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SAT Vocab 2010 2011

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Meticulous
Thorough; taking care of details
In a commanding manner
Experts with good taste/judgment
Annoy

2. Inscrutable
Wavered; hesitated
Not easy to comprehend
Annoy
To cover

3. Polarized
Expressing emotion freely
Seeking revenge
Proving right
Divided into two extremes

4. Vindictive
Seeking revenge
Not easy to comprehend
Gave moral lecture
Annoy

5. Advocate
Support
Expensive
Something that makes better but does not cure
Practicality

6. Convivial
Prevented
Sociable
In a commanding manner
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

7. Contagious
Passed on through touch; infectious
Strong and sturdy
Something that makes better but does not cure
Big fire

8. Legitimate
Gloomy
To make legal; give approval to
Divided into two extremes
Being fat

9. Consecrated
Very bad
Hostility; hatred
Doubtful
Dedicated; made holy

10. Temporize
Put off; procrastinate
Suppressed
Cannot be tolerated
Faithfulness; loyalty

11. Ambiguous
Vague
Shortage
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Agreement

12. Integrity
Honor; honesty
Disasters
Revolutionary
Friendly - lovable

13. Insufferable
Faithfulness; loyalty
On and off; not continuous
Praise
Cannot be tolerated

14. Somber
Worship; great praise
Gloomy
Revolutionary
Agreement

15. Robust
Over-simplified
Dedicated; made holy
Strong and sturdy
Bringing together; ending a dispute

16. Propensity

17. Dalliance
Divided into two extremes
Cannot be tolerated
Thick and sticky
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

18. Depreciatory
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Devaluing; criticizing
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Gave moral lecture

19. Mandatory
Compulsory
Something that makes better but does not cure
Revolutionary
Sociable

20. Quelled
Suppressed
Seeking revenge
Juicy
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

21. Fastidious
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Dictator
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

22. Presumptive
Presumed
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Sulky
Of great importance

23. Prosaic
Ordinary
Blame; criticize
Attacking verbally
Joining - speaking

24. Floridity
Divided into two extremes
Redness
Over-simplified
Not easy to comprehend

25. Thwarted
Prevented
Inspiring awe
Attacking verbally
Redness

26. Conflagration
Sociable
Big fire
Revolutionary
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

27. Sycophants
Something that makes better but does not cure
Toadies; flatterers
Vague
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

28. Palliative
Something that makes better but does not cure
Supremely good
Proving right
Kindly; pampering

29. Treacly
Too sweet; over sentimental
Fair and equal
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Superficial

30. Demonstrative
Expressing emotion freely
Fair and equal
Sociable
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

31. Magnanimous
Divided into two extremes
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Praise
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

32. Reprehensible
On and off; not continuous
Superficial
Thick and sticky
Very bad

33. Steadfastness
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Being fat
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

34. Debacles
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Over-simplified
Disasters
Something that makes better but does not cure

35. Adulation
Worship; great praise
Attacking verbally
Fair; wise
Lack of transparency; being opaque

36. Regressive
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Useless; waste of time and effort
Revolutionary
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

37. Dubious
Doubtful
Dedicated; made holy
Toadies; flatterers
Big fire

38. Fidelity
Passed on through touch; infectious
Harmful
Thorough; taking care of details
Faithfulness; loyalty

39. Disparaging
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Critical
Divided into two extremes
Dedicated; made holy

40. Futile
Seeking legal remedies
Useless; waste of time and effort
Passed on through touch; infectious
Put off; procrastinate

41. Concord
Dictator
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Agreement
Kindly; pampering

42. Pragmatism
Sociable
Concerned with thinking
Big fire
Practicality

43. Conciliatory
Wavered; hesitated
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Divided into two extremes
Redness

44. Animosity
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Gave moral lecture
Hostility; hatred
Dedicated; made holy

45. Bountiful
Thorough; eager
Generous
Friendly - lovable
Fate - doom

46. Cerebral
Very bad
Concerned with thinking
Honor; honesty
Dictator

47. Profundity
Put off; procrastinate
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Passed on through touch; infectious
Praise

48. Connoisseurs
Hostility; hatred
Divided into two extremes
Expressing care and concern
Experts with good taste/judgment

49. Haranguing
Attacking verbally
Fate - doom
Gave moral lecture
Thick and sticky

50. Facile
Over-simplified
Worship; great praise
Kindly; pampering
Expensive