Test your basic knowledge |

SAT Vocab 2010 2011

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Contagious
Supremely good
Gloomy
Generous
Passed on through touch; infectious

2. Floridity
Friendly - lovable
Hostility; hatred
Supremely good
Redness

3. Presumptive
An equal
Gave moral lecture
Persuasive language
Presumed

4. Debacles
Useless; waste of time and effort
Juicy
Disasters
Dictator

5. Thwarted
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Not moderate; excessive
Prevented

6. Consummate
Too sweet; over sentimental
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Supremely good
Divided into two extremes

7. Steadfastness
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Presumed
Seeking money above all else
Tendency; leaning' predilection

8. Eulogy
Seeking money above all else
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Put off; procrastinate
Praise

9. Intemperate
Gloomy
Compulsory
Not moderate; excessive
Superficial

10. Dalliance
Very bad
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
To cover
Gave moral lecture

11. Ineffable

12. Dearth
Shortage
Something that makes better but does not cure
Of great importance
Revolutionary

13. Petulant
Dictator
Gave moral lecture
Suppressed
Sulky

14. Vindictive
Seeking revenge
Expressing care and concern
Blame; criticize
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

15. Vindication
Divided into two extremes
Critical
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Proving right

16. Integrity
Honor; honesty
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Fair and equal

17. Haranguing
Fair; wise
Attacking verbally
In a commanding manner
Juicy

18. Intonation
Tone of voice
Disasters
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Doubtful

19. Reprehensible
Fate - doom
Disasters
Very bad
Praise

20. Treacly
In a commanding manner
Too sweet; over sentimental
Dictator
Useless; waste of time and effort

21. Imperious
Suppressed
In a commanding manner
Not moderate; excessive
Tone of voice

22. Concord
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Vague
Agreement
Ordinary

23. Palliative
Suppressed
Something that makes better but does not cure
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

24. Therapeutic
Cannot be tolerated
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Medicinal

25. Radical
Revolutionary
Divided into two extremes
Over-simplified
Passed on through touch; infectious

26. Redolent
Expensive
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Harmful
Kindly; pampering

27. Boorishness
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Can't be expressed in words
Superficial

28. Profundity
Passed on through touch; infectious
Big fire
Joining - speaking
Depth (of ideas/thought)

29. Conciliatory
Bringing together; ending a dispute
To make legal; give approval to
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Faithfulness; loyalty

30. Inscrutable
Sulky
Devaluing; criticizing
Can't be expressed in words
Not easy to comprehend

31. Compendious
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Tone of voice
Superficial

32. Censure
Thorough; eager
Can't be expressed in words
Blame; criticize
Hostility; hatred

33. Solicitous
Honor; honesty
Expressing care and concern
Seeking legal remedies
Not moderate; excessive

34. Facile
Over-simplified
Concerned with thinking
Too sweet; over sentimental
Dedicated; made holy

35. Lavish
Thorough; taking care of details
Fate - doom
Supremely good
Expensive

36. Disparaging
Critical
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Joining - speaking
Faithfulness; loyalty

37. Connoisseurs
Expressing emotion freely
Experts with good taste/judgment
Faithfulness; loyalty
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

38. Vex
Annoy
Practicality
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Honor; honesty

39. Cursory
Supremely good
Hostility; hatred
Doubtful
Superficial

40. Arable

41. Opacity
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Compulsory
Dictator
Bringing together; ending a dispute

42. Shroud
To cover
Too sweet; over sentimental
Strong and sturdy
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

43. Sermonized
Strong and sturdy
Proving right
Gave moral lecture
Depth (of ideas/thought)

44. Remiss
Neglectful
Dictator
Useless; waste of time and effort
Medicinal

45. Insufferable
Cannot be tolerated
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Experts with good taste/judgment
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

46. Peer
An equal
Persuasive language
Kindly; pampering
Sulky

47. Futile
Passed on through touch; infectious
Narrow-minded
Useless; waste of time and effort
Ordinary

48. Fidelity
Dedicated; made holy
Faithfulness; loyalty
Support
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

49. Somber
Divided into two extremes
Gloomy
Ordinary
Support

50. Succulent
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Persuasive language
Juicy
Expensive