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SAT Vocab 2010 2011

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Intemperate
Proving right
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Not moderate; excessive
Divided into two extremes

2. Propensity

3. Polarized
Divided into two extremes
Superficial
Expressing care and concern
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

4. Robust
Big fire
Dedicated; made holy
Strong and sturdy
To make legal; give approval to

5. Demonstrative
Expressing emotion freely
Something that makes better but does not cure
Presumed
Hostility; hatred

6. Equitable
Fair and equal
Vague
Something that makes better but does not cure
Critical

7. Viscous
Useless; waste of time and effort
Thick and sticky
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

8. Presumptive
Vague
Presumed
Fair; wise
Not moderate; excessive

9. Peer
Redness
Shortage
Concerned with thinking
An equal

10. Conflagration
Very bad
Shortage
Big fire
Revolutionary

11. Floridity
Ordinary
Redness
Gave moral lecture
Fair; wise

12. Histrionic
Narrow-minded
Toadies; flatterers
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Shortage

13. Judicious
Sociable
Doubtful
Faithfulness; loyalty
Fair; wise

14. Rhetoric
Toadies; flatterers
Persuasive language
Gave moral lecture
Something that makes better but does not cure

15. Cursory
Superficial
Passed on through touch; infectious
Cannot be tolerated
Seeking money above all else

16. Concord
Joining - speaking
Support
Agreement
Vague

17. Wistful
Seeking legal remedies
Juicy
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Ordinary

18. Vacillated
Wavered; hesitated
Friendly - lovable
Thick and sticky
Depth (of ideas/thought)

19. Nemesis
Fate - doom
Cannot be tolerated
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Tone of voice

20. Consummate
Supremely good
Of great importance
Compulsory
Very bad

21. Temporize
Expressing emotion freely
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Experts with good taste/judgment
Put off; procrastinate

22. Sedulous
Tone of voice
Thorough; eager
Sulky
Dictator

23. Convivial
Honor; honesty
Expressing care and concern
Vague
Sociable

24. Momentous
Strong and sturdy
Honor; honesty
Of great importance
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

25. Shroud
Worship; great praise
Faithfulness; loyalty
To cover
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

26. Contagious
Passed on through touch; infectious
Revolutionary
Sulky
Fate - doom

27. Opacity
Prevented
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Supremely good
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

28. Thwarted
Prevented
Presumed
Support
Tendency; leaning' predilection

29. Somber
Ordinary
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Honor; honesty
Gloomy

30. Insular
Narrow-minded
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Big fire

31. Insufferable
Put off; procrastinate
Cannot be tolerated
Very bad
Revolutionary

32. Sycophants
Tone of voice
Thorough; taking care of details
Toadies; flatterers
Blame; criticize

33. Corpulence
Friendly - lovable
Cannot be tolerated
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Being fat

34. Lavish
Expensive
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Seeking revenge
Experts with good taste/judgment

35. Fidelity
Of great importance
To cover
Faithfulness; loyalty
Seeking money above all else

36. Remiss
Neglectful
Being fat
Can't be expressed in words
Supremely good

37. Connoisseurs
Proving right
Neglectful
Compulsory
Experts with good taste/judgment

38. Regressive
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Fair and equal
Hostility; hatred

39. Facile
Not moderate; excessive
Honor; honesty
Over-simplified
Narrow-minded

40. Animosity
Presumed
Hostility; hatred
Sociable
Fair; wise

41. Quelled
Suppressed
Inspiring awe
Joining - speaking
Lack of transparency; being opaque

42. Consecrated
Dedicated; made holy
Seeking revenge
Praise
Tendency; leaning' predilection

43. Litigious
Seeking legal remedies
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Worship; great praise
Strong and sturdy

44. Solicitous
Neglectful
Practicality
Inspiring awe
Expressing care and concern

45. Imperious
Experts with good taste/judgment
Devaluing; criticizing
Honor; honesty
In a commanding manner

46. Mercenary
Dedicated; made holy
Suppressed
Friendly - lovable
Seeking money above all else

47. Redolent
Gloomy
On and off; not continuous
Expressing care and concern
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

48. Succulent
Cannot be tolerated
Worship; great praise
Juicy
Harmful

49. Steadfastness
Wavered; hesitated
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Tone of voice
Useless; waste of time and effort

50. Deleterious
Not moderate; excessive
Fair; wise
Harmful
Not easy to comprehend