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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. Boorishness
Redness
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Neglectful
Gave moral lecture

2. Peer
To cover
An equal
Seeking legal remedies
Doubtful

3. Polarized
Experts with good taste/judgment
Neglectful
Divided into two extremes
Over-simplified

4. Conciliatory
Toadies; flatterers
Generous
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Divided into two extremes

5. Connoisseurs
To make legal; give approval to
Very bad
Experts with good taste/judgment
Doubtful

6. Inscrutable
Not easy to comprehend
Juicy
Sociable
Thick and sticky

7. Palliative
Generous
Something that makes better but does not cure
Narrow-minded
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

8. Lavish
Expensive
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Useless; waste of time and effort
Too sweet; over sentimental

9. Therapeutic
Medicinal
Fair and equal
Expressing emotion freely
Harmful

10. Sedulous
Toadies; flatterers
Presumed
Thorough; eager
An equal

11. Thwarted
Dictator
Medicinal
Dedicated; made holy
Prevented

12. Corpulence
Worship; great praise
Supremely good
Being fat
Presumed

13. Depreciatory
Juicy
Doubtful
Devaluing; criticizing
Prevented

14. Remiss
Neglectful
Praise
Worship; great praise
Put off; procrastinate

15. Petulant
Sulky
Worship; great praise
Kindly; pampering
Medicinal

16. Dubious
Critical
Experts with good taste/judgment
Doubtful
Vague

17. Contagious
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Fate - doom
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Passed on through touch; infectious

18. Radical
Revolutionary
Supremely good
Presumed
Ordinary

19. Shroud
Depth (of ideas/thought)
To cover
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Seeking money above all else

20. Futile
Useless; waste of time and effort
Thorough; taking care of details
Generous
Thorough; eager

21. Presumptive
Vague
Harmful
Over-simplified
Presumed

22. Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Not easy to comprehend
Compulsory
To cover

23. Redolent
Not moderate; excessive
Honor; honesty
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Thick and sticky

24. Debacles
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Attacking verbally
Seeking legal remedies
Disasters

25. Treacly
Too sweet; over sentimental
Toadies; flatterers
On and off; not continuous
Friendly - lovable

26. Articulation
Vague
Joining - speaking
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Practicality

27. Callous
Support
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Concerned with thinking

28. Nemesis
Thorough; eager
Fate - doom
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Strong and sturdy

29. Momentous
Gloomy
Of great importance
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Devaluing; criticizing

30. Arable

31. Concord
Big fire
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Agreement
Generous

32. Ambiguous
Vague
Seeking legal remedies
Annoy
Devaluing; criticizing

33. Equitable
Very bad
Sociable
Vague
Fair and equal

34. Quelled
In a commanding manner
Suppressed
Revolutionary
Concerned with thinking

35. Adulation
Prevented
Worship; great praise
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
To cover

36. Bountiful
Not easy to comprehend
Kindly; pampering
Generous
Prevented

37. Demonstrative
Gloomy
Expressing emotion freely
Thorough; eager
Kindly; pampering

38. Idiosyncratic
Put off; procrastinate
Can't be expressed in words
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

39. Vex
Attacking verbally
Shortage
Compulsory
Annoy

40. Eulogy
Praise
Joining - speaking
Superficial
Not moderate; excessive

41. Wistful
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Agreement
Not moderate; excessive
Compulsory

42. Legitimate
Cannot be tolerated
Tone of voice
Being fat
To make legal; give approval to

43. Formidable
Revolutionary
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Worship; great praise
Inspiring awe

44. Insular
Thorough; taking care of details
Expressing emotion freely
Redness
Narrow-minded

45. Autocrat
Thorough; taking care of details
Seeking money above all else
Vague
Dictator

46. Rhetoric
Persuasive language
Neglectful
Fate - doom
Sulky

47. Cursory
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Expressing care and concern
Superficial
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

48. Mercenary
Fair; wise
Friendly - lovable
Seeking money above all else
Not moderate; excessive

49. Robust
Strong and sturdy
In a commanding manner
Superficial
Attacking verbally

50. Vindictive
Seeking revenge
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
An equal
Containing a lot in a small space/few words