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SAT Vocab 2010 2011

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1. Futile
Shortage
Worship; great praise
Useless; waste of time and effort
Seeking legal remedies

2. Vacillated
Wavered; hesitated
Kindly; pampering
In a commanding manner
Bringing together; ending a dispute

3. Connoisseurs
Thick and sticky
Neglectful
Big fire
Experts with good taste/judgment

4. Depreciatory
Shortage
Seeking revenge
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Devaluing; criticizing

5. Imperious
Inspiring awe
In a commanding manner
Doubtful
Proving right

6. Disparaging
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Useless; waste of time and effort
Critical
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

7. Integrity
Inspiring awe
Not moderate; excessive
Honor; honesty
Generous

8. Therapeutic
Expensive
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Over-simplified
Medicinal

9. Bountiful
Passed on through touch; infectious
Generous
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Big fire

10. Mandatory
Compulsory
Worship; great praise
Seeking money above all else
Being fat

11. Conflagration
Big fire
Ordinary
Fair; wise
Toadies; flatterers

12. Legitimate
Something that makes better but does not cure
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
To make legal; give approval to
Toadies; flatterers

13. Cerebral
Kindly; pampering
Strong and sturdy
Passed on through touch; infectious
Concerned with thinking

14. Sedulous
Thorough; eager
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Honor; honesty
Sociable

15. Thwarted
Presumed
Redness
Prevented
Disasters

16. Lavish
Put off; procrastinate
Too sweet; over sentimental
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Expensive

17. Intermittent
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
On and off; not continuous
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Persuasive language

18. Robust
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Strong and sturdy
Dictator
Faithfulness; loyalty

19. Vindictive
Fair and equal
Seeking revenge
Experts with good taste/judgment
Fair; wise

20. Advocate
Faithfulness; loyalty
Sulky
Support
Wavered; hesitated

21. Petulant
Put off; procrastinate
Doubtful
Sulky
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

22. Corpulence
Disasters
Too sweet; over sentimental
Being fat
Critical

23. Intemperate
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Ordinary
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Not moderate; excessive

24. Palliative
Harmful
Something that makes better but does not cure
Revolutionary
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

25. Treacly
Too sweet; over sentimental
Experts with good taste/judgment
Sociable
Persuasive language

26. Profundity
Doubtful
Practicality
Suppressed
Depth (of ideas/thought)

27. Judicious
Fair; wise
Vague
In a commanding manner
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

28. Haranguing
Attacking verbally
Narrow-minded
Fate - doom
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

29. Succulent
To make legal; give approval to
Dedicated; made holy
Juicy
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

30. Equitable
Fair and equal
Kindly; pampering
Disasters
Doubtful

31. Wistful
An equal
Inspiring awe
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
On and off; not continuous

32. Temporize
Put off; procrastinate
Expensive
Agreement
Medicinal

33. Compendious
Disasters
Concerned with thinking
Gloomy
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

34. Fidelity
Useless; waste of time and effort
Presumed
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Faithfulness; loyalty

35. Magnanimous
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
On and off; not continuous
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Redness

36. Somber
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Gloomy
Suppressed
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

37. Dalliance
Shortage
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Critical

38. Amiable
Generous
Not moderate; excessive
Friendly - lovable
Wavered; hesitated

39. Vex
Superficial
Annoy
Friendly - lovable
Attacking verbally

40. Cursory
Toadies; flatterers
Superficial
Harmful
Praise

41. Consummate
Supremely good
Support
Fate - doom
Dictator

42. Arable
Revolutionary
Proving right
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

43. Solicitous
Expressing care and concern
Seeking revenge
Thorough; taking care of details
Support

44. Callous
Practicality
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Experts with good taste/judgment
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

45. Adulation
Worship; great praise
Faithfulness; loyalty
Inspiring awe
To make legal; give approval to

46. Viscous
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Over-simplified
Seeking revenge
Thick and sticky

47. Toadies
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Something that makes better but does not cure
Seeking legal remedies

48. Shroud
Blame; criticize
Dedicated; made holy
To cover
Bringing together; ending a dispute

49. Insufferable
Can't be expressed in words
Cannot be tolerated
Useless; waste of time and effort
Agreement

50. Animosity
Presumed
Joining - speaking
Hostility; hatred
Very bad

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