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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. Contagious
To cover
Passed on through touch; infectious
Gave moral lecture
Practicality

2. Autocrat
Toadies; flatterers
Gloomy
Dictator
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

3. Equitable
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Compulsory
Sociable
Fair and equal

4. Haranguing
Attacking verbally
Practicality
Proving right
Cannot be tolerated

5. Arable

6. Adulation
Worship; great praise
Inspiring awe
Wavered; hesitated
Friendly - lovable

7. Reprehensible
Very bad
Can't be expressed in words
Neglectful
Lack of transparency; being opaque

8. Regressive
Cannot be tolerated
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Strong and sturdy
Doubtful

9. Steadfastness
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Of great importance
Prevented
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

10. Cerebral
Something that makes better but does not cure
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Concerned with thinking
Sociable

11. Callous
Devaluing; criticizing
To cover
Passed on through touch; infectious
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

12. Peer
Doubtful
Useless; waste of time and effort
Faithfulness; loyalty
An equal

13. Histrionic
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Put off; procrastinate
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

14. Depreciatory
Experts with good taste/judgment
Devaluing; criticizing
Thick and sticky
Big fire

15. Sedulous
Annoy
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Thorough; eager
Depth (of ideas/thought)

16. Boorishness
Not moderate; excessive
Wavered; hesitated
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Suppressed

17. Mercenary
Gave moral lecture
Seeking money above all else
Thorough; eager
Hostility; hatred

18. Radical
Proving right
Revolutionary
To cover
Over-simplified

19. Fastidious
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

20. Imperious
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Sulky
Expressing emotion freely
In a commanding manner

21. Conflagration
Compulsory
Expensive
Big fire
Seeking legal remedies

22. Meticulous
Thorough; taking care of details
Gave moral lecture
Annoy
Can't be expressed in words

23. Somber
Gloomy
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Thorough; eager
Too sweet; over sentimental

24. Fidelity
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Annoy
Faithfulness; loyalty
Experts with good taste/judgment

25. Consummate
Thorough; taking care of details
Suppressed
Disasters
Supremely good

26. Nemesis
Expressing care and concern
Gave moral lecture
Fate - doom
Agreement

27. Wistful
Not moderate; excessive
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Fair and equal
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

28. Deleterious
Superficial
Attacking verbally
Harmful
Not easy to comprehend

29. Magnanimous
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Sociable
Persuasive language
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

30. Dalliance
Seeking money above all else
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Blame; criticize

31. Debacles
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Disasters
Too sweet; over sentimental
Attacking verbally

32. Conciliatory
Redness
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Revolutionary

33. Treacly
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Toadies; flatterers
Too sweet; over sentimental
Joining - speaking

34. Indulgent
Put off; procrastinate
Kindly; pampering
Thick and sticky
Concerned with thinking

35. Vindication
Gloomy
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Proving right
Support

36. Cursory
Expressing emotion freely
Being fat
Prevented
Superficial

37. Toadies
Fair; wise
Disasters
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Seeking revenge

38. Censure
Praise
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Toadies; flatterers
Blame; criticize

39. Consecrated
Dedicated; made holy
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Of great importance
Divided into two extremes

40. Advocate
Divided into two extremes
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Tone of voice
Support

41. Intemperate
Not moderate; excessive
Fair and equal
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

42. Eulogy
Disasters
Praise
Big fire
Strong and sturdy

43. Robust
Strong and sturdy
Prevented
Compulsory
Too sweet; over sentimental

44. Ambiguous
Narrow-minded
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Vague
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

45. Succulent
Harmful
Medicinal
Seeking legal remedies
Juicy

46. Inscrutable
Not easy to comprehend
Expensive
Tendency; leaning' predilection
To cover

47. Legitimate
Being fat
To make legal; give approval to
Big fire
Too sweet; over sentimental

48. Profundity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Inspiring awe
Seeking legal remedies
Agreement

49. Amiable
On and off; not continuous
Friendly - lovable
Very bad
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

50. Corpulence
Suppressed
An equal
Being fat
Sociable