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SAT Vocab 2010 2011

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ineffable

2. Momentous
To cover
Vague
Of great importance
Depth (of ideas/thought)

3. Magnanimous
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Very bad
Practicality
Revolutionary

4. Dubious
Doubtful
Honor; honesty
Worship; great praise
Fate - doom

5. Depreciatory
Dictator
Devaluing; criticizing
Revolutionary
Bringing together; ending a dispute

6. Boorishness
Tone of voice
Dedicated; made holy
Faithfulness; loyalty
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

7. Debacles
An equal
Disasters
Over-simplified
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

8. Mercenary
Seeking money above all else
Being fat
Sociable
Vague

9. Shroud
Fair; wise
Dedicated; made holy
To cover
Ordinary

10. Deleterious
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Fate - doom
Harmful
Superficial

11. Vacillated
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Wavered; hesitated
Passed on through touch; infectious
Praise

12. Cursory
Not easy to comprehend
Very bad
Superficial
Worship; great praise

13. Peer
Tone of voice
An equal
Critical
Big fire

14. Indulgent
Fate - doom
Kindly; pampering
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

15. Contagious
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Suppressed
Thick and sticky
Passed on through touch; infectious

16. Fastidious
Ordinary
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Inspiring awe
Juicy

17. Autocrat
Blame; criticize
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Seeking legal remedies
Dictator

18. Legitimate
Seeking money above all else
Doubtful
To make legal; give approval to
Not easy to comprehend

19. Dalliance
In a commanding manner
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Toadies; flatterers
Seeking revenge

20. Formidable
Honor; honesty
Inspiring awe
Praise
Sulky

21. Wistful
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Put off; procrastinate
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

22. Somber
Wavered; hesitated
Suppressed
Gloomy
Doubtful

23. Polarized
Vague
Kindly; pampering
Divided into two extremes
To cover

24. Vindication
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Proving right
To make legal; give approval to
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

25. Reprehensible
Very bad
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Thorough; taking care of details

26. Eulogy
Ordinary
Joining - speaking
Praise
Seeking legal remedies

27. Therapeutic
Medicinal
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Not easy to comprehend
Honor; honesty

28. Presumptive
Devaluing; criticizing
Presumed
Experts with good taste/judgment
Seeking money above all else

29. Prosaic
Ordinary
Practicality
Of great importance
Revolutionary

30. Advocate
Narrow-minded
Support
Thorough; taking care of details
Big fire

31. Quelled
Vague
Suppressed
Medicinal
Honor; honesty

32. Intonation
Tone of voice
Can't be expressed in words
To make legal; give approval to
Lack of transparency; being opaque

33. Succulent
Generous
Narrow-minded
Juicy
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

34. Radical
Prevented
Revolutionary
Gloomy
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

35. Ambiguous
Annoy
Gloomy
Wavered; hesitated
Vague

36. Judicious
Fair; wise
Shortage
Over-simplified
Worship; great praise

37. Arable

38. Corpulence
Praise
To make legal; give approval to
Not moderate; excessive
Being fat

39. Conflagration
Narrow-minded
Prevented
Big fire
Tone of voice

40. Toadies
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Vague
Fair and equal
To cover

41. Connoisseurs
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
On and off; not continuous
Experts with good taste/judgment
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

42. Petulant
Prevented
Sulky
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Toadies; flatterers

43. Animosity
On and off; not continuous
Hostility; hatred
Passed on through touch; infectious
Too sweet; over sentimental

44. Concord
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Agreement
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Attacking verbally

45. Articulation
Faithfulness; loyalty
Harmful
Joining - speaking
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

46. Dearth
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Shortage
Put off; procrastinate
Lack of transparency; being opaque

47. Consecrated
Dedicated; made holy
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Gloomy
Wavered; hesitated

48. Mandatory
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Compulsory
Big fire

49. Demonstrative
Expressing emotion freely
Tone of voice
Worship; great praise
Thick and sticky

50. Insular
Presumed
Useless; waste of time and effort
Narrow-minded
Concerned with thinking