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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. Hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will
camaraderie
rancorous
spurious
diligent
2. Wildly excited or active
flagrant
conception
cordial
frenetic
3. Dine by secretive means
wily
prodigious
surreptitiously
cryptic
4. Arrogant; vainly proud
assiduous
cordial
conviction
haughty
5. Proper; marked by good taste
tenacity
inherent
paramount
decorous
6. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
elusive
indifferent
caustic
biased
7. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
diligent
toxic
slander
vitality
8. Unimportant
intrepid
flagrant
enlightening
inconsequential
9. Without decoration; strict
perspective
dubious
austere
arbiter
10. Awareness; insight
perception
context
imperious
nocturnal
11. All-powerful
clarity
transitory
obsolete
omnipotent
12. Able to pay one's debts
ample
incorrigible
solvent
subdue
13. Conspicuously bad or offensive
egregious
sedentary
camaraderie
tenacity
14. Giving praise
copious
effusive
laudatory
mural
15. Appropriateness of behavior
fastidious
obdurate
propriety
prosaic
16. The ability to form or understand an idea
condescending
exculpate
conception
propriety
17. To put up with to survive a hardship
cryptic
conception
suppressed
endure
18. Practical
fabricated
pragmatic
reclamation
mediocrity
19. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
medieval
austere
modest
auspicious
20. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
florid
rational
archaic
facile
21. Uninteresting; unchallenging
obstinate
insipid
asylum
inherent
22. Commendable; worthy of imitation
mural
assertion
exemplary
staid
23. Impulsive and unpredictable
capricious
frank
endure
context
24. Not applied to actual objects
haughty
stratagem
abstract
eclectic
25. Hard-working
toxic
servile
staid
assiduous
26. Introducing something new
plausible
acquired
eloquence
innovative
27. One who designs or makes maps
rancorous
emigrate
superficial
cartographer
28. Goodwill between friends
obsolete
camaraderie
deleterious
paradigm
29. (adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (n.) a story
narrative
notorious
replete
pejorative
30. The philosophy or science of law
toxic
clandestine
arbitrary
jurisprudence
31. An occupation or profession
jurisprudence
vocation
proximity
mural
32. Exercising good judgment or common sense
equanimity
prudent
assimilation
assiduous
33. Combative; belligerent
pugnacious
despotic
conception
penitent
34. Not migratory; settled
vilify
truncated
sedentary
mural
35. To give special attention to something - to stress
emphasize
genre
ponderous
pundit
36. Sadness; depression
nascent
melancholy
apathetic
frank
37. Intense enthusiasm
ebullience
camaraderie
hierarchy
egregious
38. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
laudatory
facile
copious
pejorative
39. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family or homeland)
contemporary
truncated
rational
alienated
40. (adj.) relatively unknown (v.) to conceal or make indistinct
obscure
disparity
impression
trepidation
41. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
impartial
stratagem
imperious
harbinger
42. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
superficial
aesthetic
whimsical
diligent
43. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
ambiguous
impression
fluid
feral
44. Insulting in manner or speech
clandestine
paramount
insolent
sanction
45. To give official authorization or approval
sanction
conviction
transitory
comprehensive
46. A widespread fire
affable
conflagration
arbiter
convoluted
47. To ease a pain or a burden
alleviate
obdurate
profound
rational
48. To hide by blending in with surroundings
camouflage
compelling
solvent
emphasize
49. Of little importance or significance
ornate
facile
trivial
cohesive
50. Circumstances of a situation; environment
vitality
stoic
context
perception