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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. To cause to be doubted
eclectic
discredit
reprehensible
facile
2. To grow or increase rapidly
slander
abstract
proliferate
lament
3. One who designs or makes maps
cartographer
permeated
reprehensible
capricious
4. Of chief concern or importance
harbinger
ebullience
genre
paramount
5. Menacing; threatening
insolent
ominous
dubious
diligent
6. (n.) contempt - scorn (v.) to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
inconsequential
ominous
archaic
disdain
7. Awareness; insight
perception
plagiarism
aesthetic
impression
8. A widespread fire
conflagration
putrid
inveterate
hackneyed
9. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
caustic
superfluous
listless
10. Kind and gentle
malice
facetious
camouflage
benign
11. Extreme ill will or spite
parody
proliferate
eloquence
malice
12. Cunning
wily
fastidious
impression
serene
13. Informative; contributing the one's awareness
enlightening
innate
insipid
copious
14. Worn-out through overuse; trite
frank
slander
hackneyed
ruse
15. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
compelling
ostentatious
rhetoric
copious
16. No longer in use; old-fashioned
timorous
slander
obsolete
indifferent
17. Extremely dull
proximity
quandary
ponderous
tenacity
18. Hatefully evil; abominable
virtuoso
transient
mural
heinous
19. Equipment; a group of machines
biased
malfeasance
apparatus
alienated
20. Favorable; promising
eloquence
auspicious
narrative
futile
21. Having great depth or seriousness
phenomenon
conviction
patronizing
profound
22. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
camaraderie
impartial
parody
equanimity
23. A judge who decides a disputed issue
spontaneous
intuition
insolent
arbiter
24. Proper; marked by good taste
paramount
astute
decorous
futile
25. Biting sarcastic or witty
archaic
catalog
caustic
whimsical
26. A feeling about the future
premonition
genre
incorrigible
virtuoso
27. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
apparatus
parody
replete
equanimity
28. A brilliantly executed plan
meticulous
austere
coup
narrative
29. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
dictatorial
reclamation
arbitrary
replete
30. Highly respected
integrity
alleviate
venerated
reclamation
31. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
rhetoric
condescending
integrity
inveterate
32. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
paramount
profound
ostentatious
superficial
33. Having a harmful effect; injurious
deleterious
contemptuous
impede
cohesive
34. A tremendously skilled artist
virtuoso
equanimity
truncated
servile
35. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
trivial
dubious
archaic
ominous
36. Hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will
mundane
integrity
egregious
rancorous
37. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
despotic
pragmatic
pervasive
eloquence
38. To give special attention to something - to stress
emphasize
prosaic
gratuitous
frank
39. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
implication
tenacity
medley
decorous
40. Difficult to comprehend
benevolent
implication
cryptic
proximity
41. A beginner
equanimity
novice
equivocate
compelling
42. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
timorous
dogmatic
flagrant
facile
43. An unusual - observable event
implication
arbitrary
objectivity
phenomenon
44. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
objectivity
coup
perspective
affable
45. Goodwill between friends
laudatory
diligent
camaraderie
premonition
46. Quarrelsome; unruly
asylum
poignant
fractious
torpor
47. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
emphasize
modest
vindicated
exculpate
48. To put up with to survive a hardship
endure
perspective
pugnacious
arid
49. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
quandary
incorrigible
indifferent
coherent
50. Treating in a condescending manner
embellish
abstract
patronizing
vindicated