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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. Animosity
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Inspiring awe
Being fat
Hostility; hatred

2. Fastidious
Ordinary
Friendly - lovable
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Presumed

3. Solicitous
Thick and sticky
Expressing care and concern
Wavered; hesitated
Of great importance

4. Adulation
Sociable
Useless; waste of time and effort
Worship; great praise
Medicinal

5. Palliative
Something that makes better but does not cure
Wavered; hesitated
Practicality
In a commanding manner

6. Insufferable
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Cannot be tolerated
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Expensive

7. Concord
Agreement
Cannot be tolerated
Medicinal
Dictator

8. Debacles
Fair; wise
Critical
Disasters
Neglectful

9. Intonation
Tone of voice
Of great importance
Vague
Thick and sticky

10. Articulation
Toadies; flatterers
Hostility; hatred
Joining - speaking
Ordinary

11. Vindication
Toadies; flatterers
Proving right
Cannot be tolerated
Critical

12. Opacity
Dedicated; made holy
Very bad
Redness
Lack of transparency; being opaque

13. Censure
Blame; criticize
Medicinal
Narrow-minded
Sociable

14. Consummate
Not easy to comprehend
Experts with good taste/judgment
In a commanding manner
Supremely good

15. Temporize
Put off; procrastinate
Wavered; hesitated
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Something that makes better but does not cure

16. Legitimate
On and off; not continuous
To make legal; give approval to
Redness
Of great importance

17. Lavish
Sulky
Juicy
Expensive
Gave moral lecture

18. Ambiguous
Vague
Compulsory
Inspiring awe
Over-simplified

19. Petulant
Not easy to comprehend
Something that makes better but does not cure
In a commanding manner
Sulky

20. Inscrutable
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Tone of voice
Suppressed
Not easy to comprehend

21. Facile
Revolutionary
Wavered; hesitated
Blame; criticize
Over-simplified

22. Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Attacking verbally
Strong and sturdy
Neglectful

23. Mandatory
Attacking verbally
Superficial
Devaluing; criticizing
Compulsory

24. Somber
Big fire
Gloomy
Strong and sturdy
Being fat

25. Cursory
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
On and off; not continuous
Suppressed
Superficial

26. Contagious
Praise
Passed on through touch; infectious
To make legal; give approval to
Inspiring awe

27. Bountiful
Gave moral lecture
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Devaluing; criticizing
Generous

28. Deleterious
Practicality
Experts with good taste/judgment
To cover
Harmful

29. Wistful
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Seeking revenge
Supremely good
Divided into two extremes

30. Vex
Dictator
Annoy
Wavered; hesitated
Fair and equal

31. Redolent
Something that makes better but does not cure
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Ordinary
Lack of transparency; being opaque

32. Indulgent
Kindly; pampering
Fair; wise
Presumed
Support

33. Demonstrative
Expressing emotion freely
Proving right
Expressing care and concern
An equal

34. Treacly
Too sweet; over sentimental
Sociable
Fair and equal
Depth (of ideas/thought)

35. Meticulous
Divided into two extremes
Superficial
Tone of voice
Thorough; taking care of details

36. Dubious
Doubtful
Worship; great praise
Proving right
Toadies; flatterers

37. Conflagration
Worship; great praise
Tone of voice
Big fire
Fair and equal

38. Haranguing
Divided into two extremes
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Attacking verbally
Gloomy

39. Boorishness
Fair and equal
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Not easy to comprehend
Devaluing; criticizing

40. Mercenary
Thorough; taking care of details
An equal
Gave moral lecture
Seeking money above all else

41. Idiosyncratic
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Of great importance
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Honor; honesty

42. Dalliance
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Devaluing; criticizing
On and off; not continuous

43. Futile
Something that makes better but does not cure
Experts with good taste/judgment
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Useless; waste of time and effort

44. Regressive
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Agreement

45. Viscous
Big fire
Thick and sticky
Friendly - lovable
Seeking revenge

46. Nemesis
Fair and equal
Fate - doom
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Prevented

47. Litigious
Attacking verbally
Passed on through touch; infectious
Seeking legal remedies
Devaluing; criticizing

48. Pragmatism
Very bad
Practicality
Persuasive language
Wavered; hesitated

49. Arable

50. Equitable
Experts with good taste/judgment
Fair and equal
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Prevented