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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. Demonstrative
Strong and sturdy
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Expressing emotion freely

2. Insufferable
Kindly; pampering
Revolutionary
Expressing care and concern
Cannot be tolerated

3. Therapeutic
Very bad
Experts with good taste/judgment
Blame; criticize
Medicinal

4. Temporize
Generous
Expressing emotion freely
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Put off; procrastinate

5. Dearth
Shortage
Expressing care and concern
Worship; great praise
Agreement

6. Toadies
To make legal; give approval to
Revolutionary
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
An equal

7. Vacillated
Blame; criticize
Wavered; hesitated
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Superficial

8. Integrity
Big fire
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Honor; honesty

9. Conciliatory
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Honor; honesty
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Divided into two extremes

10. Opacity
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Annoy
Faithfulness; loyalty
Of great importance

11. Futile
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Dictator
Useless; waste of time and effort
Fair; wise

12. Debacles
Tone of voice
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
To cover
Disasters

13. Consummate
Fate - doom
Blame; criticize
Juicy
Supremely good

14. Meticulous
Something that makes better but does not cure
Fair; wise
Inspiring awe
Thorough; taking care of details

15. Rhetoric
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Thorough; taking care of details
Persuasive language
Tendency; leaning' predilection

16. Remiss
Expressing emotion freely
Neglectful
Supremely good
Generous

17. Histrionic
Supremely good
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Useless; waste of time and effort
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

18. Fidelity
Gave moral lecture
Faithfulness; loyalty
In a commanding manner
Fate - doom

19. Contagious
Shortage
Seeking legal remedies
Medicinal
Passed on through touch; infectious

20. Pragmatism
Hostility; hatred
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Harmful
Practicality

21. Concord
Annoy
Expressing care and concern
Agreement
Thorough; taking care of details

22. Mercenary
Dictator
Joining - speaking
Put off; procrastinate
Seeking money above all else

23. Conflagration
Experts with good taste/judgment
Agreement
Big fire
Generous

24. Disparaging
Suppressed
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Harmful
Critical

25. Intermittent
On and off; not continuous
Vague
Gloomy
Devaluing; criticizing

26. Cerebral
Something that makes better but does not cure
Generous
Sulky
Concerned with thinking

27. Dubious
Fate - doom
In a commanding manner
Prevented
Doubtful

28. Lavish
Supremely good
Thorough; taking care of details
Expensive
Expressing care and concern

29. Reprehensible
Very bad
To cover
Supremely good
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

30. Palliative
Something that makes better but does not cure
Cannot be tolerated
Critical
Depth (of ideas/thought)

31. Ambiguous
Dictator
Ordinary
Annoy
Vague

32. Floridity
To cover
Redness
Support
Vague

33. Sycophants
Hostility; hatred
Friendly - lovable
Toadies; flatterers
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

34. Bountiful
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Generous
Annoy
Wavered; hesitated

35. Peer
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Dictator
An equal
Kindly; pampering

36. Legitimate
To make legal; give approval to
Seeking revenge
Friendly - lovable
Concerned with thinking

37. Articulation
Joining - speaking
Thick and sticky
Faithfulness; loyalty
Fair and equal

38. Depreciatory
In a commanding manner
Thorough; taking care of details
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Devaluing; criticizing

39. Cursory
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Redness
Superficial
Concerned with thinking

40. Treacly
Can't be expressed in words
Worship; great praise
Too sweet; over sentimental
Honor; honesty

41. Nemesis
Compulsory
Fate - doom
Seeking legal remedies
Vague

42. Shroud
To cover
Gave moral lecture
Neglectful
Fair; wise

43. Thwarted
Prevented
Compulsory
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Revolutionary

44. Boorishness
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Expressing care and concern
Narrow-minded
Of great importance

45. Adulation
Compulsory
Worship; great praise
Put off; procrastinate
Faithfulness; loyalty

46. Presumptive
Divided into two extremes
Juicy
Presumed
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

47. Sedulous
Redness
Thorough; eager
Fair; wise
Ordinary

48. Litigious
Narrow-minded
Seeking legal remedies
Seeking money above all else
Toadies; flatterers

49. Equitable
Attacking verbally
Cannot be tolerated
Practicality
Fair and equal

50. Solicitous
Seeking legal remedies
Sulky
Expressing care and concern
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)