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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. Vex
Inspiring awe
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Annoy

2. Facile
Tone of voice
Gloomy
Over-simplified
Harmful

3. Remiss
In a commanding manner
Worship; great praise
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Neglectful

4. Intemperate
Toadies; flatterers
Being fat
Not moderate; excessive
Tone of voice

5. Haranguing
Devaluing; criticizing
Attacking verbally
Too sweet; over sentimental
Divided into two extremes

6. Advocate
Support
Sociable
Seeking money above all else
Dictator

7. Conflagration
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Suppressed
Big fire
Seeking legal remedies

8. Bountiful
Presumed
Generous
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Inspiring awe

9. Arable

10. Succulent
Medicinal
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Juicy
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

11. Histrionic
Dedicated; made holy
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

12. Ineffable

13. Mandatory
Compulsory
Annoy
Vague
Cannot be tolerated

14. Lavish
Expensive
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Support
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

15. Disparaging
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Critical
In a commanding manner
Persuasive language

16. Fastidious
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Inspiring awe
Annoy

17. Redolent
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Sulky
Lack of transparency; being opaque

18. Insular
Presumed
Narrow-minded
Gave moral lecture
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

19. Treacly
Too sweet; over sentimental
Tone of voice
Seeking revenge
Faithfulness; loyalty

20. Cursory
Kindly; pampering
Inspiring awe
Seeking revenge
Superficial

21. Robust
Strong and sturdy
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Medicinal
Disasters

22. Corpulence
Ordinary
Being fat
Persuasive language
Doubtful

23. Insufferable
Fair and equal
Prevented
Expressing emotion freely
Cannot be tolerated

24. Regressive
Expressing emotion freely
Revolutionary
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Joining - speaking

25. Judicious
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Inspiring awe
Fair; wise
Shortage

26. Solicitous
Gave moral lecture
Thorough; eager
Medicinal
Expressing care and concern

27. Demonstrative
Disasters
Superficial
Over-simplified
Expressing emotion freely

28. Consummate
Supremely good
Attacking verbally
Hostility; hatred
Superficial

29. Palliative
Neglectful
Seeking money above all else
Something that makes better but does not cure
Gave moral lecture

30. Prosaic
Ordinary
Gloomy
Friendly - lovable
Juicy

31. Idiosyncratic
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Vague
Harmful
Practicality

32. Therapeutic
Prevented
Dictator
Medicinal
Vague

33. Litigious
Seeking legal remedies
Being fat
Devaluing; criticizing
Inspiring awe

34. Autocrat
Presumed
Redness
Dictator
Wavered; hesitated

35. Connoisseurs
Thorough; eager
Experts with good taste/judgment
Dedicated; made holy
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

36. Integrity
Honor; honesty
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Presumed
Tendency; leaning' predilection

37. Consecrated
Friendly - lovable
Narrow-minded
Dedicated; made holy
Bringing together; ending a dispute

38. Sedulous
Of great importance
Thorough; eager
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Shortage

39. Vindictive
Superficial
Expressing emotion freely
Neglectful
Seeking revenge

40. Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Suppressed
Attacking verbally
Neglectful

41. Rhetoric
Persuasive language
Dedicated; made holy
Harmful
Suppressed

42. Vindication
Compulsory
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Proving right
Praise

43. Formidable
Put off; procrastinate
Fair; wise
Experts with good taste/judgment
Inspiring awe

44. Dalliance
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Over-simplified
Expensive

45. Ambiguous
Vague
Fair and equal
Proving right
Expressing emotion freely

46. Convivial
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Sociable
Passed on through touch; infectious

47. Sermonized
Fate - doom
Gave moral lecture
Devaluing; criticizing
Blame; criticize

48. Radical
Revolutionary
Agreement
Thick and sticky
Useless; waste of time and effort

49. Toadies
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Big fire
In a commanding manner
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

50. Opacity
Thorough; eager
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Tendency; leaning' predilection