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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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1. (adj.) softening and soothing (n.) something that softens or soothes
futile
emollient
camaraderie
subdue
2. (v.) to make an itemized list of
disdain
insipid
catalog
medieval
3. Hatefully evil; abominable
indifferent
prosaic
genre
heinous
4. To hide by blending in with surroundings
meticulous
camouflage
permeated
torpor
5. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
archaic
proximity
quandary
mollify
6. Dispersed throughout
pervasive
nocturnal
alleviate
gratuitous
7. Hard-working
assiduous
inveterate
coup
disparage
8. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
disparity
superficial
facetious
arbiter
9. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
coup
arid
condescending
penitent
10. Commendable; worthy of imitation
impinge
exemplary
innate
suppressed
11. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
dictatorial
transient
disparage
inconsequential
12. A fixed or strong belief
dilettante
excerpt
idealize
conviction
13. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transient
incumbent
excerpt
proximity
14. Arrogant; vainly proud
ample
cogent
haughty
ominous
15. Extreme ill will or spite
acquired
malice
austere
propriety
16. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
disparage
phenomenon
timorous
conviction
17. A feeling about the future
effusive
premonition
servile
catalog
18. A tremendously skilled artist
substantiated
virtuoso
innate
acquired
19. Lacking application or practical application
eloquence
novel
exemplary
theoretical
20. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
theoretical
maverick
emigrate
copious
21. Uncertainty; apprehension
vilify
caustic
lament
trepidation
22. Insulting in manner or speech
ominous
insolent
dogmatic
malice
23. Having no useful purpose; pointless
frenetic
jurisprudence
dilatory
futile
24. An unusual - observable event
malleable
indifferent
hackneyed
phenomenon
25. Savage; untamed
camouflage
biased
futile
feral
26. Not genuine; false - counterfeit
spurious
novice
dogged
permeated
27. Exercising good judgment or common sense
prudent
virtuoso
innovative
emollient
28. Current - modern; from the same time
capricious
contemporary
inevitable
despotic
29. Conspicuously bad or offensive
egregious
dubious
imperious
emigrate
30. An ungrateful person
arid
ingrate
idealize
staid
31. Easily understood; clear
plausible
lucid
pejorative
proximity
32. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
disingenuous
malfeasance
impression
alliance
33. Describing a showy or pretentious display
diligent
toxic
ostentatious
vocation
34. Anxiety or fear about the future
trepidation
deleterious
integrity
apprehension
35. Quarrelsome; unruly
disdain
fractious
tenuous
transitory
36. Unimportant
inconsequential
vindicated
camaraderie
didactic
37. Persistence
novel
inevitable
tenacity
coup
38. Feeling hatred; scornful
contemptuous
mediocrity
disparage
abstract
39. An example or model
catalog
torpor
paradigm
fabricated
40. Worn-out through overuse; trite
hackneyed
astute
propriety
rhetoric
41. A beginner
timorous
novice
solvent
objectivity
42. Not straightforward; crafty
disingenuous
superfluous
narrative
perspective
43. Large in scope or content
pervasive
ominous
whimsical
comprehensive
44. To absorb; to make similar
perception
assimilation
ambiguous
effusive
45. Of little importance or significance
tenacity
trivial
surreptitiously
intuition
46. Describing a category of artistic endeavor
inconsequential
genre
lament
disingenuous
47. Unimaginative; dull
prosaic
incumbent
florid
substantiated
48. Extra; unnecessary
toxic
venerated
superfluous
plausible
49. Habitually late
malleable
patronizing
convoluted
dilatory
50. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
insipid
perspective
frank
opulent