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SAT Vocab 2010 2011
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Amiable
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Friendly - lovable
Sociable
Gave moral lecture
2. Radical
Support
Revolutionary
Concerned with thinking
Sulky
3. Steadfastness
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Persuasive language
Praise
An equal
4. Shroud
Redness
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
To cover
Fair; wise
5. Vindication
Praise
Proving right
Honor; honesty
Dictator
6. Consecrated
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Praise
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Dedicated; made holy
7. Indulgent
Of great importance
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Put off; procrastinate
Kindly; pampering
8. Convivial
Worship; great praise
Sociable
Thorough; eager
Experts with good taste/judgment
9. Temporize
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
Dedicated; made holy
Put off; procrastinate
Expressing care and concern
10. Histrionic
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Strong and sturdy
Medicinal
Melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion
11. Profundity
Praise
Something that makes better but does not cure
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Depth (of ideas/thought)
12. Viscous
Doubtful
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Thick and sticky
Redness
13. Regressive
Supremely good
Moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)
Kindly; pampering
Superficial
14. Concord
Agreement
Seeking money above all else
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Tone of voice
15. Prosaic
Juicy
Hostility; hatred
Toadies; flatterers
Ordinary
16. Arable
17. Sermonized
Thorough; eager
Gave moral lecture
Medicinal
Over-simplified
18. Redolent
Practicality
Useless; waste of time and effort
Bringing together; ending a dispute
Smelling of (literal or metaphoric)
19. Animosity
Honor; honesty
Wavered; hesitated
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Hostility; hatred
20. Polarized
Kindly; pampering
Being fat
Divided into two extremes
Experts with good taste/judgment
21. Cerebral
Concerned with thinking
Over-simplified
In a commanding manner
Inspiring awe
22. Cursory
Shortage
Attacking verbally
Non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
Superficial
23. Pragmatism
Over-simplified
Practicality
Dedicated; made holy
Thick and sticky
24. Robust
Harmful
On and off; not continuous
Very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
Strong and sturdy
25. Rhetoric
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Hostility; hatred
To cover
Persuasive language
26. Ambiguous
Expensive
Wavered; hesitated
Disasters
Vague
27. Opacity
Supremely good
Lack of transparency; being opaque
Of great importance
Revolutionary
28. Formidable
Inspiring awe
Shortage
Can be cultivated ('arable land')
Lack of transparency; being opaque
29. Idiosyncratic
Passed on through touch; infectious
Quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual
On and off; not continuous
Juicy
30. Toadies
Sad - yearning; longing in a thoughtful way
Blame; criticize
Sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers
Expressing emotion freely
31. Litigious
Seeking legal remedies
Generous
Doubtful
Cannot be tolerated
32. Lavish
Juicy
Expensive
Joining - speaking
Tendency; leaning' predilection
33. Contagious
Passed on through touch; infectious
Critical
Praise
Inspiring awe
34. Disparaging
Not easy to comprehend
Sociable
Critical
Faithfulness; loyalty
35. Presumptive
Proving right
Experts with good taste/judgment
Presumed
Fair; wise
36. Conflagration
Expressing care and concern
Critical
Superficial
Big fire
37. Reprehensible
Very bad
Loyalty; firmness of purpose
Juicy
Superficial
38. Nemesis
Fate - doom
Faithfulness; loyalty
Cannot be tolerated
Over-simplified
39. Judicious
Hostility; hatred
Fair; wise
Friendly - lovable
Faithfulness; loyalty
40. Insular
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Not easy to comprehend
Narrow-minded
Seeking money above all else
41. Depreciatory
Experts with good taste/judgment
Can't be expressed in words
Devaluing; criticizing
Superficial
42. Succulent
Disasters
Of great importance
Experts with good taste/judgment
Juicy
43. Remiss
Superficial
Narrow-minded
Praise
Neglectful
44. Petulant
Joining - speaking
Expressing care and concern
Sulky
Dedicated; made holy
45. Deleterious
In a commanding manner
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Harmful
Not easy to comprehend
46. Compendious
Doubtful
Support
Containing a lot in a small space/few words
Superficial
47. Floridity
Depth (of ideas/thought)
Redness
Gave moral lecture
Kindly; pampering
48. Eulogy
Generous
Praise
Seeking revenge
Depth (of ideas/thought)
49. Sycophants
Toadies; flatterers
Revolutionary
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Being fat
50. Callous
Cruel; hard and unfeeling
Not moderate; excessive
Compulsory
Sociable