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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. Cerebral
Put off; procrastinate
Tone of voice
Seeking legal remedies
Concerned with thinking

2. Deleterious
Wavered; hesitated
Fate - doom
Harmful
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

3. Insular
Too sweet; over sentimental
Something that makes better but does not cure
Thick and sticky
Narrow-minded

4. Conflagration
In a commanding manner
Experts with good taste/judgment
Friendly - lovable
Big fire

5. Advocate
Support
To cover
Narrow-minded
Useless; waste of time and effort

6. Formidable
Redness
Inspiring awe
To cover
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

7. Cursory
Too sweet; over sentimental
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Devaluing; criticizing
Superficial

8. Conciliatory
Toadies; flatterers
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Supremely good
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

9. Nemesis
Fate - doom
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Support
Depth (of ideas/thought)

10. Thwarted
Compulsory
To make legal; give approval to
Prevented
Too sweet; over sentimental

11. Equitable
Fair and equal
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Useless; waste of time and effort
Juicy

12. Eulogy
Praise
Gave moral lecture
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Critical

13. Quelled
Revolutionary
Agreement
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Suppressed

14. Profundity
Neglectful
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

15. Inscrutable
Seeking revenge
Supremely good
Tone of voice
Not easy to comprehend

16. Litigious
Seeking legal remedies
Inspiring awe
Seeking money above all else
Hostility; hatred

17. Fidelity
Thorough; eager
Support
Vague
Faithfulness; loyalty

18. Intonation
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Proving right
Tone of voice
Not easy to comprehend

19. Articulation
Not easy to comprehend
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Experts with good taste/judgment
Joining - speaking

20. Mandatory
Generous
Compulsory
Of great importance
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

21. Palliative
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Redness
Something that makes better but does not cure

22. Adulation
Worship; great praise
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Thorough; eager

23. Autocrat
Gave moral lecture
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Dictator
Too sweet; over sentimental

24. Compendious
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Seeking money above all else
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Gloomy

25. Solicitous
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Experts with good taste/judgment
Joining - speaking
Expressing care and concern

26. Judicious
Suppressed
Fair; wise
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Practicality

27. Reprehensible
Very bad
Suppressed
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Not easy to comprehend

28. Rhetoric
Juicy
Strong and sturdy
Persuasive language
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

29. Polarized
Put off; procrastinate
Compulsory
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Divided into two extremes

30. Sedulous
Thorough; eager
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Passed on through touch; infectious

31. Connoisseurs
Of great importance
Experts with good taste/judgment
Ordinary
Blame; criticize

32. Disparaging
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Critical
Praise
Dedicated; made holy

33. Steadfastness
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Attacking verbally
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Thick and sticky

34. Consummate
Narrow-minded
Supremely good
Practicality
On and off; not continuous

35. Consecrated
Kindly; pampering
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Sulky
Dedicated; made holy

36. Magnanimous
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Annoy
Seeking legal remedies

37. Dearth
Over-simplified
Dictator
Shortage
Devaluing; criticizing

38. Histrionic
Experts with good taste/judgment
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Superficial

39. Vex
Dictator
Experts with good taste/judgment
Big fire
Annoy

40. Demonstrative
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Expressing emotion freely
Agreement
Faithfulness; loyalty

41. Succulent
Blame; criticize
Juicy
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Sociable

42. Debacles
Big fire
Disasters
Vague
To make legal; give approval to

43. Toadies
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Seeking money above all else
Compulsory
Ordinary

44. Vindication
Annoy
To make legal; give approval to
Proving right
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

45. Somber
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Cannot be tolerated
Presumed
Gloomy

46. Mercenary
Seeking money above all else
Redness
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Big fire

47. Regressive
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Gave moral lecture
Divided into two extremes
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

48. Vacillated
Doubtful
Wavered; hesitated
Thick and sticky
Tone of voice

49. Dubious
Faithfulness; loyalty
Doubtful
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

50. Therapeutic
Inspiring awe
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Thick and sticky
Medicinal