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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. Equitable
Fair and equal
Fair; wise
Gloomy
Lack of transparency; being opaque

2. Dubious
Medicinal
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Doubtful
Worship; great praise

3. Animosity
Thorough; taking care of details
Hostility; hatred
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

4. Vacillated
Wavered; hesitated
Agreement
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
An equal

5. Quelled
Suppressed
Ordinary
Devaluing; criticizing
Honor; honesty

6. Nemesis
Expressing emotion freely
Dictator
Fate - doom
Critical

7. Depreciatory
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Fair; wise
Devaluing; criticizing
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

8. Boorishness
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Useless; waste of time and effort
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Joining - speaking

9. Temporize
Put off; procrastinate
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Expressing emotion freely
Not moderate; excessive

10. Consummate
Inspiring awe
Proving right
Supremely good
Seeking legal remedies

11. Legitimate
Practicality
Sociable
To make legal; give approval to
Expensive

12. Sycophants
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Toadies; flatterers
Neglectful
Very bad

13. Redolent
Seeking money above all else
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Big fire
Being fat

14. Somber
Presumed
Faithfulness; loyalty
Superficial
Gloomy

15. Momentous
Of great importance
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
To make legal; give approval to
Medicinal

16. Intermittent
Inspiring awe
Divided into two extremes
On and off; not continuous
Joining - speaking

17. Deleterious
Harmful
Shortage
Seeking money above all else
Seeking revenge

18. Shroud
Prevented
To cover
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Redness

19. Viscous
To cover
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Thick and sticky
Presumed

20. Formidable
Inspiring awe
Critical
Generous
Bringing together; ending a dispute

21. Sedulous
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Thorough; eager
Thick and sticky
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

22. Floridity
Wavered; hesitated
Useless; waste of time and effort
Redness
Thick and sticky

23. Inscrutable
Seeking legal remedies
Seeking money above all else
Seeking revenge
Not easy to comprehend

24. Opacity
Not moderate; excessive
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Compulsory

25. Convivial
Sociable
Vague
To cover
Dedicated; made holy

26. Ambiguous
Vague
An equal
Thorough; eager
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

27. Lavish
Kindly; pampering
Narrow-minded
Expensive
Honor; honesty

28. Propensity

29. Conflagration
Presumed
Cannot be tolerated
Big fire
Faithfulness; loyalty

30. Connoisseurs
Expressing emotion freely
Experts with good taste/judgment
Attacking verbally
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

31. Contagious
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Superficial
Passed on through touch; infectious

32. Advocate
An equal
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Thorough; taking care of details
Support

33. Wistful
Sociable
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Expressing emotion freely
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

34. Robust
Of great importance
Suppressed
Strong and sturdy
Persuasive language

35. Sermonized
Agreement
Gave moral lecture
Wavered; hesitated
Not moderate; excessive

36. Intonation
Tone of voice
Something that makes better but does not cure
Can't be expressed in words
Wavered; hesitated

37. Radical
Sociable
Narrow-minded
Revolutionary
Dedicated; made holy

38. Demonstrative
Expressing emotion freely
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
On and off; not continuous

39. Mercenary
Critical
Can't be expressed in words
Seeking money above all else
Useless; waste of time and effort

40. Petulant
Joining - speaking
Redness
Fair and equal
Sulky

41. Treacly
Gloomy
Doubtful
Too sweet; over sentimental
Of great importance

42. Peer
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
An equal
Inspiring awe
Faithfulness; loyalty

43. Presumptive
Presumed
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Put off; procrastinate

44. Concord
Supremely good
Fair; wise
Shortage
Agreement

45. Eulogy
Praise
Shortage
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Of great importance

46. Imperious
Being fat
Thorough; eager
Bringing together; ending a dispute
In a commanding manner

47. Cerebral
Proving right
Of great importance
Concerned with thinking
Fair; wise

48. Prosaic
Ordinary
Lack of transparency; being opaque
On and off; not continuous
Useless; waste of time and effort

49. Autocrat
Cannot be tolerated
Being fat
Neglectful
Dictator

50. Litigious
Expressing care and concern
Honor; honesty
Fair and equal
Seeking legal remedies