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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. Robust
Praise
Put off; procrastinate
Strong and sturdy
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

2. Vindictive
Seeking revenge
Harmful
Divided into two extremes
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

3. Rhetoric
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Over-simplified
Persuasive language
Being fat

4. Nemesis
Harmful
Fate - doom
Divided into two extremes
Narrow-minded

5. Integrity
Kindly; pampering
Honor; honesty
Wavered; hesitated
Harmful

6. Vindication
Proving right
Suppressed
Useless; waste of time and effort
Practicality

7. Censure
Faithfulness; loyalty
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Blame; criticize
Can't be expressed in words

8. Vacillated
Sulky
Blame; criticize
Expressing emotion freely
Wavered; hesitated

9. Idiosyncratic
Seeking revenge
Prevented
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Sulky

10. Intonation
Narrow-minded
Faithfulness; loyalty
Wavered; hesitated
Tone of voice

11. Intermittent
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Passed on through touch; infectious
Expensive
On and off; not continuous

12. Disparaging
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Something that makes better but does not cure
Critical
Put off; procrastinate

13. Presumptive
Passed on through touch; infectious
Thick and sticky
Doubtful
Presumed

14. Toadies
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Being fat
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Agreement

15. Demonstrative
Joining - speaking
Expressing emotion freely
Hostility; hatred
Gave moral lecture

16. Depreciatory
Too sweet; over sentimental
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Divided into two extremes
Devaluing; criticizing

17. Remiss
Seeking money above all else
Honor; honesty
Neglectful
Faithfulness; loyalty

18. Therapeutic
Expressing emotion freely
Big fire
Of great importance
Medicinal

19. Pragmatism
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Practicality
Big fire
Praise

20. Redolent
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Thorough; taking care of details
Cannot be tolerated
Joining - speaking

21. Steadfastness
Praise
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Useless; waste of time and effort
Kindly; pampering

22. Vex
Annoy
Not moderate; excessive
Expensive
Toadies; flatterers

23. Equitable
Fair and equal
Revolutionary
Prevented
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

24. Debacles
Seeking revenge
Disasters
Gloomy
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

25. Histrionic
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Annoy
Revolutionary
Seeking money above all else

26. Shroud
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
To cover

27. Conflagration
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Joining - speaking
Big fire
Fair and equal

28. Dalliance
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Tone of voice
Friendly - lovable

29. Compendious
Revolutionary
Toadies; flatterers
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Can't be expressed in words

30. Litigious
Blame; criticize
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Devaluing; criticizing
Seeking legal remedies

31. Petulant
Can't be expressed in words
Harmful
Sulky
Strong and sturdy

32. Magnanimous
Praise
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Expressing care and concern
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

33. Connoisseurs
Seeking money above all else
Experts with good taste/judgment
Neglectful
Juicy

34. Mandatory
Proving right
Compulsory
Devaluing; criticizing
Too sweet; over sentimental

35. Momentous
Of great importance
Experts with good taste/judgment
Thorough; taking care of details
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

36. Prosaic
On and off; not continuous
Dedicated; made holy
Narrow-minded
Ordinary

37. Mercenary
Gloomy
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Seeking money above all else
Put off; procrastinate

38. Treacly
Joining - speaking
Agreement
Worship; great praise
Too sweet; over sentimental

39. Propensity

40. Corpulence
Support
Put off; procrastinate
Can't be expressed in words
Being fat

41. Wistful
Narrow-minded
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Expressing care and concern
Neglectful

42. Radical
Revolutionary
Not easy to comprehend
Gloomy
Critical

43. Legitimate
To make legal; give approval to
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Sulky
Critical

44. Cerebral
Concerned with thinking
To cover
Experts with good taste/judgment
Fair; wise

45. Imperious
Critical
In a commanding manner
Juicy
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

46. Convivial
Fair and equal
Not easy to comprehend
Sociable
Cannot be tolerated

47. Floridity
Very bad
Over-simplified
Redness
Thorough; eager

48. Indulgent
Critical
Not easy to comprehend
Fate - doom
Kindly; pampering

49. Fastidious
Support
Annoy
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Presumed

50. Ineffable