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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. Vacillated
Concerned with thinking
Wavered; hesitated
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Gave moral lecture

2. Autocrat
Thick and sticky
Dictator
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Compulsory

3. Contagious
Honor; honesty
Too sweet; over sentimental
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Passed on through touch; infectious

4. Histrionic
Devaluing; criticizing
Thorough; eager
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Persuasive language

5. Amiable
Friendly - lovable
To make legal; give approval to
Big fire
Practicality

6. Corpulence
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Agreement
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Being fat

7. Dubious
Praise
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Expensive
Doubtful

8. Boorishness
Narrow-minded
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
In a commanding manner

9. Thwarted
Prevented
Very bad
Friendly - lovable
Of great importance

10. Deleterious
Harmful
Useless; waste of time and effort
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Presumed

11. Censure
Blame; criticize
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
In a commanding manner
Agreement

12. Formidable
Neglectful
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Inspiring awe
Seeking legal remedies

13. Robust
Strong and sturdy
Redness
Faithfulness; loyalty
To make legal; give approval to

14. Sermonized
Worship; great praise
Vague
Gave moral lecture
Redness

15. Dearth
Generous
Attacking verbally
Harmful
Shortage

16. Legitimate
To make legal; give approval to
Strong and sturdy
Tone of voice
Blame; criticize

17. Callous
Fate - doom
Honor; honesty
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Tone of voice

18. Regressive
Expressing emotion freely
Harmful
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Sulky

19. Arable

20. Succulent
Support
Juicy
Shortage
Bringing together; ending a dispute

21. Integrity
Honor; honesty
Joining - speaking
Ordinary
Narrow-minded

22. Haranguing
In a commanding manner
Blame; criticize
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Attacking verbally

23. Quelled
Suppressed
Proving right
Vague
Juicy

24. Debacles
Ordinary
Disasters
Concerned with thinking
Too sweet; over sentimental

25. Presumptive
Fate - doom
Presumed
Dedicated; made holy
Gave moral lecture

26. Convivial
Presumed
Inspiring awe
Thick and sticky
Sociable

27. Profundity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Neglectful
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Seeking revenge

28. Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
Critical
Tone of voice
Prevented

29. Intemperate
Revolutionary
Seeking legal remedies
Thorough; taking care of details
Not moderate; excessive

30. Therapeutic
Persuasive language
Too sweet; over sentimental
Medicinal
Neglectful

31. Radical
Harmful
An equal
Revolutionary
Hostility; hatred

32. Connoisseurs
Prevented
Medicinal
Wavered; hesitated
Experts with good taste/judgment

33. Mercenary
Sociable
Compulsory
Not moderate; excessive
Seeking money above all else

34. Polarized
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Expressing emotion freely
Not easy to comprehend
Divided into two extremes

35. Nemesis
Fate - doom
Doubtful
Honor; honesty
Juicy

36. Rhetoric
Persuasive language
Presumed
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Support

37. Palliative
Harmful
Something that makes better but does not cure
Too sweet; over sentimental
Ordinary

38. Compendious
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Divided into two extremes

39. Wistful
Inspiring awe
Seeking money above all else
Of great importance
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

40. Sycophants
Sulky
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Toadies; flatterers
To make legal; give approval to

41. Dalliance
Too sweet; over sentimental
Devaluing; criticizing
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Inspiring awe

42. Shroud
Compulsory
To cover
Practicality
Passed on through touch; infectious

43. Viscous
Blame; criticize
Worship; great praise
Thick and sticky
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

44. Intermittent
Neglectful
On and off; not continuous
Of great importance
Concerned with thinking

45. Disparaging
Critical
Seeking legal remedies
Concerned with thinking
Experts with good taste/judgment

46. Demonstrative
Divided into two extremes
Expressing emotion freely
To make legal; give approval to
Of great importance

47. Opacity
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Faithfulness; loyalty
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

48. Cerebral
Toadies; flatterers
Concerned with thinking
Gloomy
Proving right

49. Momentous
Of great importance
Redness
Vague
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

50. Meticulous
Worship; great praise
Thorough; taking care of details
Supremely good
Doubtful