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SAT Vocab 2010 2011
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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. Nemesis
Not moderate; excessive
Experts with good taste/judgment
Fate - doom
Hostility; hatred
2. Reprehensible
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Compulsory
Disasters
Very bad
3. Debacles
Disasters
Compulsory
Useless; waste of time and effort
Being fat
4. Formidable
Doubtful
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
To cover
Inspiring awe
5. Propensity
6. Opacity
Shortage
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Of great importance
Lack of transparency; being opaque
7. Temporize
Persuasive language
Put off; procrastinate
Practicality
Passed on through touch; infectious
8. Intermittent
On and off; not continuous
Seeking money above all else
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Annoy
9. Corpulence
Being fat
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
10. Palliative
Superficial
Something that makes better but does not cure
Honor; honesty
Sociable
11. Legitimate
Thick and sticky
Redness
Of great importance
To make legal; give approval to
12. Treacly
Harmful
Useless; waste of time and effort
Too sweet; over sentimental
Over-simplified
13. Histrionic
Doubtful
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
To cover
Dedicated; made holy
14. Concord
Agreement
Fair and equal
Inspiring awe
Medicinal
15. Robust
Not easy to comprehend
Strong and sturdy
Revolutionary
Praise
16. Autocrat
Useless; waste of time and effort
Thorough; eager
Gloomy
Dictator
17. Therapeutic
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Can't be expressed in words
Medicinal
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
18. Wistful
Passed on through touch; infectious
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Over-simplified
Strong and sturdy
19. Adulation
Something that makes better but does not cure
Worship; great praise
Seeking legal remedies
Inspiring awe
20. Regressive
Too sweet; over sentimental
Very bad
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Sulky
21. Censure
Supremely good
Toadies; flatterers
Blame; criticize
Something that makes better but does not cure
22. Indulgent
Dedicated; made holy
Thorough; eager
Shortage
Kindly; pampering
23. Vex
Superficial
Sociable
Annoy
In a commanding manner
24. Depreciatory
Generous
Supremely good
Compulsory
Devaluing; criticizing
25. Boorishness
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Gave moral lecture
Something that makes better but does not cure
Thorough; eager
26. Advocate
Being fat
Concerned with thinking
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Support
27. Conciliatory
Honor; honesty
Fair; wise
Sulky
Bringing together; ending a dispute
28. Compendious
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Seeking money above all else
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
29. Litigious
Seeking legal remedies
To cover
Sulky
Very bad
30. Intonation
Expressing care and concern
Tone of voice
Gloomy
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
31. Radical
Revolutionary
Expensive
Cannot be tolerated
Toadies; flatterers
32. Succulent
Juicy
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Attacking verbally
Sociable
33. Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Inspiring awe
Toadies; flatterers
Disasters
34. Thwarted
Hostility; hatred
Prevented
Compulsory
Blame; criticize
35. Mandatory
Practicality
Generous
Inspiring awe
Compulsory
36. Vindictive
Useless; waste of time and effort
Persuasive language
Seeking revenge
Medicinal
37. Momentous
Lack of transparency; being opaque
An equal
Expressing care and concern
Of great importance
38. Sycophants
Expressing emotion freely
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Toadies; flatterers
Redness
39. Rhetoric
Thorough; eager
Persuasive language
Honor; honesty
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
40. Amiable
Sulky
Expressing emotion freely
Supremely good
Friendly - lovable
41. Peer
Big fire
An equal
Ordinary
Persuasive language
42. Fastidious
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Practicality
43. Pragmatism
Practicality
Dedicated; made holy
Very bad
Inspiring awe
44. Inscrutable
Not moderate; excessive
Kindly; pampering
Not easy to comprehend
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
45. Dubious
Compulsory
Generous
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Doubtful
46. Cerebral
Devaluing; criticizing
Ordinary
To cover
Concerned with thinking
47. Meticulous
Thorough; taking care of details
Attacking verbally
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Tendency; leaning' predilection
48. Petulant
Sulky
Thorough; eager
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Experts with good taste/judgment
49. Animosity
Hostility; hatred
Disasters
Honor; honesty
Fair; wise
50. Convivial
Attacking verbally
Dedicated; made holy
Sociable
Depth (of ideas/thought)