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SAT Essay Vocab

Subjects : sat, english, writing-skills

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Facilitate
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Advocate; supporter
Being everywhere at once
Help

2. Acute
As a focus
Clever
Judge importance of
Clear; connect logically

3. Epoch
Able to be sensibly predicted
Serving to stimulate
Prominent; clear
Period of history

4. Conviction
Practical
As a focus
Lacking in substance or reality
Firm Belief

5. Subjective
Having as final result
Epitomize
Lacking in substance or reality
Durable; prevailing

6. Antithesis
Opposite
Disagreement
Complicated
Brought for

7. Presupposition
Possible
Assumption
Bad situation
Long-term

8. Altruism
Unselfishness
Able to be sensibly predicted
Act of Implying
Advocate; supporter

9. Paradox
Assumption
To venerate
Self-contradictory statement
Possible

10. Assess
Being everywhere at once
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Short account of interesting event
Judge importance of

11. Incongruous
Unchangeable
Composed of different elements
Unfair; Unjust
Without ending; incessant

12. Transcend
Excel; To pass limits
Having as final result
Crucial
Opposite

13. Rhetorical
Prominent; clear
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Excel; To pass limits
Argue

14. Main Character
Protagonist
Clever
Insightful; perceptive
Cunning; hard to grasp

15. Epitomize
To be or make an epitome of
Most important
To solve
Judge importance of

16. Revelation
Speed up
The domain of a certain abstraction
Directing
Act of revealing

17. Viable
To Exhibit
Possible
Saying expressing common experience
Able to be sensibly predicted

18. Anecdote
Distinguished
Apathetic
Short account of interesting event
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories

19. Proponent
Terse saying embodying general truth
Advocate; supporter
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Deep; pervading

20. Compromise
Good
Distinguished
Endanger; Hurt
Validity

21. Pragmatic
Quality
Most important
Practical; down-to-earth
Manifested throughout

22. Manifest
Endanger; Hurt
Act of revealing
Show
Without ending; incessant

23. Plausible
Pertaining to experience
Consequence
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Scrupulous inspection

24. Autonomy
Independence
Directing
Disagreement; separation
The domain of a certain abstraction

25. Discord
Act of Implying
Good
Proposal;idea
Disagreement; tension

26. Immutable
As a focus
Proposal;idea
Unchangeable
Statement supported by arguments

27. To Premise
To assume
Ordinary
Disagreement; separation
Lacking in substance or reality

28. Parallel
Similar
Ordinary
Sabotage
Composed of different elements

29. Incontrovertible
Minor distinction
Composed of different elements
Natural
Established

30. Epitome
Cunning; hard to grasp
Representative example
Assumption
Protagonist

31. Anachronism
Something not in correct time
Similar
Composed of different elements
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type

32. Premise
Brought for
Casual reference
Advocate; supporter
An assumption

33. Pervasive
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Manifested throughout
An assumption
Clear; connect logically

34. Aspect
Possible
Apparently
An assumption
Quality

35. addressing
Prominent; clear
Goal
Able to be sensibly predicted
Directing

36. Quintessential
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Example; Epitome
Disagreement; separation
The domain of a certain abstraction

37. Nuance
Terse saying embodying general truth
Unselfishness
Minor distinction
Self-contradictory statement

38. Notion
Unfair; Unjust
Large in quantity; a lot
Reverberated
Idea

39. Presumably
Unfortunately
Cunning; hard to grasp
Short account of interesting event
Able to be sensibly predicted

40. Fallacious
Representative example
Admit
False
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy

41. Realm
Consequence
The domain of a certain abstraction
To assume
Self-contradictory statement

42. Ramification
Consequence
Apathetic
Statement supported by arguments
Reverberated

43. Predominant
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Most important
Long-term
Act of Implying

44. Sublime
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Without ending; incessant
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Firm Belief

45. Evoked
Brought for
An assumption
Distinguished
To solve

46. Manifest
Being everywhere at once
Statement supported by arguments
Apathetic
To Exhibit

47. Adage
Important
Saying expressing common experience
Manifested throughout
Disagreement; separation

48. Allusion
Casual reference
Endanger; Hurt
Unselfishness
Good

49. Paramount/Momentous
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Directing
Important
Able to be sensibly predicted

50. Depict
Independence
Insightful; perceptive
Clear; connect logically
Illustrate