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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. Vex
Thorough; taking care of details
Expressing emotion freely
Annoy
Neglectful

2. Arable

3. Demonstrative
Expressing emotion freely
Annoy
To cover
Thorough; taking care of details

4. Momentous
Of great importance
Dictator
Prevented
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

5. Intermittent
Of great importance
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Presumed
On and off; not continuous

6. Futile
Blame; criticize
Juicy
Agreement
Useless; waste of time and effort

7. Ambiguous
Compulsory
Gave moral lecture
Vague
Critical

8. Treacly
Big fire
Too sweet; over sentimental
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Neglectful

9. Callous
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Put off; procrastinate
Agreement
Inspiring awe

10. Prosaic
Narrow-minded
Not easy to comprehend
Toadies; flatterers
Ordinary

11. Dubious
Persuasive language
Experts with good taste/judgment
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Doubtful

12. Opacity
Lack of transparency; being opaque
An equal
Neglectful
Big fire

13. Shroud
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Support
Seeking revenge
To cover

14. Equitable
Honor; honesty
Fair and equal
Over-simplified
Lack of transparency; being opaque

15. Reprehensible
Expressing care and concern
Very bad
Worship; great praise
Useless; waste of time and effort

16. Boorishness
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Seeking legal remedies
Critical
Juicy

17. Peer
An equal
Dictator
Hostility; hatred
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

18. Idiosyncratic
Joining - speaking
Devaluing; criticizing
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Gave moral lecture

19. Wistful
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Honor; honesty
Not moderate; excessive
Fair and equal

20. Nemesis
Fate - doom
Thick and sticky
Too sweet; over sentimental
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

21. Concord
Agreement
Seeking legal remedies
Gave moral lecture
Faithfulness; loyalty

22. Deleterious
Harmful
Sulky
Sociable
Wavered; hesitated

23. Corpulence
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Doubtful
Being fat
Something that makes better but does not cure

24. Facile
Useless; waste of time and effort
Put off; procrastinate
Over-simplified
Juicy

25. Polarized
Divided into two extremes
Passed on through touch; infectious
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

26. Toadies
Too sweet; over sentimental
Sociable
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Fair; wise

27. Rhetoric
Doubtful
Practicality
Persuasive language
Not easy to comprehend

28. Inscrutable
Can't be expressed in words
Not easy to comprehend
Fair; wise
Thorough; eager

29. Mercenary
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Expensive
Supremely good
Seeking money above all else

30. Robust
Doubtful
Strong and sturdy
Dictator
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

31. Pragmatism
Doubtful
Vague
Praise
Practicality

32. Consecrated
Seeking money above all else
Wavered; hesitated
Dedicated; made holy
Annoy

33. Regressive
Put off; procrastinate
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
On and off; not continuous
Not easy to comprehend

34. Dalliance
Redness
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Of great importance
Thick and sticky

35. Litigious
Narrow-minded
Redness
Seeking money above all else
Seeking legal remedies

36. Fidelity
Seeking money above all else
Faithfulness; loyalty
To cover
Sociable

37. Adulation
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Worship; great praise
Sulky
Redness

38. Intemperate
Not moderate; excessive
Kindly; pampering
Juicy
Toadies; flatterers

39. Ineffable

40. Temporize
Put off; procrastinate
Seeking revenge
Fair and equal
On and off; not continuous

41. Sermonized
Seeking money above all else
Thick and sticky
Thorough; taking care of details
Gave moral lecture

42. Intonation
Vague
Redness
Tone of voice
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

43. Compendious
Sociable
Redness
Kindly; pampering
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

44. Presumptive
Experts with good taste/judgment
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Put off; procrastinate
Presumed

45. Imperious
Redness
Blame; criticize
In a commanding manner
Agreement

46. Depreciatory
Very bad
Devaluing; criticizing
Praise
An equal

47. Thwarted
Cannot be tolerated
Toadies; flatterers
Experts with good taste/judgment
Prevented

48. Haranguing
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Attacking verbally
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Being fat

49. Animosity
Hostility; hatred
Divided into two extremes
Gloomy
Expressing emotion freely

50. Cursory
Tone of voice
Superficial
Vague
Doubtful