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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. Consecrated
Honor; honesty
Dedicated; made holy
Devaluing; criticizing
Revolutionary

2. Vindication
Thick and sticky
Presumed
Gloomy
Proving right

3. Intonation
In a commanding manner
Tone of voice
Seeking revenge
Generous

4. Deleterious
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Useless; waste of time and effort
Harmful
Presumed

5. Equitable
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Fair and equal
Annoy
Ordinary

6. Toadies
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Harmful
Redness

7. Ineffable

8. Opacity
Friendly - lovable
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

9. Advocate
Hostility; hatred
Shortage
Praise
Support

10. Magnanimous
Seeking legal remedies
Tone of voice
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Wavered; hesitated

11. Viscous
Thick and sticky
Critical
Tone of voice
Not easy to comprehend

12. Conflagration
Big fire
Juicy
Fair; wise
Over-simplified

13. Mandatory
Compulsory
Gloomy
Redness
Harmful

14. Autocrat
Shortage
Suppressed
Dictator
Worship; great praise

15. Articulation
Compulsory
Something that makes better but does not cure
Blame; criticize
Joining - speaking

16. Formidable
Dedicated; made holy
Superficial
Something that makes better but does not cure
Inspiring awe

17. Shroud
To cover
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Practicality
Praise

18. Sermonized
Gave moral lecture
Experts with good taste/judgment
Worship; great praise
Praise

19. Meticulous
Thorough; taking care of details
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Redness
Can't be expressed in words

20. Censure
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Blame; criticize
Redness
Praise

21. Pragmatism
Practicality
Useless; waste of time and effort
Prevented
Attacking verbally

22. Facile
Over-simplified
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Dictator
Praise

23. Animosity
Seeking money above all else
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Hostility; hatred
Narrow-minded

24. Concord
Over-simplified
Blame; criticize
Agreement
Shortage

25. Insular
Disasters
Fair and equal
Narrow-minded
Fate - doom

26. Eulogy
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Praise
Agreement
Worship; great praise

27. Depreciatory
Superficial
Neglectful
Devaluing; criticizing
Thorough; taking care of details

28. Insufferable
Cannot be tolerated
Too sweet; over sentimental
Seeking money above all else
Joining - speaking

29. Palliative
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Something that makes better but does not cure
Gloomy
Seeking money above all else

30. Integrity
Honor; honesty
Dedicated; made holy
Fate - doom
Shortage

31. Rhetoric
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Persuasive language
Hostility; hatred
Practicality

32. Debacles
Expressing emotion freely
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Passed on through touch; infectious
Disasters

33. Arable

34. Imperious
In a commanding manner
Thorough; taking care of details
Sociable
Praise

35. Ambiguous
Vague
Ordinary
Harmful
Tendency; leaning' predilection

36. Thwarted
Honor; honesty
Praise
Wavered; hesitated
Prevented

37. Haranguing
Attacking verbally
Toadies; flatterers
Concerned with thinking
Gave moral lecture

38. Legitimate
Wavered; hesitated
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
To make legal; give approval to
Sulky

39. Contagious
Passed on through touch; infectious
Seeking legal remedies
Dictator
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

40. Redolent
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Too sweet; over sentimental
Praise
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

41. Boorishness
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Revolutionary
To make legal; give approval to
Presumed

42. Futile
Useless; waste of time and effort
Bringing together; ending a dispute
On and off; not continuous
Seeking money above all else

43. Sycophants
Harmful
Over-simplified
Toadies; flatterers
Medicinal

44. Corpulence
Worship; great praise
Gloomy
Being fat
In a commanding manner

45. Intermittent
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Presumed
On and off; not continuous
Critical

46. Radical
Expressing emotion freely
Of great importance
Revolutionary
Thorough; eager

47. Remiss
Neglectful
Doubtful
Seeking legal remedies
Suppressed

48. Sedulous
Divided into two extremes
Disasters
Thorough; eager
Can't be expressed in words

49. Convivial
Medicinal
Sociable
Devaluing; criticizing
Prevented

50. Dearth
Critical
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Shortage
Narrow-minded