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SAT Vocab 2010 2011
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Subjects
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Compendious
Compulsory
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Experts with good taste/judgment
Strong and sturdy
2. Regressive
An equal
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Toadies; flatterers
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
3. Rhetoric
Experts with good taste/judgment
Persuasive language
Put off; procrastinate
Juicy
4. Magnanimous
Joining - speaking
Devaluing; criticizing
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Attacking verbally
5. Vacillated
To make legal; give approval to
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Strong and sturdy
Wavered; hesitated
6. Solicitous
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Expressing care and concern
Blame; criticize
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
7. Conflagration
In a commanding manner
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Big fire
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
8. Insular
Cannot be tolerated
Narrow-minded
Seeking money above all else
Too sweet; over sentimental
9. Contagious
Doubtful
Revolutionary
Passed on through touch; infectious
Praise
10. Judicious
Dictator
Praise
Redness
Fair; wise
11. Dubious
Toadies; flatterers
Doubtful
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Put off; procrastinate
12. Disparaging
Divided into two extremes
Critical
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
13. Radical
Medicinal
Vague
Revolutionary
Compulsory
14. Integrity
Support
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Honor; honesty
Experts with good taste/judgment
15. Toadies
Tone of voice
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Practicality
16. Shroud
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Dictator
To cover
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
17. Eulogy
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Devaluing; criticizing
Tone of voice
Praise
18. Robust
Agreement
Not moderate; excessive
Strong and sturdy
On and off; not continuous
19. Consecrated
Friendly - lovable
Suppressed
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Dedicated; made holy
20. Intonation
Seeking revenge
Shortage
To cover
Tone of voice
21. Petulant
Suppressed
Persuasive language
Sulky
Disasters
22. Intemperate
Suppressed
Praise
Joining - speaking
Not moderate; excessive
23. Wistful
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Annoy
Fair; wise
Depth (of ideas/thought)
24. Ineffable
25. Polarized
Divided into two extremes
Sociable
Toadies; flatterers
Tendency; leaning' predilection
26. Palliative
Proving right
Thick and sticky
Harmful
Something that makes better but does not cure
27. Equitable
Joining - speaking
Fair and equal
Sociable
Big fire
28. Idiosyncratic
Fate - doom
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Revolutionary
Attacking verbally
29. Bountiful
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Generous
Hostility; hatred
Concerned with thinking
30. Haranguing
Redness
Seeking legal remedies
Attacking verbally
Practicality
31. Presumptive
To cover
Devaluing; criticizing
Redness
Presumed
32. Litigious
Faithfulness; loyalty
Seeking legal remedies
Cannot be tolerated
Fair; wise
33. Convivial
Expensive
Being fat
Useless; waste of time and effort
Sociable
34. Cerebral
Concerned with thinking
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Sociable
Dedicated; made holy
35. Quelled
Suppressed
Neglectful
Proving right
Faithfulness; loyalty
36. Somber
Praise
Vague
To make legal; give approval to
Gloomy
37. Temporize
Put off; procrastinate
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
In a commanding manner
Wavered; hesitated
38. Depreciatory
Redness
Proving right
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Devaluing; criticizing
39. Opacity
Critical
Very bad
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Dictator
40. Remiss
Friendly - lovable
Neglectful
Devaluing; criticizing
Depth (of ideas/thought)
41. Profundity
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Praise
Superficial
42. Sermonized
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Gave moral lecture
Dedicated; made holy
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
43. Sycophants
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Shortage
Toadies; flatterers
44. Floridity
Harmful
Supremely good
Redness
Kindly; pampering
45. Nemesis
Seeking money above all else
Fate - doom
Honor; honesty
Concerned with thinking
46. Insufferable
Being fat
Cannot be tolerated
Superficial
Useless; waste of time and effort
47. Consummate
Supremely good
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Praise
48. Therapeutic
Medicinal
Superficial
Ordinary
Lack of transparency; being opaque
49. Formidable
On and off; not continuous
Inspiring awe
Gloomy
Fair and equal
50. Facile
Worship; great praise
Over-simplified
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Attacking verbally