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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. Compendious
Compulsory
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Experts with good taste/judgment
Strong and sturdy

2. Regressive
An equal
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Toadies; flatterers
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

3. Rhetoric
Experts with good taste/judgment
Persuasive language
Put off; procrastinate
Juicy

4. Magnanimous
Joining - speaking
Devaluing; criticizing
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Attacking verbally

5. Vacillated
To make legal; give approval to
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Strong and sturdy
Wavered; hesitated

6. Solicitous
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Expressing care and concern
Blame; criticize
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

7. Conflagration
In a commanding manner
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Big fire
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

8. Insular
Cannot be tolerated
Narrow-minded
Seeking money above all else
Too sweet; over sentimental

9. Contagious
Doubtful
Revolutionary
Passed on through touch; infectious
Praise

10. Judicious
Dictator
Praise
Redness
Fair; wise

11. Dubious
Toadies; flatterers
Doubtful
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Put off; procrastinate

12. Disparaging
Divided into two extremes
Critical
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

13. Radical
Medicinal
Vague
Revolutionary
Compulsory

14. Integrity
Support
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Honor; honesty
Experts with good taste/judgment

15. Toadies
Tone of voice
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Practicality

16. Shroud
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Dictator
To cover
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

17. Eulogy
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Devaluing; criticizing
Tone of voice
Praise

18. Robust
Agreement
Not moderate; excessive
Strong and sturdy
On and off; not continuous

19. Consecrated
Friendly - lovable
Suppressed
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Dedicated; made holy

20. Intonation
Seeking revenge
Shortage
To cover
Tone of voice

21. Petulant
Suppressed
Persuasive language
Sulky
Disasters

22. Intemperate
Suppressed
Praise
Joining - speaking
Not moderate; excessive

23. Wistful
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Annoy
Fair; wise
Depth (of ideas/thought)

24. Ineffable

25. Polarized
Divided into two extremes
Sociable
Toadies; flatterers
Tendency; leaning' predilection

26. Palliative
Proving right
Thick and sticky
Harmful
Something that makes better but does not cure

27. Equitable
Joining - speaking
Fair and equal
Sociable
Big fire

28. Idiosyncratic
Fate - doom
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Revolutionary
Attacking verbally

29. Bountiful
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Generous
Hostility; hatred
Concerned with thinking

30. Haranguing
Redness
Seeking legal remedies
Attacking verbally
Practicality

31. Presumptive
To cover
Devaluing; criticizing
Redness
Presumed

32. Litigious
Faithfulness; loyalty
Seeking legal remedies
Cannot be tolerated
Fair; wise

33. Convivial
Expensive
Being fat
Useless; waste of time and effort
Sociable

34. Cerebral
Concerned with thinking
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Sociable
Dedicated; made holy

35. Quelled
Suppressed
Neglectful
Proving right
Faithfulness; loyalty

36. Somber
Praise
Vague
To make legal; give approval to
Gloomy

37. Temporize
Put off; procrastinate
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
In a commanding manner
Wavered; hesitated

38. Depreciatory
Redness
Proving right
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Devaluing; criticizing

39. Opacity
Critical
Very bad
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Dictator

40. Remiss
Friendly - lovable
Neglectful
Devaluing; criticizing
Depth (of ideas/thought)

41. Profundity
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Praise
Superficial

42. Sermonized
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Gave moral lecture
Dedicated; made holy
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

43. Sycophants
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Shortage
Toadies; flatterers

44. Floridity
Harmful
Supremely good
Redness
Kindly; pampering

45. Nemesis
Seeking money above all else
Fate - doom
Honor; honesty
Concerned with thinking

46. Insufferable
Being fat
Cannot be tolerated
Superficial
Useless; waste of time and effort

47. Consummate
Supremely good
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Praise

48. Therapeutic
Medicinal
Superficial
Ordinary
Lack of transparency; being opaque

49. Formidable
On and off; not continuous
Inspiring awe
Gloomy
Fair and equal

50. Facile
Worship; great praise
Over-simplified
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Attacking verbally