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SAT Vocab Most Important Words
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sat
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Goodwill between friends
insipid
cordial
rational
camaraderie
2. Easily understood; clear
consensus
lucid
ambivalent
embellish
3. Misconduct or wrongdoing - especially by a public official
camaraderie
malfeasance
trepidation
parody
4. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
dilettante
comprehensive
prudent
spurious
5. Indisputable; not open to question
venerated
incontrovertible
indolent
cogent
6. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
mediocrity
mural
cogent
inevitable
7. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
context
medley
dilatory
acquired
8. Arrogant; vainly proud
premonition
haughty
archaic
florid
9. Introducing something new
innovative
ambiguous
mediocrity
vilify
10. (adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (n.) a story
narrative
coherent
patronizing
fastidious
11. An example or model
prodigious
dogmatic
fabricated
paradigm
12. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
superficial
theoretical
maverick
vitality
13. To grow or increase rapidly
proliferate
fractious
truncated
staid
14. An unusual - observable event
novel
benign
phenomenon
gratuitous
15. A place of retreat or security
aesthetic
ominous
asylum
exemplary
16. Mutual hatred or ill-will
proliferate
spurious
enmity
subdue
17. Strikingly new or unusual
novel
suppressed
solvent
medieval
18. Coming into existence; emerging
nascent
context
assiduous
sanction
19. Unplanned; naturally occurring
spontaneous
theoretical
pejorative
astute
20. Inborn; built-in
inherent
impede
tenacity
fabricated
21. Convincing; reasonable
listless
cogent
truncated
serene
22. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
superficial
maverick
wily
alliance
23. Clearness in thought or expression
impede
camouflage
stoic
clarity
24. An occupation or profession
futile
assertion
vocation
arid
25. Feeling hatred; scornful
perception
contemptuous
virtuoso
coherent
26. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
emollient
opulent
jurisprudence
insipid
27. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
trepidation
inveterate
mural
arid
28. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
alienated
flagrant
ambivalent
indolent
29. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
acquired
plagiarism
alleviate
alliance
30. Describing a dry - rainless climate
pervasive
wily
aesthetic
arid
31. A crafty trick
discredit
benign
ruse
reprehensible
32. Impulsive and unpredictable
derived
torpor
disdain
capricious
33. To make vicious statements about
clandestine
conflagration
vilify
insolent
34. Combative; belligerent
spontaneous
superfluous
aesthetic
pugnacious
35. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
endure
torpor
stratagem
rational
36. All-powerful
ornate
omnipotent
reclamation
medley
37. A beginner
arid
novice
rational
reprehensible
38. Extremely dull
ponderous
listless
hierarchy
frenetic
39. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
caustic
notorious
ambiguous
implication
40. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
maverick
idealize
parody
gratuitous
41. Practical
prudent
innate
pragmatic
fabricated
42. Logically connected
dilettante
fluid
coherent
staid
43. Lacking energy
endure
pragmatic
listless
laudatory
44. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
enmity
toxic
impede
obstinate
45. The act of suggesting or hinting
ostentatious
implication
novel
vilify
46. To put up with to survive a hardship
anthology
endure
contemptuous
assimilation
47. Kind and gentle
inveterate
benign
perspective
notorious
48. Wildly excited or active
frenetic
inconsequential
dilettante
torpor
49. A tremendously skilled artist
prosaic
imperious
melancholy
virtuoso
50. A group organized by rank
rational
apathetic
hierarchy
omnipotent