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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. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
hackneyed
quandary
prosaic
perspective
2. Stubborn; inflexible
obdurate
cryptic
whimsical
idealize
3. Circumstances of a situation; environment
inherent
context
copious
dogmatic
4. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
disdain
coherent
despotic
hierarchy
5. Worthy of blame
emphasize
toxic
reprehensible
contemptuous
6. Mutual hatred or ill-will
fastidious
ingrate
malice
enmity
7. Sadness; depression
spurious
melancholy
caustic
frenetic
8. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
amenable
impression
medley
superficial
9. Stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
naive
dogmatic
mollify
inherent
10. Spread or flowing throughout
permeated
anthology
feral
condescending
11. Calm
frank
rancorous
narrative
serene
12. Describing a large amount of something
ample
pejorative
parody
conviction
13. Freed from blame
suppressed
dogged
vindicated
spurious
14. Point of view
venerated
pervasive
perspective
obscure
15. (adj.) softening and soothing (n.) something that softens or soothes
camouflage
emollient
assiduous
suppressed
16. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
realism
futile
benign
transient
17. Having a harmful effect; injurious
futile
endure
florid
deleterious
18. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
equanimity
reprehensible
insolent
pragmatic
19. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
sanction
despotic
florid
20. Plentiful; having a large quantity
stoic
pugnacious
copious
lament
21. A widespread fire
conflagration
facetious
indifferent
naive
22. A tremendously skilled artist
virtuoso
plausible
endure
poignant
23. Energy; power to survive
vitality
profound
vocation
parody
24. To give official authorization or approval
acquired
auspicious
sanction
parody
25. Savage; untamed
realism
feral
indifferent
innate
26. Of or occurring in the night
stoic
pejorative
nocturnal
copious
27. Describing a category of artistic endeavor
prudent
spontaneous
ponderous
genre
28. Possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
obstinate
benign
eclectic
fastidious
29. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
penitent
medley
pundit
cartographer
30. Copied or adapted from a source
florid
rancorous
derived
incumbent
31. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
replete
servile
indifferent
futile
32. Feeling hatred; scornful
misconception
contemptuous
sanction
camouflage
33. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
rational
narrative
patronizing
apparatus
34. Easily flowing
pundit
exemplary
fluid
modest
35. A feeling about the future
premonition
propriety
abstract
harbinger
36. An example or model
genre
facile
implication
paradigm
37. Commendable; worthy of imitation
pragmatic
trivial
insolent
exemplary
38. A fixed or strong belief
capricious
conviction
perspective
discourse
39. Indisputable; not open to question
facile
incontrovertible
futile
comprehensive
40. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
hypocrisy
torpor
staid
sedentary
41. A selected part of a passage or scene
prudent
torpor
misconception
excerpt
42. Playfully humorous
listless
plagiarism
facetious
conviction
43. Favorable; promising
auspicious
excerpt
aesthetic
gratuitous
44. Secretive
clandestine
implication
conviction
ostentatious
45. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
hierarchy
compelling
pervasive
misconception
46. To hide by blending in with surroundings
clandestine
dilettante
camouflage
toxic
47. Insulting in manner or speech
misconception
arbitrary
insolent
elusive
48. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
discourse
dictatorial
convoluted
disparage
49. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
assiduous
elusive
paramount
malice
50. Anxiety or fear about the future
feral
paramount
apprehension
coherent