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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. Amiable
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Praise
Revolutionary
Friendly - lovable

2. Quelled
Fair; wise
Suppressed
Support
Not moderate; excessive

3. Thwarted
Praise
Put off; procrastinate
Generous
Prevented

4. Dubious
Faithfulness; loyalty
Proving right
Doubtful
Honor; honesty

5. Depreciatory
Of great importance
Thorough; taking care of details
Useless; waste of time and effort
Devaluing; criticizing

6. Consummate
Supremely good
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Practicality
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

7. Nemesis
Inspiring awe
Juicy
Fate - doom
Superficial

8. Ambiguous
Seeking legal remedies
Worship; great praise
Vague
Dedicated; made holy

9. Deleterious
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Harmful
Cannot be tolerated
Faithfulness; loyalty

10. Treacly
Tone of voice
Too sweet; over sentimental
Sulky
Medicinal

11. Intemperate
Too sweet; over sentimental
Not moderate; excessive
Wavered; hesitated
Presumed

12. Lavish
Can't be expressed in words
Support
Expensive
Attacking verbally

13. Arable

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14. Opacity
Toadies; flatterers
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Faithfulness; loyalty
Devaluing; criticizing

15. Toadies
Not moderate; excessive
Harmful
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Annoy

16. Litigious
Fair and equal
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Annoy
Seeking legal remedies

17. Presumptive
Sociable
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Presumed
Supremely good

18. Adulation
Of great importance
Ordinary
Worship; great praise
Very bad

19. Vindictive
Seeking revenge
Expressing emotion freely
Over-simplified
Attacking verbally

20. Callous
Passed on through touch; infectious
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Strong and sturdy
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

21. Ineffable

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22. Sedulous
Redness
Worship; great praise
Thorough; eager
Useless; waste of time and effort

23. Animosity
Hostility; hatred
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Juicy
Friendly - lovable

24. Profundity
Tone of voice
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Presumed
Thick and sticky

25. Inscrutable
Expensive
Useless; waste of time and effort
Compulsory
Not easy to comprehend

26. Palliative
Fair and equal
Wavered; hesitated
Something that makes better but does not cure
Honor; honesty

27. Connoisseurs
Medicinal
Put off; procrastinate
Over-simplified
Experts with good taste/judgment

28. Intonation
Toadies; flatterers
Gloomy
Worship; great praise
Tone of voice

29. Facile
Supremely good
Sulky
Over-simplified
Redness

30. Debacles
Disasters
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
In a commanding manner
Ordinary

31. Compendious
To make legal; give approval to
Over-simplified
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Divided into two extremes

32. Advocate
Support
Narrow-minded
Very bad
Sulky

33. Articulation
Seeking legal remedies
Tone of voice
Joining - speaking
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

34. Prosaic
Fate - doom
Ordinary
Can't be expressed in words
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

35. Judicious
Seeking legal remedies
Proving right
Thorough; taking care of details
Fair; wise

36. Wistful
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Of great importance
Sociable

37. Cerebral
Praise
Annoy
Divided into two extremes
Concerned with thinking

38. Fidelity
Not moderate; excessive
To cover
Practicality
Faithfulness; loyalty

39. Vacillated
Wavered; hesitated
Of great importance
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Tendency; leaning' predilection

40. Disparaging
Praise
Narrow-minded
Seeking money above all else
Critical

41. Dalliance
Expressing care and concern
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Over-simplified
Tendency; leaning' predilection

42. Futile
Redness
Blame; criticize
Useless; waste of time and effort
Revolutionary

43. Steadfastness
Thorough; eager
Devaluing; criticizing
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Practicality

44. Formidable
Inspiring awe
In a commanding manner
Harmful
Seeking legal remedies

45. Dearth
Gave moral lecture
Revolutionary
Shortage
Vague

46. Meticulous
Medicinal
Thorough; taking care of details
Revolutionary
Suppressed

47. Integrity
Very bad
Vague
Thorough; taking care of details
Honor; honesty

48. Radical
Cannot be tolerated
Support
To cover
Revolutionary

49. Histrionic
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Gloomy
Sulky

50. Mercenary
Seeking money above all else
Being fat
Honor; honesty
Worship; great praise