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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. On guard; watchful
wary
cartographer
facetious
hypocrisy
2. Certain to happen - unavoidable
inevitable
vindicated
torpor
prodigious
3. Of chief concern or importance
integrity
equanimity
contemporary
paramount
4. Exercising good judgment or common sense
prudent
trivial
equanimity
imperious
5. Possessed at birth; inborn
fluid
innate
inherent
ambiguous
6. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
asylum
malleable
omnipotent
heinous
7. Describing a showy or pretentious display
imperious
benign
ostentatious
dilettante
8. Intricate; complex
inveterate
arbiter
convoluted
reclamation
9. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
despotic
stratagem
catalog
10. Misconduct or wrongdoing - especially by a public official
torpor
pundit
copious
malfeasance
11. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
abstract
asylum
transitory
impartial
12. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
ingrate
servile
obstinate
enlightening
13. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family or homeland)
apparatus
paramount
aesthetic
alienated
14. Savage; untamed
toxic
feral
brittle
camouflage
15. (adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (n.) a story
quandary
narrative
facetious
frenetic
16. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
fractious
benevolent
dictatorial
assertion
17. Quarrelsome; unruly
misconception
equanimity
fractious
amenable
18. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
frank
catalog
diligent
pervasive
19. Secretive
clandestine
malfeasance
nascent
discredit
20. Open to more than one interpretation
poignant
vindicated
exemplary
ambiguous
21. To make vicious statements about
naive
cogent
comprehensive
vilify
22. Intended to instruct
clarity
serene
didactic
toxic
23. Hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will
ingrate
rancorous
disingenuous
sonorous
24. Extremely dull
didactic
ponderous
camouflage
cartographer
25. Well-meaning; generous
benevolent
prodigious
pragmatic
cohesive
26. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
fractious
innate
imperious
exemplary
27. An authority who expresses his/her opinions
incontrovertible
pundit
dogged
sanction
28. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
servile
impinge
inveterate
incontrovertible
29. To restrain; to hold back
ample
subdue
assiduous
mediocrity
30. Not caring one way or the other
candor
frank
indifferent
enmity
31. Friendly; sincere
transitory
cordial
servile
facile
32. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
ponderous
phenomenon
misconception
objectivity
33. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
clarity
laudatory
tenuous
quandary
34. Express grief for; mourn
lament
hackneyed
affable
compelling
35. Courageous; fearless
equanimity
conception
modest
intrepid
36. Stubborn; inflexible
camaraderie
ornate
obdurate
prodigious
37. Unable to be reformed
despotic
fabricated
sedentary
incorrigible
38. Not straightforward; crafty
disingenuous
reclamation
clandestine
biased
39. A tremendously skilled artist
toxic
virtuoso
superfluous
disingenuous
40. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
premonition
camaraderie
rhetoric
omnipotent
41. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
coherent
despotic
maverick
fastidious
42. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
discourse
benign
assimilation
objectivity
43. The act of making something useful again
cogent
reclamation
narrative
alleviate
44. Sadness; depression
equivocate
ebullience
profound
melancholy
45. Uninteresting; unchallenging
malfeasance
insipid
pervasive
lucid
46. Lacking sophistication
naive
paramount
dilatory
impinge
47. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
eloquence
transitory
medley
facile
48. Convincing; reasonable
cogent
conviction
assertion
brittle
49. Anxiety or fear about the future
apprehension
capricious
impede
ostentatious
50. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
tenuous
equanimity
emigrate
pejorative