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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. Intemperate
Inspiring awe
Sociable
Not moderate; excessive
Put off; procrastinate

2. Advocate
Over-simplified
Annoy
Wavered; hesitated
Support

3. Radical
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Seeking revenge
Practicality
Revolutionary

4. Thwarted
Fate - doom
Worship; great praise
Useless; waste of time and effort
Prevented

5. Vindictive
Attacking verbally
Seeking revenge
Disasters
To make legal; give approval to

6. Legitimate
To make legal; give approval to
Big fire
Seeking revenge
Thick and sticky

7. Magnanimous
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Divided into two extremes
Can't be expressed in words
Attacking verbally

8. Imperious
Critical
Narrow-minded
In a commanding manner
Faithfulness; loyalty

9. Futile
Fair and equal
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Presumed
Useless; waste of time and effort

10. Adulation
Medicinal
Devaluing; criticizing
Worship; great praise
Gave moral lecture

11. Consecrated
Too sweet; over sentimental
Dedicated; made holy
Something that makes better but does not cure
Not easy to comprehend

12. Floridity
Put off; procrastinate
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Annoy
Redness

13. Formidable
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Annoy
Inspiring awe
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

14. Presumptive
Can't be expressed in words
Inspiring awe
Presumed
Seeking revenge

15. Insufferable
Gave moral lecture
Neglectful
Expressing care and concern
Cannot be tolerated

16. Conflagration
Vague
Sociable
Big fire
Praise

17. Corpulence
Being fat
Big fire
Tone of voice
Thorough; taking care of details

18. Momentous
Faithfulness; loyalty
Tone of voice
Of great importance
Thick and sticky

19. Deleterious
Vague
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Joining - speaking
Harmful

20. Convivial
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Annoy
Sociable
Dedicated; made holy

21. Solicitous
Harmful
Cannot be tolerated
Friendly - lovable
Expressing care and concern

22. Eulogy
Experts with good taste/judgment
Praise
Hostility; hatred
Blame; criticize

23. Dubious
Doubtful
Proving right
Critical
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

24. Wistful
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Kindly; pampering
To cover
Revolutionary

25. Redolent
Attacking verbally
Not easy to comprehend
Something that makes better but does not cure
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

26. Haranguing
Attacking verbally
Big fire
Being fat
Wavered; hesitated

27. Facile
Honor; honesty
Supremely good
Over-simplified
Cannot be tolerated

28. Concord
Agreement
Doubtful
Harmful
In a commanding manner

29. Lavish
Cannot be tolerated
Medicinal
Expensive
Hostility; hatred

30. Contagious
Concerned with thinking
Doubtful
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Passed on through touch; infectious

31. Consummate
Not easy to comprehend
Expensive
Supremely good
Ordinary

32. Censure
Blame; criticize
Not moderate; excessive
Strong and sturdy
Praise

33. Dearth
Expressing care and concern
Attacking verbally
Seeking money above all else
Shortage

34. Palliative
Faithfulness; loyalty
Strong and sturdy
Something that makes better but does not cure
Concerned with thinking

35. Sedulous
Thorough; eager
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
On and off; not continuous
Concerned with thinking

36. Demonstrative
Too sweet; over sentimental
Experts with good taste/judgment
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Expressing emotion freely

37. Cerebral
Concerned with thinking
Seeking revenge
Bringing together; ending a dispute
To make legal; give approval to

38. Succulent
Juicy
Joining - speaking
Over-simplified
Worship; great praise

39. Shroud
Something that makes better but does not cure
Doubtful
To cover
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

40. Autocrat
Dictator
Fair and equal
Big fire
Vague

41. Mercenary
Annoy
Seeking money above all else
Critical
Honor; honesty

42. Treacly
Vague
Useless; waste of time and effort
Gave moral lecture
Too sweet; over sentimental

43. Inscrutable
Can't be expressed in words
Not easy to comprehend
Divided into two extremes
Fair; wise

44. Ineffable

45. Integrity
Put off; procrastinate
Honor; honesty
Supremely good
Neglectful

46. Propensity

47. Indulgent
Vague
Narrow-minded
Divided into two extremes
Kindly; pampering

48. Nemesis
Fate - doom
Gave moral lecture
Useless; waste of time and effort
Redness

49. Ambiguous
Experts with good taste/judgment
Attacking verbally
Vague
Tendency; leaning' predilection

50. Sycophants
Being fat
Supremely good
Concerned with thinking
Toadies; flatterers