47. Judicious
Divided into two extremes
Passed on through touch; infectious
Fair; wise
Put off; procrastinate

48. Palliative
Something that makes better but does not cure
Thorough; taking care of details
Seeking money above all else
Not easy to comprehend

49. Steadfastness
Agreement
Redness
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

50. Formidable
Inspiring awe
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Vague
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior