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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. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
suppressed
tenuous
sonorous
frank
2. Hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will
rancorous
superficial
dubious
equivocate
3. Elaborately decorated
idealize
ornate
ample
ponderous
4. Conspicuously bad or offensive
pervasive
florid
propriety
egregious
5. Lazy
proliferate
permeated
capricious
indolent
6. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
timorous
phenomenon
condemn
astute
7. Easily understood; clear
lucid
fractious
profound
poignant
8. Shrewd; clever
deleterious
spurious
astute
quandary
9. Intended to instruct
cohesive
melancholy
malleable
didactic
10. Freed from blame
vindicated
malice
wary
inevitable
11. Responsive; agreeable
prodigious
sonorous
objectivity
amenable
12. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
alienated
diligent
emphasize
torpor
13. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
putrid
alienated
slander
ambivalent
14. Plentiful; having a large quantity
endure
omnipotent
discredit
copious
15. A beginner
austere
mediocrity
dictatorial
novice
16. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
effusive
stratagem
caustic
spurious
17. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
disparage
effusive
innate
indifferent
18. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
parody
conception
hierarchy
innovative
19. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
poignant
whimsical
dogmatic
substantiated
20. Introducing something new
emphasize
innovative
patronizing
reclamation
21. Extremely dull
disingenuous
superficial
impression
ponderous
22. Clearness in thought or expression
stoic
nocturnal
arbiter
clarity
23. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
auspicious
rhetoric
cordial
rational
24. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
excerpt
impede
elusive
heinous
25. Insulting in manner or speech
conception
facetious
lucid
insolent
26. Describing a showy or pretentious display
ostentatious
benevolent
arbitrary
wary
27. Intense enthusiasm
cogent
contemptuous
ebullience
laudatory
28. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
tenacity
fluid
rhetoric
medley
29. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
prosaic
impede
inveterate
penitent
30. Describing a dry - rainless climate
arid
comprehensive
reprehensible
prudent
31. Cunning
cartographer
wily
ambiguous
inherent
32. Friendly; sincere
auspicious
flagrant
austere
cordial
33. Convincing; reasonable
capricious
patronizing
cartographer
cogent
34. Hinder; interfere with
prosaic
haughty
servile
impinge
35. Difficult to comprehend
benevolent
mundane
cryptic
phenomenon
36. Kind and gentle
ambiguous
endure
benign
tenacity
37. Easily flowing
prodigious
camouflage
modest
fluid
38. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
superficial
pragmatic
pejorative
phenomenon
39. Not genuine; false - counterfeit
egregious
hypocrisy
emigrate
spurious
40. Lacking energy
listless
futile
coup
disingenuous
41. Lacking application or practical application
opulent
stoic
apathetic
theoretical
42. Not caring one way or the other
fractious
plagiarism
indifferent
derived
43. A tremendously skilled artist
florid
apathetic
virtuoso
truncated
44. Of little importance or significance
trivial
surreptitiously
futile
exemplary
45. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
stoic
venerated
facile
sonorous
46. Extreme ill will or spite
incontrovertible
reclamation
malice
narrative
47. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
comprehensive
dogmatic
acquired
ominous
48. Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure - weak
copious
disdain
maverick
tenuous
49. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
genre
maverick
innate
context
50. To leave one country or region and settle in another
toxic
vilify
emigrate
ornate