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SAT Vocab 2010 2011

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Connoisseurs
Experts with good taste/judgment
Prevented
Revolutionary
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

2. Polarized
Seeking revenge
Divided into two extremes
Ordinary
Sulky

3. Consecrated
Dedicated; made holy
Presumed
Friendly - lovable
Sociable

4. Demonstrative
Cannot be tolerated
Expressing emotion freely
Expressing care and concern
Can't be expressed in words

5. Convivial
Sociable
Support
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

6. Fastidious
Thorough; eager
Persuasive language
Proving right
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

7. Futile
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Useless; waste of time and effort
Prevented
Redness

8. Vindictive
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Seeking revenge
Being fat
Useless; waste of time and effort

9. Imperious
Shortage
Medicinal
In a commanding manner
Critical

10. Intermittent
Persuasive language
Divided into two extremes
Agreement
On and off; not continuous

11. Censure
Blame; criticize
Disasters
Toadies; flatterers
Can't be expressed in words

12. Remiss
Neglectful
Worship; great praise
Supremely good
Not moderate; excessive

13. Animosity
Praise
Concerned with thinking
Hostility; hatred
Being fat

14. Temporize
Seeking revenge
Put off; procrastinate
Supremely good
Agreement

15. Shroud
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
To cover
Toadies; flatterers
Suppressed

16. Boorishness
Can't be expressed in words
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Too sweet; over sentimental
Fair; wise

17. Lavish
Proving right
Passed on through touch; infectious
Expensive
Not moderate; excessive

18. Quelled
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Compulsory
Suppressed
Harmful

19. Dalliance
Toadies; flatterers
Suppressed
Blame; criticize
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

20. Meticulous
Inspiring awe
Seeking money above all else
Thorough; taking care of details
Compulsory

21. Pragmatism
Of great importance
Practicality
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Generous

22. Succulent
Friendly - lovable
Blame; criticize
Juicy
Inspiring awe

23. Integrity
Harmful
Honor; honesty
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Too sweet; over sentimental

24. Eulogy
Inspiring awe
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Practicality
Praise

25. Treacly
Expensive
Vague
Too sweet; over sentimental
Expressing emotion freely

26. Therapeutic
Prevented
Medicinal
Doubtful
Too sweet; over sentimental

27. Rhetoric
Persuasive language
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Being fat
Gloomy

28. Floridity
Being fat
Redness
Not easy to comprehend
Very bad

29. Magnanimous
Cannot be tolerated
Suppressed
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

30. Vindication
Passed on through touch; infectious
Harmful
Toadies; flatterers
Proving right

31. Legitimate
To make legal; give approval to
Proving right
Suppressed
Not easy to comprehend

32. Deleterious
Big fire
Thorough; taking care of details
Harmful
Bringing together; ending a dispute

33. Equitable
An equal
Praise
Fair and equal
Support

34. Intemperate
On and off; not continuous
Something that makes better but does not cure
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Not moderate; excessive

35. Indulgent
Kindly; pampering
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Inspiring awe
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

36. Palliative
Something that makes better but does not cure
Fair and equal
Attacking verbally
Prevented

37. Intonation
Dedicated; made holy
Tone of voice
Doubtful
Generous

38. Dearth
Suppressed
Annoy
Strong and sturdy
Shortage

39. Profundity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Thorough; taking care of details
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Compulsory

40. Judicious
To cover
Passed on through touch; infectious
Fair; wise
Over-simplified

41. Cerebral
Devaluing; criticizing
Kindly; pampering
Support
Concerned with thinking

42. Haranguing
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Attacking verbally
Harmful
Gloomy

43. Somber
Not easy to comprehend
Worship; great praise
Shortage
Gloomy

44. Compendious
Put off; procrastinate
Seeking revenge
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

45. Debacles
Proving right
Suppressed
Expressing care and concern
Disasters

46. Insular
Expressing care and concern
Very bad
Narrow-minded
Attacking verbally

47. Petulant
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Sulky
Suppressed
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

48. Adulation
Passed on through touch; infectious
Expressing care and concern
To cover
Worship; great praise

49. Presumptive
Over-simplified
Presumed
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Honor; honesty

50. Robust
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Honor; honesty
An equal
Strong and sturdy