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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. Presumably
Argue
Established
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Able to be sensibly predicted

2. Resolve
Judge importance of
To solve
Relevant; quick and direct
Opposite

3. Predominant
Suggestive of earlier event
Most important
Relevant; quick and direct
Admit

4. Acute
Crucial
Blame; Ascribe
Manifested throughout
Pertaining to experience

5. Conviction
Difference
Brought for
Firm Belief
Short account of interesting event

6. Quintessential
Argue
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Specific and Clear
Apathetic

7. Momentous
Period of history
Bad situation
Impossible to prevent
Unparalleled significance

8. Main Character
Protagonist
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Able to be sensibly predicted
Lasting a short time

9. Empirical
Advocate; supporter
Disagreement; separation
Example; Epitome
Pertaining to experience

10. Antithesis
To Exhibit
Representative example
Apathetic
Opposite

11. Reminiscent
Suggestive of earlier event
Practical; down-to-earth
To assume
As a focus

12. Arduous
Lacking in substance or reality
Difficult
Representative example
Consequence

13. Secular
Composed of different elements
Goal
Long-term
Specific and Clear

14. Ethical
Idea
Good
Advocate; supporter
Unparalleled significance

15. Prominent
Lacking in substance or reality
Distinguished
Impossible to prevent
Opposite

16. Relentless
To Cause
Consequence
Without ending; incessant
Unchangeable

17. Discord
Opposite
Assumption
Disagreement; tension
Composed of different elements

18. Manifest
To Exhibit
Practical; down-to-earth
Natural
Saying expressing common experience

19. Fallacious
Insightful; perceptive
Opposite
False
Ordinary

20. Dichotomy
To assume
Unfair; Unjust
Disagreement; separation
The reality of something

21. Subtle
Cunning; hard to grasp
Representative example
Specific and Clear
Apparently

22. Facet
Proposal;idea
Distinguished
Epitomize
Something similar but distinct from a group of things

23. Dissension
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Statement supported by arguments
Practical; down-to-earth
Disagreement

24. Echoed
Composed of different elements
The reality of something
Established
Reverberated

25. Rhetorical
Something not in correct time
Being everywhere at once
Apathetic
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade

26. Unprecedented
Very
Lasting a short time
Never expected or before seen
Difference

27. Notion
Apathetic
Idea
Expression of grief
Independence

28. Feasible
An assumption
To solve
Possible
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate

29. Parallel
Composed of different elements
Statement supported by arguments
Disagreement; tension
Similar

30. Inextricable
To Exhibit
Quality
To solve
Complicated

31. Conventional
Ordinary
To venerate
Relevant; quick and direct
Independence

32. Plausible
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Long-term
Serving to stimulate
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs

33. Implication
Apathetic
Example; Epitome
Act of Implying
Insightful; perceptive

34. Ephemeral
Crucial
Insightful; perceptive
Lasting a short time
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy

35. Ramification
Brought for
Apathetic
Consequence
Lacking in substance or reality

36. Attribute
Clever
Firm Belief
To venerate
Blame; Ascribe

37. Tantamount
Possible
To be equivalent to
To Exhibit
To solve

38. Allusion
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Period of history
Casual reference
Idea

39. Scrutiny
Sabotage
Scrupulous inspection
Suggestive of earlier event
Prominent; clear

40. Altruism
Reverberated
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs
Ordinary
Unselfishness

41. Dogmatic
Affirm; Back up a statement
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs
Specific and Clear
Cunning; hard to grasp

42. Undermine
Impossible to prevent
Speed up
Sabotage
Expression of grief

43. Premise
An assumption
Possible
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Never expected or before seen

44. Sublime
To venerate
Insightful; perceptive
Ordinary
Inspiring; impressive; majestic

45. Intrinsic
Unchangeable
Never expected or before seen
Difficult
Innate; inherent

46. Entail
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Durable; prevailing
Pertaining to experience
Imply

47. Manifest
Speed up
Show
Judge importance of
A natural part of something

48. Coherent
Proposal;idea
Scrupulous inspection
Unchangeable
Clear; connect logically

49. Aspect
Distinguished
Opposite
Long-term
Quality

50. Epitomize
To solve
Very
To be or make an epitome of
Without ending; incessant