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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. Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure - weak
tenuous
imperious
realism
ingrate
2. Hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will
disparage
reclamation
spurious
rancorous
3. Subdued; kept from being circulated
dogmatic
suppressed
cryptic
disparity
4. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
alienated
ambivalent
lament
flagrant
5. Hatefully evil; abominable
heinous
decorous
timorous
imperious
6. A tremendously skilled artist
virtuoso
disdain
ambiguous
plausible
7. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
obstinate
aesthetic
enmity
obscure
8. Intricate; complex
obdurate
theoretical
equanimity
convoluted
9. Able to pay one's debts
solvent
ponderous
eclectic
premonition
10. The ability to form or understand an idea
conception
heinous
alleviate
coherent
11. To hide by blending in with surroundings
conception
camouflage
novice
innate
12. A widespread fire
apathetic
parody
conflagration
exemplary
13. (n.) an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
sanction
elusive
staid
pundit
14. Commonplace; ordinary
propriety
capricious
mundane
obscure
15. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
abstract
notorious
profound
obdurate
16. An ungrateful person
ingrate
vilify
listless
sedentary
17. Not genuine; false - counterfeit
impede
emphasize
spurious
endure
18. Stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
dogmatic
replete
intuition
capricious
19. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
excerpt
camouflage
disparity
camaraderie
20. Without decoration; strict
austere
eclectic
camaraderie
inveterate
21. Lacking application or practical application
arid
sanction
theoretical
prudent
22. (adj.) softening and soothing (n.) something that softens or soothes
frenetic
emollient
premonition
opulent
23. Unimportant
meticulous
conception
inconsequential
conflagration
24. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
dilatory
penitent
replete
proximity
25. Determined by impulse rather than reason
arbitrary
decorous
obstinate
obdurate
26. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
clandestine
dilatory
stratagem
feral
27. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
parody
catalog
melancholy
idealize
28. To consider perfect
rancorous
idealize
sedentary
malice
29. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
harbinger
ponderous
conception
fabricated
30. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
diligent
disdain
parody
substantiated
31. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
enmity
eloquence
innovative
sonorous
32. Describing a dry - rainless climate
arid
tenacity
equivocate
sonorous
33. Quarrelsome; unruly
impede
prudent
fractious
pundit
34. Proper; marked by good taste
decorous
insolent
dogmatic
maverick
35. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
virtuoso
florid
affable
pejorative
36. All-powerful
omnipotent
serene
effusive
indolent
37. Worn-out through overuse; trite
hackneyed
dilettante
benign
staid
38. Express grief for; mourn
putrid
feral
lament
narrative
39. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
dilettante
lucid
quandary
inherent
40. Producing a deep or full sound
patronizing
sonorous
acquired
abstract
41. Convincing; reasonable
cogent
superficial
pugnacious
theoretical
42. A place of retreat or security
incontrovertible
obsolete
asylum
innovative
43. No longer in use; old-fashioned
paramount
malleable
obsolete
quandary
44. A union of two or more groups
substantiated
objectivity
alliance
exemplary
45. To avoid making a definite statement
benign
equivocate
dogged
plausible
46. To put up with to survive a hardship
conception
plagiarism
fractious
endure
47. Clearness in thought or expression
apathetic
disparity
clarity
meticulous
48. Poisonous
fluid
inveterate
arbitrary
toxic
49. Misconduct or wrongdoing - especially by a public official
alienated
hackneyed
malfeasance
lament
50. Difficult to comprehend
opulent
cryptic
implication
meticulous