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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. Convivial
Sociable
Strong and sturdy
Thorough; eager
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

2. Adulation
Worship; great praise
Prevented
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

3. Quelled
Joining - speaking
Redness
Suppressed
Passed on through touch; infectious

4. Toadies
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Inspiring awe
Tone of voice

5. Sedulous
Put off; procrastinate
To make legal; give approval to
Thorough; eager
Joining - speaking

6. Mercenary
Thick and sticky
Hostility; hatred
Expressing emotion freely
Seeking money above all else

7. Insufferable
Cannot be tolerated
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Dictator
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

8. Callous
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Presumed
Narrow-minded

9. Mandatory
Compulsory
Useless; waste of time and effort
Presumed
Joining - speaking

10. Shroud
Tone of voice
To cover
Kindly; pampering
Inspiring awe

11. Sermonized
Ordinary
Too sweet; over sentimental
Gave moral lecture
Disasters

12. Imperious
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Devaluing; criticizing
In a commanding manner
Practicality

13. Conflagration
Too sweet; over sentimental
Big fire
Agreement
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

14. Formidable
Annoy
An equal
Inspiring awe
Medicinal

15. Corpulence
Persuasive language
Being fat
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Seeking money above all else

16. Autocrat
Expressing care and concern
Harmful
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Dictator

17. Animosity
Joining - speaking
Faithfulness; loyalty
Hostility; hatred
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

18. Idiosyncratic
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Something that makes better but does not cure
Divided into two extremes
Seeking money above all else

19. Judicious
Harmful
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Strong and sturdy
Fair; wise

20. Reprehensible
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Agreement
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Very bad

21. Profundity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Support
Annoy
Generous

22. Facile
Shortage
Over-simplified
Hostility; hatred
Narrow-minded

23. Dalliance
To make legal; give approval to
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Support

24. Futile
Gloomy
Tone of voice
Useless; waste of time and effort
Hostility; hatred

25. Haranguing
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Blame; criticize
Attacking verbally
Something that makes better but does not cure

26. Consummate
Supremely good
Attacking verbally
Gave moral lecture
Friendly - lovable

27. Prosaic
Ordinary
Presumed
Useless; waste of time and effort
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

28. Integrity
Agreement
Not moderate; excessive
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Honor; honesty

29. Contagious
Sulky
Passed on through touch; infectious
Very bad
On and off; not continuous

30. Vindication
Thick and sticky
Proving right
Compulsory
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

31. Censure
Blame; criticize
Dictator
Hostility; hatred
Thick and sticky

32. Dubious
Hostility; hatred
Persuasive language
Blame; criticize
Doubtful

33. Litigious
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Seeking legal remedies
To make legal; give approval to
Bringing together; ending a dispute

34. Vex
Annoy
Over-simplified
Not easy to comprehend
Sociable

35. Intemperate
Sociable
Not moderate; excessive
Wavered; hesitated
Of great importance

36. Magnanimous
Strong and sturdy
Dedicated; made holy
Too sweet; over sentimental
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

37. Palliative
Something that makes better but does not cure
Experts with good taste/judgment
Big fire
Too sweet; over sentimental

38. Compendious
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Being fat
Medicinal

39. Presumptive
Fair and equal
Superficial
Prevented
Presumed

40. Indulgent
Kindly; pampering
Agreement
Thick and sticky
Seeking legal remedies

41. Remiss
Neglectful
Hostility; hatred
Seeking money above all else
Divided into two extremes

42. Cerebral
Concerned with thinking
Juicy
Fair and equal
Expressing care and concern

43. Succulent
Seeking money above all else
Can't be expressed in words
Presumed
Juicy

44. Articulation
Joining - speaking
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Sociable
Over-simplified

45. Ambiguous
Vague
Concerned with thinking
Gave moral lecture
Practicality

46. Sycophants
Toadies; flatterers
Experts with good taste/judgment
Sulky
Can't be expressed in words

47. Intonation
Attacking verbally
Doubtful
Tone of voice
Friendly - lovable

48. Fidelity
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Faithfulness; loyalty
Big fire
Persuasive language

49. Thwarted
Very bad
Prevented
Support
Honor; honesty

50. Connoisseurs
Over-simplified
Of great importance
Fair and equal
Experts with good taste/judgment