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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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1. Express grief for; mourn
disdain
lament
excerpt
paramount
2. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
imperious
benign
paradigm
conviction
3. To absorb; to make similar
transitory
assimilation
vilify
apprehension
4. Copied or adapted from a source
florid
impartial
derived
context
5. Favorable; promising
consensus
emigrate
auspicious
heinous
6. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
elusive
intuition
obdurate
serene
7. Stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
convoluted
disingenuous
dogmatic
ambivalent
8. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
ponderous
dubious
slander
stoic
9. Menacing; threatening
fractious
ominous
derived
obstinate
10. Savage; untamed
assimilation
hackneyed
reprehensible
feral
11. An authority who expresses his/her opinions
alliance
pundit
mediocrity
timorous
12. General agreement
camaraderie
alleviate
incontrovertible
consensus
13. Worthy of blame
reprehensible
obsolete
imperious
laudatory
14. All-powerful
lucid
harbinger
insolent
omnipotent
15. Coming into existence; emerging
derived
mollify
nascent
impartial
16. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
emigrate
parody
fluid
incontrovertible
17. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
tenuous
realism
obsolete
ostentatious
18. Shortened; cut off
truncated
imperious
frenetic
convoluted
19. Giving praise
florid
laudatory
ebullience
impinge
20. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
stratagem
narrative
insolent
rhetoric
21. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
tenuous
pejorative
servile
endure
22. Worn-out through overuse; trite
hackneyed
sanction
enmity
futile
23. To leave one country or region and settle in another
affable
emigrate
enmity
caustic
24. Able to pay one's debts
dogged
solvent
inherent
alienated
25. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
arbitrary
plagiarism
malice
discourse
26. Goodwill between friends
incontrovertible
disdain
despotic
camaraderie
27. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
notorious
convoluted
apathetic
ingrate
28. Unable to be reformed
intrepid
incorrigible
feral
ostentatious
29. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
clarity
plagiarism
catalog
inevitable
30. Having great depth or seriousness
inherent
profound
misconception
omnipotent
31. To avoid making a definite statement
fastidious
coup
ingrate
equivocate
32. A group organized by rank
wary
hierarchy
dubious
ostentatious
33. Highly respected
futile
permeated
compelling
venerated
34. A collection of literary pieces
indifferent
theoretical
contemptuous
anthology
35. Indisputable; not open to question
vilify
hypocrisy
staid
incontrovertible
36. Extremely careful and precise
surreptitiously
patronizing
meticulous
facile
37. Wildly excited or active
idealize
benevolent
frenetic
arbitrary
38. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
assiduous
indolent
didactic
superficial
39. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
rational
mundane
pundit
impression
40. Producing a deep or full sound
poignant
prosaic
intuition
sonorous
41. Unimaginative; dull
rhetoric
fastidious
paradigm
prosaic
42. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
contemporary
trepidation
dictatorial
inveterate
43. A tremendously skilled artist
virtuoso
emollient
malfeasance
proximity
44. Logically connected
coherent
asylum
objectivity
obstinate
45. Intended to instruct
dogmatic
didactic
quandary
assimilation
46. Well-meaning; generous
benevolent
stoic
obstinate
malice
47. Mutual hatred or ill-will
enmity
copious
innovative
toxic
48. Dine by secretive means
melancholy
derived
surreptitiously
theoretical
49. Timid; fearful about the future
opulent
emigrate
reclamation
timorous
50. A widespread fire
medieval
lament
cohesive
conflagration