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SAT Vocab 2010 2011
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english
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vocabulary
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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. Treacly
To cover
Gloomy
Too sweet; over sentimental
Narrow-minded
2. Presumptive
Toadies; flatterers
Inspiring awe
Presumed
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
3. Momentous
Inspiring awe
Sociable
Of great importance
Prevented
4. Vindication
Proving right
Ordinary
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Presumed
5. Intonation
Tone of voice
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Not moderate; excessive
Devaluing; criticizing
6. Quelled
On and off; not continuous
Suppressed
Honor; honesty
Too sweet; over sentimental
7. Histrionic
Can't be expressed in words
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Sociable
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
8. Succulent
Compulsory
Strong and sturdy
Juicy
Thorough; taking care of details
9. Eulogy
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Critical
Seeking legal remedies
Praise
10. Sycophants
Can't be expressed in words
Too sweet; over sentimental
Annoy
Toadies; flatterers
11. Imperious
Of great importance
In a commanding manner
Faithfulness; loyalty
Shortage
12. Deleterious
Gave moral lecture
Expensive
Harmful
Bringing together; ending a dispute
13. Inscrutable
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Over-simplified
Prevented
Not easy to comprehend
14. Boorishness
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Critical
15. Fidelity
Persuasive language
Joining - speaking
Experts with good taste/judgment
Faithfulness; loyalty
16. Integrity
Honor; honesty
Fair; wise
Useless; waste of time and effort
Doubtful
17. Conflagration
Big fire
Annoy
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Supremely good
18. Advocate
An equal
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Support
Inspiring awe
19. Idiosyncratic
Annoy
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
20. Ambiguous
Vague
Attacking verbally
Superficial
Redness
21. Prosaic
Dictator
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Ordinary
22. Intermittent
Harmful
On and off; not continuous
Fate - doom
Critical
23. Sedulous
Fair; wise
Thorough; eager
On and off; not continuous
Of great importance
24. Intemperate
Cannot be tolerated
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Not moderate; excessive
Support
25. Vindictive
Practicality
Devaluing; criticizing
Thorough; taking care of details
Seeking revenge
26. Insufferable
Toadies; flatterers
Cannot be tolerated
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Honor; honesty
27. Insular
Blame; criticize
Narrow-minded
Disasters
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
28. Profundity
Seeking legal remedies
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Thorough; eager
29. Therapeutic
Divided into two extremes
Over-simplified
Medicinal
Inspiring awe
30. Animosity
Hostility; hatred
Sociable
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Dictator
31. Propensity
Prevented
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Too sweet; over sentimental
Thick and sticky
32. Corpulence
Proving right
Being fat
Dictator
Thick and sticky
33. Peer
Hostility; hatred
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
An equal
Lack of transparency; being opaque
34. Ineffable
Proving right
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Inspiring awe
Can't be expressed in words
35. Cerebral
Concerned with thinking
Useless; waste of time and effort
Compulsory
Neglectful
36. Magnanimous
Suppressed
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Wavered; hesitated
Dictator
37. Radical
Revolutionary
Sociable
Divided into two extremes
Neglectful
38. Nemesis
Supremely good
Proving right
Fate - doom
Seeking revenge
39. Compendious
Seeking revenge
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Expressing emotion freely
Annoy
40. Indulgent
Fair; wise
Presumed
Kindly; pampering
Harmful
41. Amiable
Experts with good taste/judgment
Big fire
Cannot be tolerated
Friendly - lovable
42. Connoisseurs
Shortage
Critical
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Experts with good taste/judgment
43. Articulation
Fair; wise
Doubtful
Joining - speaking
Praise
44. Rhetoric
Being fat
Put off; procrastinate
Something that makes better but does not cure
Persuasive language
45. Mandatory
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Sulky
Compulsory
Prevented
46. Facile
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Being fat
Over-simplified
Presumed
47. Meticulous
Proving right
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Thorough; taking care of details
Fair and equal
48. Pragmatism
Practicality
Seeking revenge
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
49. Legitimate
Kindly; pampering
Cannot be tolerated
To make legal; give approval to
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
50. Regressive
Suppressed
Redness
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Tendency; leaning' predilection
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