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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. (adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (n.) a story
heinous
narrative
conviction
arid
2. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
poignant
paramount
equanimity
futile
3. Misconduct or wrongdoing - especially by a public official
equivocate
truncated
cohesive
malfeasance
4. Clearness in thought or expression
clarity
arbitrary
cohesive
abstract
5. Treating in a condescending manner
equanimity
patronizing
impinge
omnipotent
6. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
dogged
condemn
cordial
indolent
7. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
disdain
dictatorial
perspective
ruse
8. Menacing; threatening
ominous
lament
staid
obsolete
9. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
integrity
stratagem
naive
ample
10. Poisonous
toxic
exemplary
truncated
diligent
11. An authority who expresses his/her opinions
quandary
didactic
auspicious
pundit
12. Stubborn; inflexible
melancholy
idealize
obdurate
plausible
13. Spread or flowing throughout
permeated
futile
mediocrity
elusive
14. The act of making something useful again
reclamation
excerpt
pundit
apathetic
15. An example or model
narrative
toxic
assiduous
paradigm
16. Responsive; agreeable
fluid
equivocate
amenable
pundit
17. Determined by impulse rather than reason
contemporary
condemn
arbitrary
emigrate
18. Feeling or showing little emotion
condemn
apathetic
toxic
integrity
19. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
harbinger
clandestine
auspicious
meticulous
20. Intended to instruct
obsolete
didactic
objectivity
ambiguous
21. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
enlightening
abstract
camouflage
mediocrity
22. (v.) to make an itemized list of
catalog
assimilation
despotic
obscure
23. Of little importance or significance
capricious
insipid
trivial
contemptuous
24. Appropriateness of behavior
convoluted
camouflage
exculpate
propriety
25. Commonplace; ordinary
mundane
compelling
impinge
catalog
26. Intense enthusiasm
consensus
clarity
flagrant
ebullience
27. Lacking energy
exemplary
insolent
listless
coup
28. Arrogant; vainly proud
haughty
gratuitous
obscure
frenetic
29. Without decoration; strict
pragmatic
pervasive
austere
benign
30. Shortened; cut off
parody
truncated
nocturnal
hackneyed
31. Possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
fastidious
idealize
clandestine
dubious
32. An ungrateful person
insipid
malice
ingrate
auspicious
33. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
maverick
frank
plagiarism
servile
34. Anxiety or fear about the future
apprehension
apparatus
servile
gratuitous
35. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
nocturnal
arbitrary
prodigious
diligent
36. Feeling hatred; scornful
compelling
facetious
contemptuous
florid
37. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
arbiter
parody
equivocate
novice
38. Made; concocted in order to deceive
eloquence
camouflage
fabricated
contemptuous
39. Impulsive and unpredictable
capricious
dogged
vocation
clarity
40. Hinder; interfere with
quandary
parody
rhetoric
impinge
41. Insulting in manner or speech
transient
realism
pervasive
insolent
42. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
acquired
camaraderie
maverick
inconsequential
43. No longer in use; old-fashioned
innovative
incontrovertible
ominous
obsolete
44. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
cordial
pejorative
disdain
amenable
45. Of chief concern or importance
impinge
eloquence
fabricated
paramount
46. Plentiful; having a large quantity
penitent
copious
capricious
excerpt
47. A selected part of a passage or scene
notorious
equanimity
excerpt
haughty
48. A crafty trick
sanction
camouflage
obscure
ruse
49. Secretive
transient
lucid
clandestine
sanction
50. A group organized by rank
spontaneous
derived
hierarchy
suppressed