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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. Floridity
Thick and sticky
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Redness
Narrow-minded

2. Inscrutable
Fair and equal
Prevented
Not easy to comprehend
Practicality

3. Consecrated
Dedicated; made holy
To make legal; give approval to
Kindly; pampering
Devaluing; criticizing

4. Toadies
Being fat
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
To make legal; give approval to

5. Reprehensible
Prevented
Being fat
Very bad
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

6. Intemperate
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Shortage
Not moderate; excessive
Fair and equal

7. Animosity
Hostility; hatred
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Concerned with thinking
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

8. Peer
Kindly; pampering
In a commanding manner
An equal
Superficial

9. Sermonized
Over-simplified
On and off; not continuous
Gave moral lecture
Depth (of ideas/thought)

10. Ambiguous
Proving right
Vague
To cover
Of great importance

11. Dearth
Devaluing; criticizing
Agreement
Shortage
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

12. Consummate
Being fat
Juicy
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Supremely good

13. Integrity
Honor; honesty
Juicy
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Supremely good

14. Callous
Honor; honesty
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Fate - doom
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

15. Momentous
Of great importance
Presumed
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Dictator

16. Concord
Blame; criticize
Being fat
Agreement
Toadies; flatterers

17. Histrionic
Not easy to comprehend
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Friendly - lovable
Harmful

18. Bountiful
Wavered; hesitated
Useless; waste of time and effort
Generous
Fate - doom

19. Robust
Fate - doom
Proving right
Strong and sturdy
Compulsory

20. Vacillated
Passed on through touch; infectious
Depth (of ideas/thought)
To cover
Wavered; hesitated

21. Presumptive
Over-simplified
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Presumed
Seeking legal remedies

22. Conflagration
Big fire
Ordinary
Expressing care and concern
Disasters

23. Facile
Practicality
Cannot be tolerated
Over-simplified
Persuasive language

24. Mandatory
Prevented
Neglectful
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Compulsory

25. Treacly
Divided into two extremes
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Too sweet; over sentimental
Dedicated; made holy

26. Nemesis
Seeking revenge
Fate - doom
Expressing care and concern
Support

27. Censure
Thorough; taking care of details
Blame; criticize
Annoy
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

28. Compendious
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Proving right
Juicy
Prevented

29. Prosaic
Big fire
Friendly - lovable
Ordinary
Cannot be tolerated

30. Dalliance
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
To make legal; give approval to
In a commanding manner
Thorough; eager

31. Succulent
Generous
Juicy
Concerned with thinking
Praise

32. Legitimate
Seeking revenge
Very bad
To make legal; give approval to
Compulsory

33. Demonstrative
Expressing emotion freely
Divided into two extremes
Worship; great praise
Harmful

34. Corpulence
Not moderate; excessive
Being fat
Revolutionary
Persuasive language

35. Articulation
Suppressed
Not easy to comprehend
Sociable
Joining - speaking

36. Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Experts with good taste/judgment
Ordinary
Annoy

37. Vindictive
Seeking revenge
To make legal; give approval to
Blame; criticize
Praise

38. Idiosyncratic
Generous
Devaluing; criticizing
Useless; waste of time and effort
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

39. Amiable
Generous
Proving right
Friendly - lovable
To make legal; give approval to

40. Opacity
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Faithfulness; loyalty
Presumed
Depth (of ideas/thought)

41. Palliative
Passed on through touch; infectious
Dictator
Generous
Something that makes better but does not cure

42. Vex
Annoy
Cannot be tolerated
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Not moderate; excessive

43. Sedulous
Disasters
Too sweet; over sentimental
Passed on through touch; infectious
Thorough; eager

44. Redolent
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Divided into two extremes

45. Somber
Gloomy
Medicinal
Thick and sticky
Seeking legal remedies

46. Insular
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Narrow-minded
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Thorough; taking care of details

47. Indulgent
Depth (of ideas/thought)
To cover
Kindly; pampering
Experts with good taste/judgment

48. Ineffable

49. Contagious
Ordinary
Passed on through touch; infectious
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

50. Arable