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SAT Vocab 2010 2011
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Equitable
Fair and equal
Fair; wise
Gloomy
Lack of transparency; being opaque
2. Dubious
Medicinal
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Doubtful
Worship; great praise
3. Animosity
Thorough; taking care of details
Hostility; hatred
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
4. Vacillated
Wavered; hesitated
Agreement
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
An equal
5. Quelled
Suppressed
Ordinary
Devaluing; criticizing
Honor; honesty
6. Nemesis
Expressing emotion freely
Dictator
Fate - doom
Critical
7. Depreciatory
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Fair; wise
Devaluing; criticizing
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
8. Boorishness
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Useless; waste of time and effort
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Joining - speaking
9. Temporize
Put off; procrastinate
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Expressing emotion freely
Not moderate; excessive
10. Consummate
Inspiring awe
Proving right
Supremely good
Seeking legal remedies
11. Legitimate
Practicality
Sociable
To make legal; give approval to
Expensive
12. Sycophants
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Toadies; flatterers
Neglectful
Very bad
13. Redolent
Seeking money above all else
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Big fire
Being fat
14. Somber
Presumed
Faithfulness; loyalty
Superficial
Gloomy
15. Momentous
Of great importance
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
To make legal; give approval to
Medicinal
16. Intermittent
Inspiring awe
Divided into two extremes
On and off; not continuous
Joining - speaking
17. Deleterious
Harmful
Shortage
Seeking money above all else
Seeking revenge
18. Shroud
Prevented
To cover
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Redness
19. Viscous
To cover
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Thick and sticky
Presumed
20. Formidable
Inspiring awe
Critical
Generous
Bringing together; ending a dispute
21. Sedulous
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Thorough; eager
Thick and sticky
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
22. Floridity
Wavered; hesitated
Useless; waste of time and effort
Redness
Thick and sticky
23. Inscrutable
Seeking legal remedies
Seeking money above all else
Seeking revenge
Not easy to comprehend
24. Opacity
Not moderate; excessive
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Compulsory
25. Convivial
Sociable
Vague
To cover
Dedicated; made holy
26. Ambiguous
Vague
An equal
Thorough; eager
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
27. Lavish
Kindly; pampering
Narrow-minded
Expensive
Honor; honesty
28. Propensity
29. Conflagration
Presumed
Cannot be tolerated
Big fire
Faithfulness; loyalty
30. Connoisseurs
Expressing emotion freely
Experts with good taste/judgment
Attacking verbally
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
31. Contagious
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Superficial
Passed on through touch; infectious
32. Advocate
An equal
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Thorough; taking care of details
Support
33. Wistful
Sociable
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Expressing emotion freely
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
34. Robust
Of great importance
Suppressed
Strong and sturdy
Persuasive language
35. Sermonized
Agreement
Gave moral lecture
Wavered; hesitated
Not moderate; excessive
36. Intonation
Tone of voice
Something that makes better but does not cure
Can't be expressed in words
Wavered; hesitated
37. Radical
Sociable
Narrow-minded
Revolutionary
Dedicated; made holy
38. Demonstrative
Expressing emotion freely
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
On and off; not continuous
39. Mercenary
Critical
Can't be expressed in words
Seeking money above all else
Useless; waste of time and effort
40. Petulant
Joining - speaking
Redness
Fair and equal
Sulky
41. Treacly
Gloomy
Doubtful
Too sweet; over sentimental
Of great importance
42. Peer
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
An equal
Inspiring awe
Faithfulness; loyalty
43. Presumptive
Presumed
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Put off; procrastinate
44. Concord
Supremely good
Fair; wise
Shortage
Agreement
45. Eulogy
Praise
Shortage
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Of great importance
46. Imperious
Being fat
Thorough; eager
Bringing together; ending a dispute
In a commanding manner
47. Cerebral
Proving right
Of great importance
Concerned with thinking
Fair; wise
48. Prosaic
Ordinary
Lack of transparency; being opaque
On and off; not continuous
Useless; waste of time and effort
49. Autocrat
Cannot be tolerated
Being fat
Neglectful
Dictator
50. Litigious
Expressing care and concern
Honor; honesty
Fair and equal
Seeking legal remedies