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SAT Vocab 2010 2011

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Meticulous
To cover
Neglectful
Thorough; taking care of details
Suppressed

2. Sermonized
Medicinal
Passed on through touch; infectious
Agreement
Gave moral lecture

3. Vex
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Agreement
Annoy
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

4. Lavish
Put off; procrastinate
Expensive
Over-simplified
Devaluing; criticizing

5. Nemesis
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Persuasive language
Redness
Fate - doom

6. Mandatory
Shortage
Gave moral lecture
Compulsory
Dedicated; made holy

7. Convivial
Sociable
Useless; waste of time and effort
Concerned with thinking
On and off; not continuous

8. Intonation
To make legal; give approval to
Annoy
Redness
Tone of voice

9. Consummate
Shortage
Supremely good
Expensive
Compulsory

10. Reprehensible
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Thorough; taking care of details
Very bad

11. Judicious
Not moderate; excessive
Practicality
Medicinal
Fair; wise

12. Eulogy
Praise
Annoy
Blame; criticize
Tendency; leaning' predilection

13. Facile
Over-simplified
Big fire
Critical
Sulky

14. Floridity
Redness
Expressing care and concern
Passed on through touch; infectious
Attacking verbally

15. Dubious
Sociable
Kindly; pampering
Presumed
Doubtful

16. Polarized
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Cannot be tolerated
Divided into two extremes

17. Advocate
Strong and sturdy
Support
Experts with good taste/judgment
Expensive

18. Radical
Revolutionary
Juicy
Useless; waste of time and effort
Bringing together; ending a dispute

19. Debacles
Fair; wise
Disasters
Of great importance
Seeking revenge

20. Thwarted
Prevented
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Fair; wise
Revolutionary

21. Bountiful
To make legal; give approval to
Annoy
Generous
Thick and sticky

22. Dearth
Shortage
Harmful
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Persuasive language

23. Ineffable

24. Compendious
Blame; criticize
Proving right
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
To cover

25. Disparaging
Of great importance
Critical
Put off; procrastinate
Annoy

26. Profundity
Neglectful
Generous
Something that makes better but does not cure
Depth (of ideas/thought)

27. Equitable
Narrow-minded
Redness
Fair and equal
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

28. Therapeutic
Attacking verbally
Big fire
Medicinal
Bringing together; ending a dispute

29. Connoisseurs
Revolutionary
Experts with good taste/judgment
Wavered; hesitated
Redness

30. Ambiguous
Vague
Too sweet; over sentimental
Compulsory
Tendency; leaning' predilection

31. Temporize
Attacking verbally
Useless; waste of time and effort
Seeking revenge
Put off; procrastinate

32. Shroud
Harmful
Kindly; pampering
Being fat
To cover

33. Imperious
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
In a commanding manner
Friendly - lovable
Juicy

34. Adulation
Faithfulness; loyalty
Big fire
Worship; great praise
Gave moral lecture

35. Cerebral
Concerned with thinking
Dedicated; made holy
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Blame; criticize

36. Pragmatism
Revolutionary
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Practicality
Gloomy

37. Sycophants
Expressing emotion freely
Honor; honesty
Toadies; flatterers
Shortage

38. Demonstrative
Wavered; hesitated
Prevented
Expressing emotion freely
Hostility; hatred

39. Vindictive
Seeking revenge
Fate - doom
Tone of voice
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

40. Insufferable
Revolutionary
Gave moral lecture
Dictator
Cannot be tolerated

41. Momentous
Persuasive language
Wavered; hesitated
Fair; wise
Of great importance

42. Opacity
Concerned with thinking
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Joining - speaking
Lack of transparency; being opaque

43. Futile
Medicinal
Useless; waste of time and effort
Big fire
Hostility; hatred

44. Wistful
In a commanding manner
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Redness
Practicality

45. Cursory
To cover
Over-simplified
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Superficial

46. Corpulence
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Redness
Being fat
Doubtful

47. Rhetoric
Persuasive language
Worship; great praise
Cannot be tolerated
Not easy to comprehend

48. Callous
On and off; not continuous
Sociable
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Big fire

49. Indulgent
Critical
Gave moral lecture
Kindly; pampering
Over-simplified

50. Inscrutable
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Can't be expressed in words
Not easy to comprehend
Too sweet; over sentimental