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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. Habitually late
enlightening
perspective
phenomenon
dilatory
2. Having great depth or seriousness
profound
disingenuous
perspective
objectivity
3. Not caring one way or the other
indifferent
frenetic
virtuoso
assimilation
4. A collection of literary pieces
imperious
dogged
anthology
camouflage
5. Lazy
eloquence
disdain
trivial
indolent
6. Difficult to comprehend
anthology
vilify
derived
cryptic
7. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
melancholy
facetious
obstinate
substantiated
8. Convincing; reasonable
obstinate
cogent
vindicated
ponderous
9. To put up with to survive a hardship
incorrigible
endure
laudatory
eclectic
10. Appropriateness of behavior
decorous
toxic
futile
propriety
11. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
objectivity
hackneyed
cohesive
impartial
12. A crafty trick
obsolete
ruse
plagiarism
gratuitous
13. The philosophy or science of law
virtuoso
embellish
futile
jurisprudence
14. Anxiety or fear about the future
hierarchy
proliferate
apprehension
ostentatious
15. Lacking application or practical application
innate
theoretical
comprehensive
rational
16. Giving praise
frenetic
candor
laudatory
poignant
17. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
servile
plausible
quandary
facile
18. Commonplace; ordinary
whimsical
mundane
listless
transient
19. Not migratory; settled
frank
sedentary
prosaic
deleterious
20. Easy-going; friendly
affable
apprehension
fractious
catalog
21. Playfully humorous
inherent
arbitrary
mollify
facetious
22. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
trivial
dilettante
equanimity
plausible
23. Trustworthiness; completeness
eloquence
malice
context
integrity
24. Well-meaning; generous
naive
medieval
subdue
benevolent
25. Uninteresting; unchallenging
insipid
rational
emigrate
sedentary
26. To consider perfect
inevitable
idealize
implication
transitory
27. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
alleviate
embellish
consensus
amenable
28. Unemotional; serious
staid
acquired
indifferent
impression
29. Possessed at birth; inborn
innate
embellish
incorrigible
gratuitous
30. Wildly excited or active
obstinate
notorious
consensus
frenetic
31. Unimaginative; dull
suppressed
prosaic
incumbent
wary
32. To leave one country or region and settle in another
emigrate
medieval
slander
malice
33. Unplanned; naturally occurring
spontaneous
pugnacious
emphasize
pragmatic
34. A brilliantly executed plan
coup
integrity
astute
benign
35. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
embellish
incorrigible
frank
equanimity
36. Cunning
parody
malice
camaraderie
wily
37. Commendable; worthy of imitation
opulent
incontrovertible
exemplary
sonorous
38. (adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (n.) a story
putrid
torpor
narrative
disdain
39. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
amenable
imperious
futile
mundane
40. A judge who decides a disputed issue
tenacity
paramount
lucid
arbiter
41. Treating in a condescending manner
patronizing
condemn
exemplary
futile
42. To calm or soothe
obscure
apparatus
mollify
patronizing
43. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
fastidious
propriety
obdurate
inveterate
44. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
replete
prosaic
gratuitous
medieval
45. Hard-working
cordial
melancholy
assiduous
coup
46. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
pragmatic
nocturnal
ingrate
eloquence
47. Stubbornly persevering
dogged
anthology
medley
transient
48. Hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will
spontaneous
rancorous
dilatory
sanction
49. Misconduct or wrongdoing - especially by a public official
contemptuous
catalog
malfeasance
wary
50. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
assiduous
dilettante
realism
ornate