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SAT Vocab Most Important Words
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
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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. Impulsive and unpredictable
dilettante
capricious
subdue
insolent
2. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
assertion
penitent
contemptuous
insolent
3. All-powerful
intrepid
omnipotent
trepidation
mundane
4. Extra; unnecessary
superfluous
ebullience
rational
wily
5. The ability to form or understand an idea
prosaic
subdue
conception
assertion
6. Unimaginative; dull
diligent
prosaic
omnipotent
futile
7. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
pejorative
impression
mediocrity
hierarchy
8. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
didactic
disingenuous
exemplary
elusive
9. Sadness; depression
venerated
melancholy
tenacity
benevolent
10. Made; concocted in order to deceive
fabricated
cohesive
vindicated
mural
11. Sincerity; openness
heinous
candor
comprehensive
notorious
12. Hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will
obdurate
archaic
rancorous
narrative
13. An ungrateful person
dogmatic
coup
dilatory
ingrate
14. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
objectivity
integrity
pejorative
disparity
15. To grow or increase rapidly
spontaneous
impede
emigrate
proliferate
16. Elaborately decorated
implication
laudatory
capricious
ornate
17. A tremendously skilled artist
innate
vocation
elusive
virtuoso
18. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
modest
indifferent
medieval
disparity
19. Uninteresting; unchallenging
conflagration
vilify
insipid
inconsequential
20. Certain to happen - unavoidable
inevitable
dogged
intuition
ambiguous
21. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
intrepid
tenuous
consensus
22. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
equanimity
substantiated
notorious
acquired
23. Appropriateness of behavior
propriety
trepidation
cogent
rational
24. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
stratagem
reclamation
propriety
transient
25. Open to more than one interpretation
sonorous
substantiated
torpor
ambiguous
26. A crafty trick
feral
ruse
capricious
maverick
27. Referring to the Middle Ages - old-fashioned
medieval
sanction
omnipotent
subdue
28. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
slander
obstinate
florid
apparatus
29. Introducing something new
coup
timorous
implication
innovative
30. Short-lived or temporary
biased
transitory
vocation
cogent
31. Equipment; a group of machines
paradigm
apparatus
prosaic
replete
32. Subdued; kept from being circulated
biased
haughty
nascent
suppressed
33. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
coherent
gratuitous
torpor
benign
34. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
genre
propriety
paradigm
eclectic
35. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
imperious
exemplary
realism
dictatorial
36. Unable to be reformed
incorrigible
prosaic
nocturnal
assertion
37. Combative; belligerent
disparage
feral
indifferent
pugnacious
38. Dine by secretive means
novice
compelling
surreptitiously
pragmatic
39. Stubborn; inflexible
comprehensive
compelling
emphasize
obdurate
40. Informative; contributing the one's awareness
phenomenon
surreptitiously
enlightening
caustic
41. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
idealize
alliance
ponderous
torpor
42. Mutual hatred or ill-will
enmity
emphasize
ample
pragmatic
43. Practical
pragmatic
tenuous
mural
effusive
44. Inborn; built-in
condemn
flagrant
fluid
inherent
45. To give special attention to something - to stress
parody
brusque
emphasize
obstinate
46. Point of view
perception
camouflage
facile
perspective
47. Awareness; insight
plagiarism
obsolete
permeated
perception
48. To avoid making a definite statement
surreptitiously
equivocate
derived
pragmatic
49. Worn-out through overuse; trite
patronizing
hackneyed
premonition
discredit
50. Extremely dull
ponderous
nocturnal
modest
lament