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SAT Vocab 2010 2011

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1. Histrionic
Agreement
Wavered; hesitated
Seeking money above all else
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

2. Pragmatism
Practicality
Seeking legal remedies
Suppressed
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

3. Articulation
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Hostility; hatred
Joining - speaking
Big fire

4. Therapeutic
Wavered; hesitated
Faithfulness; loyalty
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Medicinal

5. Profundity
Worship; great praise
Suppressed
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Cannot be tolerated

6. Propensity

7. Dubious
Doubtful
Attacking verbally
Dictator
Cannot be tolerated

8. Prosaic
Annoy
Over-simplified
Ordinary
Concerned with thinking

9. Inscrutable
Persuasive language
Not easy to comprehend
Annoy
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

10. Consecrated
Of great importance
Annoy
Wavered; hesitated
Dedicated; made holy

11. Cursory
Superficial
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Something that makes better but does not cure
On and off; not continuous

12. Intonation
Thorough; taking care of details
Tone of voice
Seeking money above all else
Joining - speaking

13. Robust
Doubtful
Joining - speaking
Fair and equal
Strong and sturdy

14. Shroud
To cover
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Doubtful
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

15. Bountiful
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Dictator
Generous
Fair; wise

16. Lavish
Dictator
Expensive
Being fat
To make legal; give approval to

17. Radical
Proving right
Practicality
Revolutionary
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

18. Intemperate
Worship; great praise
Thick and sticky
Not moderate; excessive
Can't be expressed in words

19. Somber
Prevented
Worship; great praise
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Gloomy

20. Arable

21. Peer
Expressing care and concern
An equal
Honor; honesty
Lack of transparency; being opaque

22. Mandatory
Compulsory
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Cannot be tolerated
Of great importance

23. Demonstrative
Compulsory
Expressing emotion freely
Support
Supremely good

24. Redolent
Sulky
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Hostility; hatred

25. Opacity
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Dedicated; made holy
Over-simplified
Something that makes better but does not cure

26. Floridity
Gloomy
Strong and sturdy
Useless; waste of time and effort
Redness

27. Haranguing
Ordinary
Attacking verbally
Cannot be tolerated
Narrow-minded

28. Autocrat
Concerned with thinking
In a commanding manner
Dictator
Very bad

29. Petulant
Sulky
Proving right
Expensive
Persuasive language

30. Presumptive
Not moderate; excessive
Put off; procrastinate
Divided into two extremes
Presumed

31. Animosity
Hostility; hatred
Expressing emotion freely
Narrow-minded
Inspiring awe

32. Compendious
Medicinal
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

33. Ineffable

34. Futile
Useless; waste of time and effort
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Thorough; taking care of details
Seeking legal remedies

35. Rhetoric
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Compulsory
Persuasive language
Divided into two extremes

36. Remiss
Neglectful
Thorough; eager
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Expensive

37. Convivial
Seeking money above all else
Ordinary
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Sociable

38. Fidelity
Revolutionary
Faithfulness; loyalty
Friendly - lovable
On and off; not continuous

39. Amiable
Cannot be tolerated
Friendly - lovable
Narrow-minded
Experts with good taste/judgment

40. Concord
Agreement
Proving right
Kindly; pampering
Generous

41. Wistful
Juicy
Hostility; hatred
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Seeking revenge

42. Dalliance
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
In a commanding manner
Dedicated; made holy
Attacking verbally

43. Palliative
Something that makes better but does not cure
Expressing emotion freely
Worship; great praise
Medicinal

44. Solicitous
Sulky
Too sweet; over sentimental
Expressing care and concern
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

45. Insufferable
Cannot be tolerated
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Persuasive language
Devaluing; criticizing

46. Reprehensible
Thorough; eager
An equal
Kindly; pampering
Very bad

47. Legitimate
To make legal; give approval to
Seeking revenge
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Big fire

48. Disparaging
Support
Blame; criticize
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Critical

49. Debacles
Disasters
Passed on through touch; infectious
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Something that makes better but does not cure

50. Callous
Devaluing; criticizing
Experts with good taste/judgment
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Not moderate; excessive