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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. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
arid
intuition
hypocrisy
misconception
2. Introducing something new
innovative
wily
abstract
diligent
3. Possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
harbinger
obdurate
fastidious
emphasize
4. One who designs or makes maps
cartographer
rancorous
deleterious
fractious
5. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
surreptitiously
condemn
incorrigible
superfluous
6. Menacing; threatening
gratuitous
ominous
rhetoric
arbitrary
7. Convincing; reasonable
prodigious
integrity
toxic
cogent
8. To ease a pain or a burden
sanction
narrative
effusive
alleviate
9. Persistence
ominous
tenacity
arbiter
staid
10. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
egregious
inveterate
eloquence
caustic
11. Stubborn; inflexible
prudent
spontaneous
obdurate
apparatus
12. The ability to form or understand an idea
conception
impression
theoretical
catalog
13. (v.) to make an itemized list of
catalog
assimilation
novice
nocturnal
14. Unemotional; serious
staid
arbitrary
dictatorial
amenable
15. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
dilettante
cartographer
enmity
diligent
16. Copied or adapted from a source
compelling
derived
mediocrity
indolent
17. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
intuition
decorous
impartial
alienated
18. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
tenuous
profound
disparage
comprehensive
19. Misconduct or wrongdoing - especially by a public official
perception
dilatory
malfeasance
hierarchy
20. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
notorious
obscure
compelling
incumbent
21. Conspicuously bad or offensive
egregious
parody
trepidation
putrid
22. Current - modern; from the same time
objectivity
contemporary
vocation
assertion
23. To put up with to survive a hardship
benevolent
plausible
omnipotent
endure
24. Practical
phenomenon
florid
pragmatic
amenable
25. Not genuine; false - counterfeit
obdurate
brusque
spurious
stoic
26. An authority who expresses his/her opinions
diligent
pundit
incontrovertible
camaraderie
27. Arrogant; vainly proud
haughty
florid
modest
ostentatious
28. Calm
serene
feral
penitent
rational
29. Unplanned; naturally occurring
dilatory
realism
spontaneous
heinous
30. Strikingly new or unusual
transitory
mediocrity
novel
objectivity
31. Worn-out through overuse; trite
hackneyed
timorous
ample
pragmatic
32. Well-meaning; generous
benevolent
contemporary
affable
diligent
33. To free from guilt or blame
exculpate
ponderous
stratagem
pragmatic
34. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
modest
malleable
penitent
cryptic
35. Logically connected
novice
emphasize
conflagration
coherent
36. Describing a showy or pretentious display
brittle
ostentatious
exemplary
innate
37. (adj.) softening and soothing (n.) something that softens or soothes
impede
trivial
solvent
emollient
38. A group organized by rank
rhetoric
pejorative
integrity
hierarchy
39. A crafty trick
premonition
facile
ruse
innovative
40. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
hypocrisy
opulent
endure
realism
41. Unable to be reformed
ebullience
melancholy
suppressed
incorrigible
42. Extremely dull
ponderous
insipid
decorous
fractious
43. Dine by secretive means
pundit
ornate
surreptitiously
derived
44. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transient
alliance
comprehensive
lucid
45. Trustworthiness; completeness
sanction
idealize
integrity
lament
46. To give special attention to something - to stress
assiduous
idealize
emphasize
condescending
47. (adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (n.) a story
discourse
dilettante
convoluted
narrative
48. To consider perfect
idealize
staid
apprehension
disparage
49. Feeling or showing little emotion
excerpt
maverick
apathetic
cohesive
50. Certain to happen - unavoidable
patronizing
heinous
inevitable
ornate