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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. Quelled
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Suppressed
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Thick and sticky

2. Rhetoric
Experts with good taste/judgment
Persuasive language
Worship; great praise
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

3. Consecrated
Praise
Thick and sticky
Dedicated; made holy
Passed on through touch; infectious

4. Adulation
Harmful
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Seeking revenge
Worship; great praise

5. Intonation
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Strong and sturdy
Tone of voice
Neglectful

6. Polarized
Medicinal
Devaluing; criticizing
Thorough; eager
Divided into two extremes

7. Propensity

8. Fidelity
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Fate - doom
Faithfulness; loyalty
Toadies; flatterers

9. Insufferable
Cannot be tolerated
Sulky
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Thorough; taking care of details

10. Contagious
Passed on through touch; infectious
Attacking verbally
Thorough; eager
An equal

11. Regressive
Cannot be tolerated
Expressing care and concern
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Big fire

12. Callous
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Medicinal
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

13. Convivial
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Sociable
Expensive
Can't be expressed in words

14. Idiosyncratic
Supremely good
Fate - doom
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Blame; criticize

15. Sermonized
Joining - speaking
Gave moral lecture
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Practicality

16. Bountiful
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Generous
Cannot be tolerated
Faithfulness; loyalty

17. Shroud
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Agreement
Not moderate; excessive
To cover

18. Reprehensible
Toadies; flatterers
Blame; criticize
Very bad
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

19. Momentous
Generous
Not moderate; excessive
Of great importance
Too sweet; over sentimental

20. Robust
Sulky
Doubtful
An equal
Strong and sturdy

21. Intemperate
Not moderate; excessive
Superficial
Medicinal
Honor; honesty

22. Demonstrative
Supremely good
In a commanding manner
Expressing emotion freely
Blame; criticize

23. Intermittent
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
On and off; not continuous
Expensive
Support

24. Dubious
Worship; great praise
Not easy to comprehend
Something that makes better but does not cure
Doubtful

25. Integrity
Hostility; hatred
Can't be expressed in words
Honor; honesty
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

26. Cerebral
To make legal; give approval to
Concerned with thinking
Put off; procrastinate
Passed on through touch; infectious

27. Opacity
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Expressing care and concern
Practicality
Of great importance

28. Magnanimous
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Shortage
Compulsory

29. Ambiguous
Vague
Strong and sturdy
Juicy
Presumed

30. Palliative
Devaluing; criticizing
Practicality
An equal
Something that makes better but does not cure

31. Mercenary
Proving right
Seeking money above all else
Fate - doom
Toadies; flatterers

32. Succulent
Dictator
Juicy
Attacking verbally
Kindly; pampering

33. Conciliatory
Gloomy
To make legal; give approval to
Thorough; taking care of details
Bringing together; ending a dispute

34. Deleterious
Redness
Too sweet; over sentimental
Harmful
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

35. Viscous
Prevented
In a commanding manner
Thick and sticky
Attacking verbally

36. Therapeutic
Seeking revenge
Medicinal
Kindly; pampering
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

37. Solicitous
Expressing care and concern
Gave moral lecture
Of great importance
Blame; criticize

38. Sedulous
Thorough; eager
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Neglectful
Ordinary

39. Redolent
Tone of voice
Can't be expressed in words
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Presumed

40. Prosaic
Neglectful
Thick and sticky
Ordinary
An equal

41. Floridity
Doubtful
Redness
Gloomy
In a commanding manner

42. Compendious
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Big fire
Kindly; pampering
Honor; honesty

43. Concord
Wavered; hesitated
To cover
Supremely good
Agreement

44. Facile
Over-simplified
Cannot be tolerated
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Seeking revenge

45. Legitimate
Not easy to comprehend
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
To make legal; give approval to
Too sweet; over sentimental

46. Disparaging
Praise
Revolutionary
Critical
Not moderate; excessive

47. Vacillated
Wavered; hesitated
Sociable
Harmful
Sulky

48. Peer
An equal
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Doubtful
Generous

49. Sycophants
Hostility; hatred
Toadies; flatterers
Juicy
Not easy to comprehend

50. Mandatory
Suppressed
Medicinal
Passed on through touch; infectious
Compulsory