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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. Idiosyncratic
Doubtful
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Dedicated; made holy
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

2. Eulogy
Seeking legal remedies
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Praise
Agreement

3. Vacillated
Annoy
Wavered; hesitated
Gave moral lecture
Dedicated; made holy

4. Mercenary
Fair and equal
Worship; great praise
Seeking money above all else
Compulsory

5. Succulent
Medicinal
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Vague
Juicy

6. Remiss
Honor; honesty
Thorough; eager
Thick and sticky
Neglectful

7. Depreciatory
Practicality
Fate - doom
Devaluing; criticizing
Fair and equal

8. Floridity
Redness
Very bad
Shortage
Wavered; hesitated

9. Censure
Kindly; pampering
Blame; criticize
Sociable
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

10. Deleterious
Useless; waste of time and effort
Passed on through touch; infectious
Not easy to comprehend
Harmful

11. Corpulence
Not moderate; excessive
Practicality
Being fat
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

12. Polarized
Expensive
Divided into two extremes
Harmful
Gave moral lecture

13. Adulation
Worship; great praise
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Big fire
Expressing care and concern

14. Nemesis
Big fire
Proving right
Fate - doom
Dictator

15. Lavish
Useless; waste of time and effort
Passed on through touch; infectious
Expensive
Kindly; pampering

16. Disparaging
Devaluing; criticizing
Strong and sturdy
Critical
Can't be expressed in words

17. Intonation
Strong and sturdy
Tone of voice
Shortage
Experts with good taste/judgment

18. Consecrated
Concerned with thinking
Dedicated; made holy
Expressing emotion freely
Supremely good

19. Meticulous
Praise
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Thorough; taking care of details
Fair; wise

20. Somber
Gloomy
In a commanding manner
Being fat
Lack of transparency; being opaque

21. Wistful
Concerned with thinking
Thick and sticky
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Useless; waste of time and effort

22. Dearth
Thick and sticky
To make legal; give approval to
Strong and sturdy
Shortage

23. Pragmatism
Suppressed
Divided into two extremes
Practicality
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

24. Redolent
Praise
Seeking revenge
Toadies; flatterers
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

25. Reprehensible
Very bad
Divided into two extremes
Passed on through touch; infectious
Narrow-minded

26. Sermonized
Narrow-minded
Gave moral lecture
Medicinal
On and off; not continuous

27. Intermittent
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Critical
Presumed
On and off; not continuous

28. Dubious
Doubtful
Expressing emotion freely
Big fire
Hostility; hatred

29. Mandatory
Disasters
Thorough; eager
Compulsory
In a commanding manner

30. Vindictive
Divided into two extremes
Seeking revenge
Medicinal
Suppressed

31. Magnanimous
Devaluing; criticizing
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
An equal
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

32. Quelled
Suppressed
Fair and equal
Over-simplified
Kindly; pampering

33. Conflagration
Something that makes better but does not cure
Fair; wise
Big fire
Annoy

34. Demonstrative
Expressing emotion freely
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Something that makes better but does not cure
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

35. Litigious
Seeking legal remedies
Seeking revenge
Expressing emotion freely
An equal

36. Profundity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Can't be expressed in words
Suppressed

37. Fastidious
Neglectful
Harmful
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Dedicated; made holy

38. Consummate
Fate - doom
Supremely good
Harmful
Annoy

39. Advocate
Support
Not moderate; excessive
Expressing care and concern
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

40. Insular
Narrow-minded
Thorough; taking care of details
Revolutionary
Seeking money above all else

41. Articulation
Shortage
Doubtful
Compulsory
Joining - speaking

42. Dalliance
Kindly; pampering
Cannot be tolerated
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

43. Thwarted
Shortage
Prevented
Agreement
Faithfulness; loyalty

44. Petulant
Sulky
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
An equal
Very bad

45. Vindication
Proving right
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
An equal
Supremely good

46. Opacity
Gloomy
Harmful
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

47. Bountiful
Harmful
Generous
Kindly; pampering
To make legal; give approval to

48. Contagious
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Not easy to comprehend
Hostility; hatred
Passed on through touch; infectious

49. Haranguing
Attacking verbally
Divided into two extremes
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Wavered; hesitated

50. Compendious
Kindly; pampering
An equal
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Agreement