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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.) relatively unknown (v.) to conceal or make indistinct
obscure
amenable
stoic
copious
2. Possessed at birth; inborn
archaic
innate
intuition
insipid
3. The act of suggesting or hinting
implication
emphasize
vocation
ostentatious
4. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
asylum
servile
maverick
consensus
5. Cunning
eloquence
wily
ample
archaic
6. Extremely careful and precise
meticulous
novice
inconsequential
disingenuous
7. All-powerful
tenacity
reprehensible
omnipotent
integrity
8. The ability to form or understand an idea
torpor
conception
alleviate
quandary
9. Worthy of blame
emphasize
frank
ponderous
reprehensible
10. Convincing; reasonable
misconception
alleviate
cogent
rational
11. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
ample
equivocate
disingenuous
superficial
12. Lacking energy
disparity
hypocrisy
incontrovertible
listless
13. Rotten
sedentary
plausible
substantiated
putrid
14. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
sanction
ebullience
poignant
ambivalent
15. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
omnipotent
assiduous
reclamation
rhetoric
16. Hinder; interfere with
impinge
innovative
plausible
contemporary
17. An authority who expresses his/her opinions
pugnacious
condescending
alienated
pundit
18. A tremendously skilled artist
obstinate
coup
discourse
virtuoso
19. Courageous; fearless
intrepid
anthology
discredit
impartial
20. Intense enthusiasm
facile
ebullience
ponderous
capricious
21. Elaborately decorated
integrity
ornate
obscure
despotic
22. Circumstances of a situation; environment
truncated
enmity
context
dubious
23. To calm or soothe
equanimity
mollify
gratuitous
sanction
24. A judge who decides a disputed issue
obdurate
contemporary
arbiter
capricious
25. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
parody
brittle
toxic
condemn
26. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
dictatorial
ruse
rational
plagiarism
27. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
despotic
frank
impression
futile
28. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
incumbent
feral
emollient
endure
29. To grow or increase rapidly
proliferate
dogged
profound
futile
30. Trustworthiness; completeness
inherent
anthology
cordial
integrity
31. Hard-working
novel
paramount
assiduous
quandary
32. Impulsive and unpredictable
ornate
opulent
capricious
florid
33. To hide by blending in with surroundings
camouflage
cartographer
virtuoso
fractious
34. Giving praise
pervasive
laudatory
imperious
disdain
35. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
flagrant
alliance
plausible
medley
36. To absorb; to make similar
assimilation
frenetic
coup
astute
37. Made; concocted in order to deceive
fabricated
contemporary
enlightening
theoretical
38. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
biased
copious
prosaic
39. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
condemn
substantiated
alleviate
insolent
40. (v.) to make an itemized list of
theoretical
catalog
alienated
sedentary
41. To avoid making a definite statement
equivocate
laudatory
innovative
egregious
42. An ungrateful person
objectivity
ingrate
contemporary
novel
43. An unusual - observable event
ornate
brittle
phenomenon
plausible
44. Insulting in manner or speech
insolent
assimilation
impartial
ambivalent
45. Feeling hatred; scornful
pundit
contemptuous
servile
spurious
46. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
impartial
insipid
subdue
rancorous
47. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
conception
cartographer
diligent
putrid
48. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
astute
impede
copious
49. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
fractious
exemplary
aesthetic
toxic
50. To free from guilt or blame
pejorative
tenuous
lucid
exculpate