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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Freed from blame
vindicated
trepidation
apathetic
timorous
2. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
florid
amenable
mediocrity
rational
3. Not caring one way or the other
fastidious
alliance
melancholy
indifferent
4. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
equivocate
emigrate
flagrant
elusive
5. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
acquired
arbitrary
paradigm
mural
6. Enormous
hierarchy
objectivity
prodigious
copious
7. To put up with to survive a hardship
caustic
harbinger
endure
ambivalent
8. Submissive; like a servant
meticulous
servile
innate
prodigious
9. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
malfeasance
vocation
misconception
prosaic
10. Describing a large amount of something
transient
incontrovertible
contemptuous
ample
11. Mutual hatred or ill-will
replete
jurisprudence
profound
enmity
12. No longer in use; old-fashioned
plausible
obsolete
gratuitous
proliferate
13. A crafty trick
obsolete
enlightening
enmity
ruse
14. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
impartial
caustic
endure
superfluous
15. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
astute
solvent
dilettante
jurisprudence
16. Prejudiced
pervasive
virtuoso
biased
proximity
17. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
discredit
dubious
malfeasance
penitent
18. Easy-going; friendly
affable
substantiated
pervasive
aesthetic
19. Not genuine; false - counterfeit
spurious
cohesive
coherent
cogent
20. Intense enthusiasm
ebullience
cryptic
surreptitiously
perception
21. Short-lived or temporary
transitory
maverick
novice
conception
22. Unimportant
ornate
superfluous
inconsequential
maverick
23. Subdued; kept from being circulated
putrid
disparage
impede
suppressed
24. Timid; fearful about the future
phenomenon
reprehensible
affable
timorous
25. Well-meaning; generous
benevolent
astute
biased
incorrigible
26. Highly respected
venerated
biased
naive
obdurate
27. Awareness; insight
serene
ponderous
perception
intuition
28. One who designs or makes maps
camouflage
incontrovertible
cartographer
ambivalent
29. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
exculpate
trepidation
imperious
reprehensible
30. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
wary
rhetoric
indifferent
fabricated
31. Extra; unnecessary
excerpt
assertion
rancorous
superfluous
32. Possessed at birth; inborn
medley
brittle
innate
emigrate
33. Responsive; agreeable
parody
fluid
impression
amenable
34. Having great depth or seriousness
ponderous
profound
mundane
disingenuous
35. To give special attention to something - to stress
phenomenon
alliance
notorious
emphasize
36. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
arid
emigrate
torpor
enmity
37. Courageous; fearless
stratagem
pervasive
intrepid
listless
38. On guard; watchful
opulent
wary
fractious
pejorative
39. Misconduct or wrongdoing - especially by a public official
malfeasance
brusque
inconsequential
listless
40. Extreme ill will or spite
harbinger
malice
assiduous
exculpate
41. Worn-out through overuse; trite
ruse
phenomenon
hackneyed
trepidation
42. Describing a category of artistic endeavor
assiduous
modest
genre
poignant
43. A widespread fire
comprehensive
haughty
venerated
conflagration
44. Clearness in thought or expression
ruse
clarity
condescending
prudent
45. Practical
pragmatic
quandary
malleable
eclectic
46. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
rational
elusive
meticulous
despotic
47. Coming into existence; emerging
nascent
embellish
convoluted
transitory
48. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
lucid
medieval
narrative
49. Elaborately decorated
derived
arbitrary
hierarchy
ornate
50. Uncertainty; apprehension
obscure
phenomenon
putrid
trepidation