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SAT Vocab 2010 2011

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Lavish
Expensive
An equal
Disasters
Dedicated; made holy

2. Arable

3. Succulent
Neglectful
Juicy
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Shortage

4. Palliative
Something that makes better but does not cure
Proving right
Expensive
Compulsory

5. Robust
Gloomy
Expensive
Strong and sturdy
Suppressed

6. Sycophants
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Concerned with thinking
Toadies; flatterers
Supremely good

7. Conciliatory
Joining - speaking
Of great importance
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Lack of transparency; being opaque

8. Wistful
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Juicy
Not easy to comprehend
Hostility; hatred

9. Treacly
Redness
Revolutionary
Too sweet; over sentimental
Annoy

10. Momentous
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Seeking legal remedies
Of great importance
Gave moral lecture

11. Shroud
Devaluing; criticizing
Seeking legal remedies
To cover
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

12. Insular
An equal
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Expressing emotion freely
Narrow-minded

13. Articulation
Experts with good taste/judgment
Joining - speaking
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
To make legal; give approval to

14. Regressive
Not easy to comprehend
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Gave moral lecture
Redness

15. Sermonized
Superficial
Gave moral lecture
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Practicality

16. Meticulous
Attacking verbally
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Thorough; taking care of details
Sociable

17. Disparaging
Gloomy
Vague
Expensive
Critical

18. Adulation
Fate - doom
Suppressed
Narrow-minded
Worship; great praise

19. Futile
Seeking legal remedies
Dedicated; made holy
Useless; waste of time and effort
Doubtful

20. Sedulous
Seeking legal remedies
Joining - speaking
Devaluing; criticizing
Thorough; eager

21. Petulant
Very bad
Put off; procrastinate
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Sulky

22. Cerebral
Fate - doom
Narrow-minded
Praise
Concerned with thinking

23. Integrity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Concerned with thinking
Of great importance
Honor; honesty

24. Polarized
Tone of voice
Passed on through touch; infectious
Divided into two extremes
Presumed

25. Depreciatory
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Devaluing; criticizing
Over-simplified

26. Inscrutable
Annoy
Fair; wise
Not easy to comprehend
Thorough; eager

27. Connoisseurs
Superficial
Experts with good taste/judgment
Concerned with thinking
Neglectful

28. Advocate
Presumed
Hostility; hatred
Support
Doubtful

29. Animosity
Strong and sturdy
Hostility; hatred
Praise
Juicy

30. Remiss
To cover
Neglectful
Big fire
Gloomy

31. Corpulence
Gave moral lecture
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Being fat
Something that makes better but does not cure

32. Autocrat
Fair and equal
Agreement
Dictator
To cover

33. Contagious
Juicy
Passed on through touch; infectious
Seeking legal remedies
Joining - speaking

34. Fidelity
Faithfulness; loyalty
To make legal; give approval to
Dedicated; made holy
Fair and equal

35. Rhetoric
Hostility; hatred
Harmful
Honor; honesty
Persuasive language

36. Vacillated
Prevented
Put off; procrastinate
Wavered; hesitated
Concerned with thinking

37. Legitimate
Useless; waste of time and effort
Proving right
To make legal; give approval to
Too sweet; over sentimental

38. Nemesis
Toadies; flatterers
Gave moral lecture
Fate - doom
Being fat

39. Facile
Concerned with thinking
Prevented
Over-simplified
Devaluing; criticizing

40. Judicious
Fair; wise
Annoy
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Dedicated; made holy

41. Intermittent
Shortage
On and off; not continuous
Worship; great praise
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

42. Peer
An equal
Redness
Kindly; pampering
Passed on through touch; infectious

43. Demonstrative
Sulky
Expressing emotion freely
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Disasters

44. Presumptive
Presumed
Very bad
Joining - speaking
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

45. Litigious
Cannot be tolerated
Seeking legal remedies
Toadies; flatterers
Cruel; hard and unfeeling

46. Boorishness
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Disasters
Blame; criticize

47. Bountiful
Over-simplified
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Generous

48. Therapeutic
In a commanding manner
Suppressed
Medicinal
Dedicated; made holy

49. Vindication
Proving right
Harmful
Attacking verbally
Expressing care and concern

50. Mandatory
Compulsory
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Kindly; pampering
Harmful