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SAT Vocab 2010 2011

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Consecrated
Dedicated; made holy
Over-simplified
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Critical

2. Amiable
Wavered; hesitated
Friendly - lovable
Persuasive language
Very bad

3. Callous
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Doubtful
Sociable
Something that makes better but does not cure

4. Disparaging
Prevented
Persuasive language
Joining - speaking
Critical

5. Profundity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Neglectful
Practicality
Bringing together; ending a dispute

6. Dubious
Fate - doom
Devaluing; criticizing
Doubtful
Bringing together; ending a dispute

7. Petulant
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Sulky
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Can be cultivated ('arable land')

8. Compendious
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Put off; procrastinate
Can't be expressed in words
Critical

9. Conciliatory
Seeking revenge
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Annoy
Persuasive language

10. Rhetoric
Persuasive language
In a commanding manner
Concerned with thinking
Depth (of ideas/thought)

11. Viscous
Thick and sticky
Wavered; hesitated
Revolutionary
Doubtful

12. Integrity
Honor; honesty
Generous
In a commanding manner
Prevented

13. Consummate
Suppressed
Supremely good
Big fire
Superficial

14. Judicious
Fair; wise
Experts with good taste/judgment
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Thick and sticky

15. Toadies
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Inspiring awe
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Persuasive language

16. Quelled
Thorough; taking care of details
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Suppressed

17. Temporize
Put off; procrastinate
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Vague
Narrow-minded

18. Depreciatory
Seeking money above all else
Devaluing; criticizing
Fair and equal
Prevented

19. Mercenary
Seeking revenge
Seeking money above all else
Hostility; hatred
Fair and equal

20. Formidable
An equal
Medicinal
Seeking legal remedies
Inspiring awe

21. Regressive
An equal
Over-simplified
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Useless; waste of time and effort

22. Facile
Seeking revenge
To make legal; give approval to
Medicinal
Over-simplified

23. Magnanimous
Toadies; flatterers
Generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)
Narrow-minded
Devaluing; criticizing

24. Demonstrative
Suppressed
Expressing emotion freely
Seeking revenge
Strong and sturdy

25. Futile
Redness
Useless; waste of time and effort
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Praise

26. Redolent
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Support
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Kindly; pampering

27. Articulation
Support
Prevented
Joining - speaking
Being fat

28. Mandatory
Compulsory
Can't be expressed in words
Seeking legal remedies
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

29. Intermittent
On and off; not continuous
Honor; honesty
Vague
Proving right

30. Arable

31. Connoisseurs
Big fire
Wavered; hesitated
Experts with good taste/judgment
Depth (of ideas/thought)

32. Adulation
Not moderate; excessive
Friendly - lovable
Worship; great praise
Seeking legal remedies

33. Vindictive
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Sociable
Seeking revenge
Doubtful

34. Deleterious
Harmful
Practicality
Medicinal
Concerned with thinking

35. Ambiguous
Vague
Not easy to comprehend
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Seeking legal remedies

36. Histrionic
Persuasive language
Not moderate; excessive
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
Friendly - lovable

37. Propensity

38. Haranguing
Tone of voice
Revolutionary
Attacking verbally
Vague

39. Indulgent
Kindly; pampering
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Joining - speaking
Dictator

40. Polarized
Superficial
Divided into two extremes
Gave moral lecture
Inspiring awe

41. Succulent
Juicy
Ordinary
Practicality
Strong and sturdy

42. Remiss
Seeking legal remedies
Not easy to comprehend
Doubtful
Neglectful

43. Momentous
Of great importance
Not moderate; excessive
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
Too sweet; over sentimental

44. Censure
Fate - doom
Fair and equal
Blame; criticize
Doubtful

45. Meticulous
Thorough; taking care of details
Big fire
Joining - speaking
Passed on through touch; infectious

46. Therapeutic
Critical
Dictator
Medicinal
Over-simplified

47. Autocrat
Dictator
Expressing emotion freely
Redness
Passed on through touch; infectious

48. Robust
Strong and sturdy
Gave moral lecture
Rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Ordinary

49. Concord
Tone of voice
Redness
Faithfulness; loyalty
Agreement

50. Legitimate
Disasters
Worship; great praise
To make legal; give approval to
Hostility; hatred