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SAT Vocab 2010 2011

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Mandatory
Compulsory
Annoy
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Practicality

2. Cursory
Passed on through touch; infectious
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Superficial
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

3. Censure
Sociable
Over-simplified
Wavered; hesitated
Blame; criticize

4. Autocrat
Dictator
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Seeking revenge
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

5. Equitable
Strong and sturdy
Ordinary
Narrow-minded
Fair and equal

6. Vacillated
Narrow-minded
Wavered; hesitated
Useless; waste of time and effort
Fate - doom

7. Imperious
In a commanding manner
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
To make legal; give approval to
Annoy

8. Petulant
Sulky
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Concerned with thinking

9. Adulation
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Worship; great praise
Thorough; eager
To make legal; give approval to

10. Conciliatory
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Something that makes better but does not cure
Not moderate; excessive
Not easy to comprehend

11. Remiss
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Neglectful
Tone of voice

12. Treacly
Too sweet; over sentimental
Fate - doom
Worship; great praise
Blame; criticize

13. Amiable
Medicinal
Gave moral lecture
Over-simplified
Friendly - lovable

14. Succulent
Seeking revenge
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Juicy
Seeking money above all else

15. Cerebral
Disasters
Concerned with thinking
Friendly - lovable
Kindly; pampering

16. Ineffable

17. Facile
Cannot be tolerated
Divided into two extremes
Over-simplified
Suppressed

18. Histrionic
Strong and sturdy
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Seeking revenge
Persuasive language

19. Demonstrative
Fair and equal
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Expressing emotion freely
Not easy to comprehend

20. Viscous
Honor; honesty
On and off; not continuous
Expressing care and concern
Thick and sticky

21. Convivial
Sociable
Supremely good
Generous
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

22. Intermittent
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
On and off; not continuous
Experts with good taste/judgment
Blame; criticize

23. Rhetoric
Toadies; flatterers
Persuasive language
Critical
Gloomy

24. Integrity
Seeking legal remedies
Honor; honesty
Supremely good
Neglectful

25. Profundity
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Shortage
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Fate - doom

26. Depreciatory
Useless; waste of time and effort
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Devaluing; criticizing
Generous

27. Sycophants
Juicy
Toadies; flatterers
Too sweet; over sentimental
Seeking money above all else

28. Meticulous
Big fire
Over-simplified
Thorough; taking care of details
Gave moral lecture

29. Dearth
Devaluing; criticizing
Attacking verbally
Shortage
Of great importance

30. Insular
Narrow-minded
Friendly - lovable
Ordinary
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

31. Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Harmful
Disasters

32. Insufferable
Fair; wise
Cannot be tolerated
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Sulky

33. Vex
Annoy
Put off; procrastinate
Compulsory
Gloomy

34. Solicitous
Of great importance
Expressing care and concern
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
An equal

35. Radical
Agreement
Concerned with thinking
Fair and equal
Revolutionary

36. Callous
Toadies; flatterers
Expensive
Being fat
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

37. Disparaging
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Can't be expressed in words
Concerned with thinking
Critical

38. Conflagration
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Friendly - lovable
Big fire
Dedicated; made holy

39. Intonation
Strong and sturdy
Tone of voice
Put off; procrastinate
Toadies; flatterers

40. Floridity
Support
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Attacking verbally
Redness

41. Consummate
Kindly; pampering
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Supremely good
Hostility; hatred

42. Redolent
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Shortage
Presumed
Persuasive language

43. Nemesis
Fate - doom
Proving right
Annoy
Compulsory

44. Opacity
Tone of voice
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Persuasive language
Divided into two extremes

45. Momentous
Sociable
Of great importance
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Supremely good

46. Litigious
Something that makes better but does not cure
On and off; not continuous
Fair and equal
Seeking legal remedies

47. Connoisseurs
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Experts with good taste/judgment
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Joining - speaking

48. Debacles
Critical
Practicality
Disasters
Strong and sturdy

49. Presumptive
Presumed
Blame; criticize
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Seeking revenge

50. Propensity