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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. Disparaging
Seeking legal remedies
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Narrow-minded
Critical

2. Conciliatory
Wavered; hesitated
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Fair and equal

3. Indulgent
Kindly; pampering
Tone of voice
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Neglectful

4. Treacly
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Blame; criticize
Fair; wise
Too sweet; over sentimental

5. Viscous
Faithfulness; loyalty
Expressing care and concern
Useless; waste of time and effort
Thick and sticky

6. Fastidious
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Seeking revenge
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

7. Consecrated
Seeking revenge
Dedicated; made holy
To cover
Tendency; leaning' predilection

8. Compendious
Toadies; flatterers
Redness
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Over-simplified

9. Conflagration
Inspiring awe
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Big fire
Prevented

10. Shroud
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
To cover
Thorough; taking care of details
Compulsory

11. Inscrutable
Big fire
Not easy to comprehend
Thorough; eager
Concerned with thinking

12. Propensity

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13. Regressive
Put off; procrastinate
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Redness
Over-simplified

14. Solicitous
Fair; wise
Harmful
Attacking verbally
Expressing care and concern

15. Dubious
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Doubtful
Being fat
Honor; honesty

16. Intemperate
Too sweet; over sentimental
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Not moderate; excessive
Proving right

17. Formidable
Inspiring awe
Experts with good taste/judgment
Attacking verbally
Praise

18. Magnanimous
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Revolutionary
Disasters

19. Vacillated
Wavered; hesitated
Honor; honesty
Joining - speaking
Medicinal

20. Cerebral
Concerned with thinking
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Supremely good
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

21. Facile
Divided into two extremes
Over-simplified
Neglectful
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

22. Vex
Annoy
Honor; honesty
Passed on through touch; infectious
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

23. Somber
Too sweet; over sentimental
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Agreement
Gloomy

24. Integrity
Honor; honesty
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Faithfulness; loyalty
Harmful

25. Articulation
Thorough; taking care of details
Gave moral lecture
Joining - speaking
Thick and sticky

26. Vindication
Cannot be tolerated
Proving right
Neglectful
Disasters

27. Lavish
Expensive
Persuasive language
Shortage
Thorough; eager

28. Demonstrative
Faithfulness; loyalty
Big fire
Sulky
Expressing emotion freely

29. Robust
Strong and sturdy
Useless; waste of time and effort
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Proving right

30. Cursory
Sociable
Ordinary
Superficial
Big fire

31. Boorishness
Can't be expressed in words
Annoy
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Generous

32. Sycophants
Praise
To cover
Useless; waste of time and effort
Toadies; flatterers

33. Mercenary
Thorough; eager
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Seeking money above all else
Kindly; pampering

34. Reprehensible
Cannot be tolerated
Very bad
Tone of voice
Sociable

35. Advocate
Hostility; hatred
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Shortage
Support

36. Palliative
Something that makes better but does not cure
Can't be expressed in words
Generous
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

37. Legitimate
To cover
To make legal; give approval to
Ordinary
Big fire

38. Futile
Useless; waste of time and effort
Persuasive language
Dedicated; made holy
Disasters

39. Peer
In a commanding manner
Sociable
Presumed
An equal

40. Depreciatory
Seeking money above all else
Generous
Devaluing; criticizing
Worship; great praise

41. Animosity
Hostility; hatred
Worship; great praise
Not moderate; excessive
Friendly - lovable

42. Petulant
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Sulky
Of great importance
Superficial

43. Momentous
Over-simplified
On and off; not continuous
Superficial
Of great importance

44. Censure
Critical
Blame; criticize
Fate - doom
Not moderate; excessive

45. Pragmatism
Practicality
Divided into two extremes
Harmful
Vague

46. Imperious
Something that makes better but does not cure
In a commanding manner
Joining - speaking
Divided into two extremes

47. Convivial
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Sociable
Seeking money above all else
Dictator

48. Autocrat
Dictator
Dedicated; made holy
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Sulky

49. Meticulous
Annoy
Thorough; taking care of details
Sulky
Can't be expressed in words

50. Idiosyncratic
Wavered; hesitated
Cannot be tolerated
Proving right
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual