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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. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
impartial
opulent
phenomenon
lucid
2. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
malleable
misconception
mural
apathetic
3. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
integrity
narrative
pejorative
fastidious
4. Worthy of blame
truncated
permeated
clandestine
reprehensible
5. Determined by impulse rather than reason
arbitrary
conviction
brittle
derived
6. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
capricious
dogmatic
archaic
inconsequential
7. Playfully humorous
insipid
realism
insolent
facetious
8. Lacking sophistication
camouflage
naive
clarity
penitent
9. Insulting in manner or speech
medley
impinge
torpor
insolent
10. Open to more than one interpretation
fractious
naive
dogged
ambiguous
11. Awareness; insight
perception
medley
trepidation
feral
12. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
superficial
elusive
acquired
laudatory
13. An authority who expresses his/her opinions
spurious
maverick
wary
pundit
14. Indisputable; not open to question
timorous
perception
incontrovertible
replete
15. Rotten
cartographer
impartial
putrid
replete
16. The ability to form or understand an idea
torpor
astute
conception
florid
17. Feeling hatred; scornful
impression
effusive
contemptuous
prudent
18. Cunning
assertion
reclamation
candor
wily
19. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
melancholy
impinge
brittle
lament
20. Lazy
consensus
perspective
indolent
permeated
21. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
medley
inevitable
dilatory
paramount
22. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
realism
hierarchy
wary
laudatory
23. To calm or soothe
profound
mollify
insipid
meticulous
24. Lacking application or practical application
suppressed
mollify
theoretical
tenacity
25. Wildly excited or active
frenetic
consensus
genre
coup
26. Hard-working
camouflage
hierarchy
ingrate
assiduous
27. To grow or increase rapidly
alienated
conviction
novice
proliferate
28. An ungrateful person
flagrant
ambivalent
intuition
ingrate
29. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
inherent
rhetoric
sonorous
innovative
30. Producing a deep or full sound
inconsequential
fluid
alleviate
sonorous
31. Extremely dull
incontrovertible
venerated
novel
ponderous
32. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
replete
dictatorial
dilatory
perception
33. Unimaginative; dull
vilify
pundit
insolent
prosaic
34. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
substantiated
contemptuous
maverick
transitory
35. Stubborn; inflexible
obdurate
enmity
clandestine
ostentatious
36. Secretive
equanimity
clandestine
impinge
wily
37. Extra; unnecessary
superfluous
disparity
assimilation
propriety
38. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
trivial
misconception
replete
clarity
39. An occupation or profession
venerated
propriety
vocation
ample
40. Commonplace; ordinary
wary
camaraderie
obsolete
mundane
41. Easy-going; friendly
diligent
vindicated
superfluous
affable
42. Clearness in thought or expression
rational
clarity
theoretical
indolent
43. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
sedentary
realism
dubious
obsolete
44. Unable to be reformed
astute
incorrigible
virtuoso
derived
45. An unusual - observable event
copious
emigrate
profound
phenomenon
46. Worn-out through overuse; trite
convoluted
hackneyed
discourse
vilify
47. Treating people as weak or inferior
obsolete
condescending
hierarchy
subdue
48. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
staid
mural
serene
incorrigible
49. The act of suggesting or hinting
paradigm
timorous
derived
implication
50. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
implication
virtuoso
mediocrity
obscure