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SAT Vocab 2010 2011

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Contagious
Presumed
Passed on through touch; infectious
Ordinary
Critical

2. Disparaging
Agreement
Revolutionary
Honor; honesty
Critical

3. Advocate
Medicinal
Wavered; hesitated
Support
Passed on through touch; infectious

4. Articulation
Worship; great praise
Joining - speaking
Redness
Vague

5. Pragmatism
Practicality
Fair; wise
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Seeking money above all else

6. Consummate
Hostility; hatred
Supremely good
Persuasive language
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

7. Consecrated
Strong and sturdy
Dedicated; made holy
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Hostility; hatred

8. Wistful
Experts with good taste/judgment
Support
Sociable
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

9. Sedulous
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Worship; great praise
Annoy
Thorough; eager

10. Insular
Narrow-minded
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Proving right
Harmful

11. Ambiguous
Being fat
Vague
Expressing emotion freely
Concerned with thinking

12. Regressive
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
To make legal; give approval to
Superficial
Presumed

13. Dubious
Faithfulness; loyalty
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Doubtful
Seeking legal remedies

14. Adulation
Blame; criticize
Proving right
Strong and sturdy
Worship; great praise

15. Reprehensible
Shortage
Ordinary
Very bad
Compulsory

16. Therapeutic
Seeking money above all else
Medicinal
Revolutionary
Put off; procrastinate

17. Judicious
Dictator
Thick and sticky
Fair; wise
In a commanding manner

18. Animosity
Superficial
Hostility; hatred
Disasters
Worship; great praise

19. Idiosyncratic
Very bad
Seeking revenge
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

20. Floridity
Thorough; eager
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Experts with good taste/judgment
Redness

21. Callous
Compulsory
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Persuasive language
Fair and equal

22. Radical
Revolutionary
Persuasive language
Expressing care and concern
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

23. Censure
Blame; criticize
Supremely good
Ordinary
Doubtful

24. Viscous
Vague
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Thick and sticky

25. Treacly
Expensive
Hostility; hatred
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Too sweet; over sentimental

26. Debacles
Honor; honesty
Expensive
Narrow-minded
Disasters

27. Magnanimous
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Big fire
Suppressed
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

28. Opacity
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Honor; honesty
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Supremely good

29. Momentous
Praise
Dictator
Of great importance
Passed on through touch; infectious

30. Cerebral
Concerned with thinking
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Passed on through touch; infectious
Divided into two extremes

31. Intemperate
Not moderate; excessive
Seeking legal remedies
Honor; honesty
Presumed

32. Concord
Agreement
Thorough; eager
Fair and equal
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

33. Imperious
Expressing emotion freely
In a commanding manner
Presumed
Expensive

34. Formidable
To cover
Thorough; taking care of details
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Inspiring awe

35. Vex
Agreement
Annoy
Seeking legal remedies
To make legal; give approval to

36. Propensity

37. Lavish
Expensive
Doubtful
Strong and sturdy
Sociable

38. Sycophants
Seeking money above all else
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Concerned with thinking
Toadies; flatterers

39. Deleterious
Kindly; pampering
Harmful
To cover
Not easy to comprehend

40. Quelled
Suppressed
Seeking revenge
Wavered; hesitated
Dedicated; made holy

41. Thwarted
Can't be expressed in words
Prevented
Doubtful
To make legal; give approval to

42. Steadfastness
Sociable
Thick and sticky
Blame; criticize
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

43. Peer
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Blame; criticize
An equal
Cannot be tolerated

44. Robust
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Something that makes better but does not cure
Strong and sturdy

45. Fastidious
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Lack of transparency; being opaque

46. Demonstrative
Sociable
Disasters
Expressing emotion freely
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

47. Integrity
Sociable
Honor; honesty
Too sweet; over sentimental
Persuasive language

48. Inscrutable
Not easy to comprehend
Faithfulness; loyalty
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Worship; great praise

49. Autocrat
Medicinal
An equal
Dictator
Tendency; leaning' predilection

50. Intonation
Thorough; taking care of details
Divided into two extremes
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Tone of voice