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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. Biting sarcastic or witty
indifferent
assiduous
embellish
caustic
2. A group organized by rank
meticulous
novel
prosaic
hierarchy
3. Not migratory; settled
sedentary
transient
facile
maverick
4. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
austere
medieval
elusive
egregious
5. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
frank
gratuitous
intuition
heinous
6. Inborn; built-in
context
alleviate
inherent
arbitrary
7. Shortened; cut off
serene
superfluous
ominous
truncated
8. To cause to be doubted
discredit
timorous
innate
serene
9. Enormous
inherent
prodigious
proximity
impartial
10. Commendable; worthy of imitation
hackneyed
didactic
exemplary
cordial
11. Plentiful; having a large quantity
replete
florid
eclectic
copious
12. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family or homeland)
enlightening
clarity
paradigm
alienated
13. An authority who expresses his/her opinions
pundit
futile
heinous
mollify
14. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
condemn
malleable
hackneyed
contemptuous
15. To give official authorization or approval
facile
sanction
perspective
stoic
16. (n.) contempt - scorn (v.) to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
disdain
prodigious
proximity
whimsical
17. Profoundly moving; touching
condescending
candor
poignant
anthology
18. Having a harmful effect; injurious
serene
deleterious
aesthetic
transient
19. To leave one country or region and settle in another
listless
rancorous
emigrate
sanction
20. Freed from blame
discourse
arbitrary
vindicated
misconception
21. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
paradigm
embellish
condemn
mundane
22. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
intuition
sanction
opulent
wary
23. To restrain; to hold back
subdue
tenuous
vindicated
obsolete
24. Dispersed throughout
impression
staid
pervasive
nascent
25. Dine by secretive means
convoluted
effusive
notorious
surreptitiously
26. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
opulent
ambivalent
modest
gratuitous
27. Uninteresting; unchallenging
didactic
insipid
naive
patronizing
28. Point of view
heinous
astute
perspective
conflagration
29. Intricate; complex
opulent
convoluted
incorrigible
comprehensive
30. Describing a dry - rainless climate
archaic
rhetoric
arid
hierarchy
31. Referring to the Middle Ages - old-fashioned
flagrant
harbinger
medieval
amenable
32. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
exemplary
endure
inveterate
pundit
33. Lacking application or practical application
disparity
emigrate
theoretical
emollient
34. Hard-working
despotic
facetious
assiduous
innovative
35. Trustworthiness; completeness
integrity
misconception
brusque
embellish
36. Describing a showy or pretentious display
ostentatious
conflagration
brusque
nocturnal
37. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
brittle
mural
premonition
obdurate
38. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
inevitable
venerated
permeated
mediocrity
39. A union of two or more groups
opulent
alliance
apprehension
enmity
40. Current - modern; from the same time
enmity
paradigm
prosaic
contemporary
41. Equipment; a group of machines
apparatus
innovative
indolent
flagrant
42. Of chief concern or importance
paramount
dogmatic
sanction
impression
43. Extremely careful and precise
embellish
meticulous
novice
austere
44. Rotten
diligent
putrid
condescending
austere
45. Intended to instruct
clandestine
cryptic
facile
didactic
46. Stubborn; inflexible
impinge
obdurate
facile
penitent
47. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
hypocrisy
maverick
mural
fabricated
48. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
equanimity
acquired
dictatorial
realism
49. Clearness in thought or expression
servile
apathetic
clarity
conviction
50. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
ostentatious
propriety
harbinger
exculpate