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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. Proper; marked by good taste
insipid
decorous
medley
theoretical
2. Current - modern; from the same time
rancorous
surreptitiously
austere
contemporary
3. Favorable; promising
auspicious
integrity
inveterate
coup
4. A brilliantly executed plan
aesthetic
coup
superficial
decorous
5. Shrewd; clever
excerpt
pervasive
acquired
astute
6. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
assiduous
realism
enlightening
mediocrity
7. Unemotional; serious
inconsequential
staid
decorous
ambivalent
8. Worn-out through overuse; trite
hackneyed
malice
ample
amenable
9. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
emphasize
substantiated
mollify
effusive
10. To leave one country or region and settle in another
emigrate
arid
enmity
indifferent
11. Responsive; agreeable
ingrate
flagrant
affable
amenable
12. A crafty trick
truncated
disparage
ruse
comprehensive
13. Describing a category of artistic endeavor
acquired
novel
replete
genre
14. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
ornate
apathetic
medley
toxic
15. Clearness in thought or expression
clarity
conflagration
feral
reclamation
16. Not applied to actual objects
reprehensible
abstract
impinge
surreptitiously
17. (adj.) relatively unknown (v.) to conceal or make indistinct
plagiarism
facetious
malice
obscure
18. Describing a dry - rainless climate
impinge
vindicated
arid
emphasize
19. Highly respected
excerpt
venerated
penitent
archaic
20. Arrogant; vainly proud
discredit
despotic
haughty
archaic
21. Savage; untamed
narrative
incumbent
decorous
feral
22. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
putrid
truncated
disparage
cohesive
23. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
candor
florid
prudent
penitent
24. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
mural
obsolete
laudatory
plagiarism
25. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
pugnacious
arid
hypocrisy
rhetoric
26. Large in scope or content
comprehensive
venerated
putrid
sedentary
27. Playfully humorous
feral
replete
facetious
fluid
28. Having great depth or seriousness
profound
trepidation
conflagration
transitory
29. An example or model
exemplary
paradigm
nocturnal
incumbent
30. Timid; fearful about the future
prosaic
impinge
timorous
medley
31. Freed from blame
vindicated
copious
benevolent
biased
32. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
listless
stratagem
pugnacious
malleable
33. Intended to instruct
inherent
sonorous
mundane
didactic
34. Point of view
candor
perspective
exculpate
prudent
35. Unable to be reformed
incorrigible
idealize
virtuoso
harbinger
36. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
eloquence
replete
virtuoso
equivocate
37. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
brittle
benevolent
objectivity
acquired
38. Inborn; built-in
inherent
apprehension
parody
alleviate
39. Extremely dull
ponderous
endure
nocturnal
candor
40. Certain to happen - unavoidable
inevitable
cogent
ornate
comprehensive
41. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
inherent
indifferent
obstinate
trepidation
42. To restrain; to hold back
subdue
egregious
torpor
decorous
43. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
dogged
condemn
pragmatic
objectivity
44. Lacking energy
mural
listless
inveterate
copious
45. Hatefully evil; abominable
excerpt
decorous
heinous
quandary
46. To slow the progress of
impede
archaic
ostentatious
apathetic
47. Giving praise
mediocrity
laudatory
disdain
heinous
48. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
sonorous
frank
conviction
feral
49. Determined by impulse rather than reason
trepidation
nascent
arbitrary
copious
50. Difficult to comprehend
mollify
auspicious
cryptic
hierarchy