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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. Vacillated
Wavered; hesitated
Practicality
Annoy
Proving right

2. Indulgent
Not moderate; excessive
Devaluing; criticizing
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Kindly; pampering

3. Magnanimous
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Not easy to comprehend
Hostility; hatred
Of great importance

4. Integrity
Honor; honesty
Divided into two extremes
Toadies; flatterers
An equal

5. Contagious
Passed on through touch; infectious
Harmful
Seeking legal remedies
Juicy

6. Profundity
Thorough; eager
Put off; procrastinate
Fair and equal
Depth (of ideas/thought)

7. Consummate
Thick and sticky
Supremely good
Gloomy
Not easy to comprehend

8. Pragmatism
Generous
Seeking legal remedies
Expressing emotion freely
Practicality

9. Solicitous
Redness
Thick and sticky
Presumed
Expressing care and concern

10. Propensity

11. Treacly
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
To cover
Too sweet; over sentimental
Joining - speaking

12. Censure
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Presumed
Blame; criticize
Prevented

13. Intonation
Divided into two extremes
Seeking money above all else
Big fire
Tone of voice

14. Dubious
Honor; honesty
Doubtful
Seeking revenge
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

15. Sycophants
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Expressing emotion freely
Friendly - lovable
Toadies; flatterers

16. Formidable
Fate - doom
Wavered; hesitated
Inspiring awe
Cannot be tolerated

17. Vex
Annoy
Not easy to comprehend
Being fat
Supremely good

18. Quelled
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Worship; great praise
Suppressed
Lack of transparency; being opaque

19. Petulant
Expressing care and concern
Doubtful
Sulky
Not moderate; excessive

20. Futile
Useless; waste of time and effort
Expressing care and concern
Practicality
Medicinal

21. Depreciatory
On and off; not continuous
Devaluing; criticizing
Vague
Kindly; pampering

22. Therapeutic
Dedicated; made holy
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Medicinal
Shortage

23. Palliative
Joining - speaking
Something that makes better but does not cure
Gloomy
Juicy

24. Rhetoric
Harmful
Redness
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Persuasive language

25. Fidelity
Dictator
Faithfulness; loyalty
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Tendency; leaning' predilection

26. Opacity
Wavered; hesitated
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Shortage

27. Arable

28. Vindictive
Ordinary
Not easy to comprehend
Medicinal
Seeking revenge

29. Polarized
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Divided into two extremes
Something that makes better but does not cure

30. Autocrat
Can't be expressed in words
Gloomy
Very bad
Dictator

31. Somber
Cannot be tolerated
Worship; great praise
Gloomy
Practicality

32. Intemperate
Over-simplified
Persuasive language
Not moderate; excessive
Proving right

33. Imperious
Thick and sticky
In a commanding manner
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Over-simplified

34. Sedulous
Tone of voice
Something that makes better but does not cure
Thorough; eager
Dedicated; made holy

35. Presumptive
Presumed
Passed on through touch; infectious
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Not easy to comprehend

36. Steadfastness
Faithfulness; loyalty
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Big fire
Juicy

37. Floridity
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Concerned with thinking
Redness
Support

38. Concord
Agreement
Devaluing; criticizing
Expensive
Narrow-minded

39. Prosaic
Fate - doom
Thorough; eager
Ordinary
Compulsory

40. Shroud
Big fire
Gloomy
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
To cover

41. Temporize
Attacking verbally
Cannot be tolerated
Sociable
Put off; procrastinate

42. Animosity
Hostility; hatred
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Attacking verbally
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

43. Reprehensible
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Very bad
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Expensive

44. Nemesis
Strong and sturdy
To cover
Not easy to comprehend
Fate - doom

45. Vindication
Dictator
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Proving right
Prevented

46. Insufferable
Not moderate; excessive
Cannot be tolerated
To cover
Support

47. Remiss
Joining - speaking
Seeking money above all else
Neglectful
Revolutionary

48. Bountiful
Something that makes better but does not cure
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Generous
Very bad

49. Litigious
Expensive
Worship; great praise
Seeking legal remedies
Attacking verbally

50. Redolent
Inspiring awe
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Generous
Loyalty; firmness of purpose