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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. To free from guilt or blame
imperious
flagrant
hierarchy
exculpate
2. Convincing; reasonable
alleviate
cogent
consensus
poignant
3. Not straightforward; crafty
melancholy
replete
slander
disingenuous
4. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
exemplary
substantiated
whimsical
misconception
5. A group organized by rank
proximity
stoic
discourse
hierarchy
6. Combative; belligerent
pugnacious
mediocrity
novice
modest
7. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
ambivalent
novice
arbitrary
clarity
8. Playfully humorous
facetious
amenable
tenacity
futile
9. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
exemplary
paramount
maverick
paradigm
10. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
equanimity
medieval
facile
pejorative
11. Unimportant
inconsequential
fractious
apparatus
ambivalent
12. Certain to happen - unavoidable
inevitable
anthology
transient
trepidation
13. Friendly; sincere
cordial
naive
ponderous
ominous
14. Determined by impulse rather than reason
arbitrary
proximity
conviction
ostentatious
15. Intense enthusiasm
timorous
dubious
clarity
ebullience
16. Current - modern; from the same time
ambiguous
contemporary
imperious
amenable
17. Kind and gentle
pervasive
benign
condescending
parody
18. To cause to be doubted
discredit
pugnacious
reclamation
slander
19. A crafty trick
astute
ruse
premonition
ambiguous
20. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
hierarchy
slander
vocation
equanimity
21. Copied or adapted from a source
serene
arid
objectivity
derived
22. Goodwill between friends
staid
eloquence
dilatory
camaraderie
23. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
coherent
ominous
ample
facile
24. Not genuine; false - counterfeit
malice
spurious
emigrate
disingenuous
25. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
malleable
incorrigible
apathetic
impartial
26. Spread or flowing throughout
convoluted
toxic
permeated
arbiter
27. The act of suggesting or hinting
flagrant
perception
implication
aesthetic
28. All-powerful
omnipotent
patronizing
mural
incontrovertible
29. The ability to form or understand an idea
conception
obscure
camouflage
archaic
30. To make vicious statements about
apparatus
vilify
melancholy
omnipotent
31. Clearness in thought or expression
clarity
condescending
ominous
assimilation
32. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
torpor
virtuoso
intuition
mediocrity
33. Large in scope or content
comprehensive
naive
poignant
anthology
34. An occupation or profession
vitality
endure
pervasive
vocation
35. A beginner
proliferate
novice
assimilation
flagrant
36. Conspicuously bad or offensive
egregious
anthology
brusque
listless
37. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
emphasize
affable
enlightening
stoic
38. Difficult to comprehend
apprehension
aesthetic
prodigious
cryptic
39. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
whimsical
anthology
objectivity
ruse
40. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
suppressed
assertion
dubious
profound
41. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
gratuitous
brittle
transient
austere
42. (adj.) relatively unknown (v.) to conceal or make indistinct
conflagration
biased
obscure
patronizing
43. Insulting in manner or speech
plausible
disparage
insolent
vindicated
44. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
staid
rhetoric
arbiter
dogmatic
45. To absorb; to make similar
plausible
pragmatic
exemplary
assimilation
46. To grow or increase rapidly
indifferent
conception
egregious
proliferate
47. (adj.) softening and soothing (n.) something that softens or soothes
convoluted
emollient
penitent
ruse
48. Point of view
mediocrity
perspective
camouflage
feral
49. A place of retreat or security
despotic
intuition
asylum
perspective
50. A declaration or statement
perspective
conviction
truncated
assertion