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SAT Vocab 2010 2011

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Conflagration
Medicinal
Big fire
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Very bad

2. Legitimate
To make legal; give approval to
Critical
Very bad
Presumed

3. Intermittent
Very bad
In a commanding manner
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
On and off; not continuous

4. Propensity

5. Thwarted
Big fire
Neglectful
Prevented
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

6. Imperious
On and off; not continuous
In a commanding manner
Dictator
To cover

7. Polarized
Inspiring awe
Divided into two extremes
Ordinary
Dedicated; made holy

8. Corpulence
Very bad
Supremely good
Dedicated; made holy
Being fat

9. Adulation
Over-simplified
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Worship; great praise
Annoy

10. Petulant
An equal
Not moderate; excessive
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Sulky

11. Demonstrative
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Hostility; hatred
Expressing emotion freely
Proving right

12. Profundity
Too sweet; over sentimental
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Practicality
Cannot be tolerated

13. Dubious
To make legal; give approval to
Doubtful
Of great importance
Too sweet; over sentimental

14. Advocate
Support
Cannot be tolerated
Medicinal
Tone of voice

15. Futile
Strong and sturdy
Annoy
Useless; waste of time and effort
Medicinal

16. Mandatory
Compulsory
Revolutionary
Dedicated; made holy
Wavered; hesitated

17. Insufferable
Cannot be tolerated
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Expensive
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

18. Ambiguous
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Vague
Toadies; flatterers
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

19. Mercenary
Not easy to comprehend
Thorough; eager
An equal
Seeking money above all else

20. Integrity
Honor; honesty
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Being fat
Seeking legal remedies

21. Cursory
Joining - speaking
Ordinary
Superficial
Sulky

22. Radical
Blame; criticize
Revolutionary
Seeking money above all else
Tone of voice

23. Pragmatism
Faithfulness; loyalty
Practicality
Strong and sturdy
Being fat

24. Indulgent
Juicy
Kindly; pampering
Superficial
Revolutionary

25. Peer
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Devaluing; criticizing
Concerned with thinking
An equal

26. Autocrat
Dictator
Redness
Harmful
Expensive

27. Consummate
Presumed
Gave moral lecture
Supremely good
Being fat

28. Temporize
Hostility; hatred
Generous
Put off; procrastinate
Superficial

29. Sermonized
Juicy
Gave moral lecture
Redness
Sulky

30. Inscrutable
Critical
Not easy to comprehend
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Compulsory

31. Compendious
Fair and equal
Put off; procrastinate
Blame; criticize
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

32. Succulent
Dictator
An equal
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Juicy

33. Judicious
Critical
Fair; wise
Thorough; eager
Not easy to comprehend

34. Depreciatory
Devaluing; criticizing
Concerned with thinking
Sociable
Seeking legal remedies

35. Sedulous
Attacking verbally
Thorough; eager
Put off; procrastinate
Annoy

36. Articulation
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Joining - speaking
Presumed
Loyalty; firmness of purpose

37. Contagious
An equal
Tone of voice
Useless; waste of time and effort
Passed on through touch; infectious

38. Dearth
Harmful
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Shortage

39. Redolent
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Fate - doom
Strong and sturdy

40. Cerebral
Something that makes better but does not cure
Cannot be tolerated
Concerned with thinking
Critical

41. Robust
Annoy
Strong and sturdy
Hostility; hatred
Fair; wise

42. Facile
Honor; honesty
Tendency; leaning' predilection
Useless; waste of time and effort
Over-simplified

43. Debacles
Expensive
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Useless; waste of time and effort
Disasters

44. Remiss
Neglectful
Very bad
Expressing care and concern
Of great importance

45. Connoisseurs
Narrow-minded
Experts with good taste/judgment
Not moderate; excessive
Worship; great praise

46. Fastidious
Shortage
To make legal; give approval to
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Prevented

47. Eulogy
Praise
Neglectful
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Blame; criticize

48. Presumptive
Presumed
In a commanding manner
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Containing a lot in a small space/few words

49. Formidable
Very bad
Inspiring awe
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Practicality

50. Vacillated
Sociable
Wavered; hesitated
Over-simplified
Friendly - lovable