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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. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
integrity
plagiarism
pragmatic
stratagem
2. A union of two or more groups
nocturnal
frenetic
apathetic
alliance
3. Dispersed throughout
biased
transient
omnipotent
pervasive
4. To consider perfect
idealize
incumbent
hierarchy
pervasive
5. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
alleviate
fabricated
proximity
archaic
6. Strikingly new or unusual
novel
exculpate
decorous
convoluted
7. Playfully humorous
facetious
emphasize
impinge
toxic
8. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
dictatorial
novice
cartographer
servile
9. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
paradigm
innate
whimsical
substantiated
10. Producing a deep or full sound
integrity
vindicated
nocturnal
sonorous
11. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
indifferent
apprehension
maverick
disparity
12. Sadness; depression
melancholy
medieval
incontrovertible
tenuous
13. The act of suggesting or hinting
vocation
implication
novice
malice
14. Proper; marked by good taste
decorous
fluid
tenacity
conflagration
15. Logically connected
proliferate
dogged
coherent
didactic
16. Hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will
rancorous
truncated
suppressed
quandary
17. Giving praise
laudatory
capricious
lament
dogged
18. Subdued; kept from being circulated
amenable
surreptitiously
sanction
suppressed
19. Copied or adapted from a source
profound
derived
medieval
frenetic
20. Awareness; insight
auspicious
capricious
perception
prosaic
21. (n.) contempt - scorn (v.) to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
disdain
trivial
alienated
catalog
22. Favorable; promising
incumbent
consensus
auspicious
pugnacious
23. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
impartial
patronizing
ruse
trepidation
24. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
cohesive
coup
heinous
misconception
25. Responsive; agreeable
amenable
pejorative
spontaneous
reclamation
26. Highly respected
replete
fabricated
eloquence
venerated
27. To put up with to survive a hardship
endure
astute
substantiated
lament
28. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
fabricated
stratagem
dubious
theoretical
29. A widespread fire
comprehensive
mural
dilettante
conflagration
30. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
enmity
plausible
trepidation
proliferate
31. (adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (n.) a story
arbiter
vilify
narrative
exemplary
32. Point of view
dogmatic
perspective
superficial
genre
33. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
convoluted
impede
proximity
34. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
ominous
slander
innovative
35. Trustworthiness; completeness
integrity
perception
indolent
premonition
36. Convincing; reasonable
cogent
realism
ambiguous
convoluted
37. Without decoration; strict
austere
catalog
dogmatic
inherent
38. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
eclectic
emollient
pundit
clarity
39. Worn-out through overuse; trite
pejorative
subdue
hypocrisy
hackneyed
40. Well-meaning; generous
intuition
benevolent
subdue
intrepid
41. A feeling about the future
premonition
misconception
exculpate
capricious
42. Not straightforward; crafty
coherent
sanction
disingenuous
ambivalent
43. To give official authorization or approval
disparity
didactic
impede
sanction
44. Extremely dull
insolent
vitality
omnipotent
ponderous
45. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
novel
propriety
excerpt
malleable
46. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family or homeland)
incontrovertible
florid
ample
alienated
47. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
harbinger
ample
gratuitous
subdue
48. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
incumbent
pundit
spontaneous
ostentatious
49. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
harbinger
dilettante
frank
whimsical
50. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
lament
prodigious
dilettante
mediocrity