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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. Integrity
Seeking money above all else
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Honor; honesty

2. Quelled
Agreement
Of great importance
Juicy
Suppressed

3. Censure
Practicality
Expressing emotion freely
Compulsory
Blame; criticize

4. Imperious
Sociable
Useless; waste of time and effort
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
In a commanding manner

5. Redolent
Faithfulness; loyalty
Something that makes better but does not cure
Seeking revenge
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

6. Debacles
Disasters
Something that makes better but does not cure
Praise
Tendency; leaning' predilection

7. Dearth
Shortage
Worship; great praise
Suppressed
Disasters

8. Connoisseurs
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Experts with good taste/judgment
Faithfulness; loyalty
To make legal; give approval to

9. Consecrated
Fair and equal
Redness
Compulsory
Dedicated; made holy

10. Shroud
Dedicated; made holy
Too sweet; over sentimental
To cover
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

11. Convivial
Very bad
Narrow-minded
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Sociable

12. Intonation
Harmful
Presumed
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Tone of voice

13. Consummate
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Sociable
Expressing care and concern
Supremely good

14. Thwarted
On and off; not continuous
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Passed on through touch; infectious
Prevented

15. Intermittent
On and off; not continuous
Prevented
Seeking revenge
Blame; criticize

16. Rhetoric
Neglectful
Ordinary
Persuasive language
Inspiring awe

17. Presumptive
Suppressed
Presumed
Useless; waste of time and effort
An equal

18. Demonstrative
Thorough; taking care of details
Inspiring awe
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Expressing emotion freely

19. Regressive
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Dedicated; made holy
Seeking revenge
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

20. Pragmatism
Attacking verbally
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Blame; criticize
Practicality

21. Idiosyncratic
Seeking legal remedies
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Hostility; hatred
Sociable

22. Dubious
Devaluing; criticizing
Agreement
Doubtful
Inspiring awe

23. Animosity
Hostility; hatred
Gloomy
Thorough; eager
Faithfulness; loyalty

24. Futile
Practicality
Useless; waste of time and effort
Attacking verbally
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

25. Lavish
Practicality
Expensive
Dictator
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

26. Autocrat
In a commanding manner
Redness
Prevented
Dictator

27. Vindication
Superficial
Proving right
Dedicated; made holy
Medicinal

28. Reprehensible
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Very bad
An equal
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

29. Therapeutic
Joining - speaking
Can't be expressed in words
Redness
Medicinal

30. Fastidious
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Wavered; hesitated
Supremely good

31. Litigious
Compulsory
Strong and sturdy
Of great importance
Seeking legal remedies

32. Concord
Passed on through touch; infectious
Agreement
Concerned with thinking
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

33. Viscous
Inspiring awe
Friendly - lovable
Something that makes better but does not cure
Thick and sticky

34. Peer
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Friendly - lovable
An equal
Attacking verbally

35. Advocate
Wavered; hesitated
Support
Experts with good taste/judgment
Tone of voice

36. Dalliance
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Blame; criticize
Inspiring awe
To make legal; give approval to

37. Callous
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Faithfulness; loyalty
Annoy
Harmful

38. Prosaic
Expressing care and concern
Ordinary
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

39. Palliative
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Fate - doom
Fair; wise
Something that makes better but does not cure

40. Intemperate
Seeking revenge
Seeking legal remedies
Not moderate; excessive
Suppressed

41. Facile
Being fat
Divided into two extremes
Over-simplified
Doubtful

42. Vindictive
Practicality
Prevented
Not easy to comprehend
Seeking revenge

43. Remiss
Juicy
Neglectful
Devaluing; criticizing
Dedicated; made holy

44. Indulgent
Cannot be tolerated
Presumed
Kindly; pampering
Narrow-minded

45. Profundity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Strong and sturdy
Suppressed

46. Mandatory
Tone of voice
Compulsory
Praise
Sociable

47. Haranguing
Disasters
Attacking verbally
Friendly - lovable
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

48. Momentous
Wavered; hesitated
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Passed on through touch; infectious
Of great importance

49. Sermonized
Medicinal
Gave moral lecture
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Big fire

50. Compendious
Disasters
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)