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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. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
cartographer
imperious
trivial
fluid
2. Treating people as weak or inferior
anthology
torpor
condescending
apathetic
3. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
apathetic
replete
prudent
transient
4. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
suppressed
mediocrity
prodigious
fastidious
5. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
arid
facile
alleviate
intrepid
6. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
medley
capricious
arbitrary
vocation
7. Describing a dry - rainless climate
arbiter
alienated
arid
exculpate
8. Of chief concern or importance
toxic
inherent
mollify
paramount
9. Elaborately decorated
indolent
novel
ornate
quandary
10. To free from guilt or blame
didactic
benign
assiduous
exculpate
11. Commendable; worthy of imitation
incorrigible
realism
exemplary
dogged
12. Indisputable; not open to question
perception
lucid
incontrovertible
trepidation
13. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
incumbent
realism
austere
assertion
14. Shrewd; clever
astute
impinge
rhetoric
implication
15. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family or homeland)
incontrovertible
futile
prodigious
alienated
16. Kind and gentle
medieval
reprehensible
benign
effusive
17. Hard-working
derived
disparage
assiduous
prosaic
18. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
malleable
obdurate
apathetic
emollient
19. Commonplace; ordinary
incumbent
elusive
camaraderie
mundane
20. Menacing; threatening
malice
ominous
opulent
implication
21. Mutual hatred or ill-will
jurisprudence
ebullience
enmity
astute
22. Calm
integrity
maverick
serene
condescending
23. Timid; fearful about the future
condescending
timorous
ponderous
endure
24. To consider perfect
idealize
gratuitous
ingrate
asylum
25. One who designs or makes maps
cartographer
malleable
disingenuous
lucid
26. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
stratagem
pragmatic
equanimity
inevitable
27. To hide by blending in with surroundings
wily
vitality
camouflage
disdain
28. Rotten
dictatorial
putrid
venerated
auspicious
29. A group organized by rank
tenuous
hierarchy
sedentary
obdurate
30. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
replete
reclamation
ornate
torpor
31. Shortened; cut off
truncated
vocation
reprehensible
mediocrity
32. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
objectivity
caustic
sanction
dogmatic
33. Short-lived or temporary
incorrigible
transitory
whimsical
haughty
34. (adj.) relatively unknown (v.) to conceal or make indistinct
obscure
poignant
facile
dogmatic
35. Easily flowing
fastidious
fluid
prosaic
propriety
36. (adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (n.) a story
embellish
lucid
narrative
sonorous
37. Extremely careful and precise
sonorous
lucid
alliance
meticulous
38. To make vicious statements about
vilify
pervasive
wily
modest
39. A judge who decides a disputed issue
facile
impinge
discourse
arbiter
40. A collection of literary pieces
fluid
contemptuous
anthology
mural
41. General agreement
capricious
consensus
egregious
impartial
42. Coming into existence; emerging
facetious
nascent
indifferent
brittle
43. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
cryptic
lament
transitory
discourse
44. A brilliantly executed plan
coup
malfeasance
context
discourse
45. Point of view
despotic
perspective
conflagration
brusque
46. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
austere
rational
pundit
insipid
47. Convincing; reasonable
realism
cogent
frenetic
deleterious
48. Dine by secretive means
surreptitiously
theoretical
vilify
impinge
49. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
harbinger
malice
pugnacious
mundane
50. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
despotic
derived
flagrant
integrity