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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. Biting sarcastic or witty
hierarchy
trepidation
catalog
caustic
2. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
replete
superficial
stratagem
anthology
3. A widespread fire
omnipotent
conflagration
dictatorial
despotic
4. Point of view
coup
serene
tenacity
perspective
5. Hatefully evil; abominable
heinous
pundit
intuition
haughty
6. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
disparage
perception
intuition
meticulous
7. Strikingly new or unusual
misconception
melancholy
novel
incorrigible
8. An unusual - observable event
vocation
phenomenon
consensus
innovative
9. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
listless
misconception
novel
diligent
10. Uninteresting; unchallenging
prosaic
consensus
insipid
lucid
11. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
convoluted
eloquence
sonorous
facile
12. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
conflagration
impression
pugnacious
rhetoric
13. (adj.) relatively unknown (v.) to conceal or make indistinct
capricious
obscure
disparage
emigrate
14. Well-meaning; generous
benevolent
opulent
incorrigible
mediocrity
15. Large in scope or content
comprehensive
transient
diligent
facetious
16. Proper; marked by good taste
capricious
decorous
hackneyed
ostentatious
17. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
profound
anthology
perception
plagiarism
18. Prejudiced
biased
florid
vilify
disdain
19. Misconduct or wrongdoing - especially by a public official
obstinate
coherent
malfeasance
mundane
20. Giving praise
auspicious
laudatory
slander
reprehensible
21. Hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will
rancorous
incontrovertible
brittle
phenomenon
22. Shortened; cut off
ostentatious
benign
insipid
truncated
23. Clearness in thought or expression
sanction
conviction
clarity
poignant
24. The philosophy or science of law
stratagem
jurisprudence
comprehensive
equanimity
25. No longer in use; old-fashioned
imperious
obsolete
incumbent
eloquence
26. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
obsolete
disparity
vitality
medley
27. Logically connected
coherent
inevitable
brusque
auspicious
28. A fixed or strong belief
dilatory
conviction
copious
asylum
29. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
incumbent
ebullience
inherent
imperious
30. Coming into existence; emerging
harbinger
nascent
modest
paradigm
31. Intricate; complex
reprehensible
apprehension
convoluted
cordial
32. Describing a dry - rainless climate
arid
theoretical
inconsequential
mural
33. Secretive
cordial
clandestine
rational
ostentatious
34. Anxiety or fear about the future
apprehension
archaic
dogged
ambivalent
35. Not migratory; settled
apathetic
heinous
sedentary
disingenuous
36. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
enlightening
acquired
integrity
benign
37. Easily understood; clear
cohesive
capricious
virtuoso
lucid
38. Copied or adapted from a source
disparage
exemplary
derived
discredit
39. Dispersed throughout
amenable
trepidation
pervasive
compelling
40. Quarrelsome; unruly
apprehension
comprehensive
stoic
fractious
41. Closeness
proximity
clandestine
misconception
auspicious
42. Goodwill between friends
theoretical
camaraderie
inherent
convoluted
43. Sadness; depression
pragmatic
pugnacious
melancholy
jurisprudence
44. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
stratagem
naive
assiduous
genre
45. A judge who decides a disputed issue
frank
solvent
arbiter
spontaneous
46. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
dubious
torpor
coup
ominous
47. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
benign
narrative
frank
ebullience
48. Calm
implication
serene
heinous
austere
49. Submissive; like a servant
amenable
lucid
servile
excerpt
50. Not caring one way or the other
melancholy
cohesive
florid
indifferent