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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. Echoed
Quality
Being everywhere at once
Reverberated
Representative example

2. Allusion
Clever
Statement supported by arguments
Casual reference
Quality

3. Acute
Impossible to prevent
Period of history
Clever
Imply

4. Egalitarian
Relevant; quick and direct
To venerate
Equalitarian
Ordinary

5. Incontrovertible
Blame; Ascribe
Without ending; incessant
Established
Statement supported by arguments

6. Main Character
Insightful; perceptive
Unfair; Unjust
Advocate; supporter
Protagonist

7. Evoke
Established
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Expression of grief
Unfair; Unjust

8. Inequitable
Crucial
Blame; Ascribe
Unfair; Unjust
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade

9. Momentous
Self-contradictory statement
Validity
Unparalleled significance
Protagonist

10. Adage
Manifested throughout
Validity
Endanger; Hurt
Saying expressing common experience

11. Subtle
Minor distinction
Cunning; hard to grasp
Opposite
Act of revealing

12. Paramount/Momentous
Important
Firm Belief
Distinguished
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate

13. Premise
An assumption
False
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Period of history

14. Culminate
Clear; connect logically
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Having as final result
Expression of grief

15. Presumably
Unchangeable
Able to be sensibly predicted
Large in quantity; a lot
Unfair; Unjust

16. Lamentably
Representative example
Validity
Unfortunately
Established

17. Aspect
Quality
Advocate; supporter
Very
Clear; connect logically

18. Empirical
Unchangeable
Illustrate
Pertaining to experience
A natural part of something

19. Scrutiny
Durable; prevailing
Prominent; clear
Distinguished
Scrupulous inspection

20. Notably
Help
As a focus
Clear; connect logically
Apparently

21. Discord
Unfair; Unjust
An assumption
Disagreement; tension
Goal

22. Rhetorical
Equalitarian
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Argue
Disagreement

23. Proponent
Advocate; supporter
Long-term
Affirm; Back up a statement
Inspiring; impressive; majestic

24. Exceptionally
As a focus
Act of revealing
Very
Important

25. Dissension
Practical; down-to-earth
Disagreement
Equalitarian
Innate; inherent

26. Dichotomy
Disagreement; separation
Period of history
Unfair; Unjust
Casual reference

27. Prodigious
False
Large in quantity; a lot
Possible
Disagreement; tension

28. Antithesis
To be equivalent to
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs
Short account of interesting event
Opposite

29. Conviction
Ordinary
Practical; down-to-earth
Without ending; incessant
Firm Belief

30. Altruism
Quality
Unselfishness
Possible
As a focus

31. Revere
To venerate
Having no equal
Practical
Minor distinction

32. Secular
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Epitomize
Good
Long-term

33. orthodox
Example; Epitome
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Able to be sensibly predicted
Conformed

34. Legitimacy
Reverberated
Validity
Directing
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy

35. Epitomize
Terse saying embodying general truth
To be or make an epitome of
Practical
Similar

36. Acute
Crucial
Opposite
Unfair; Unjust
Ordinary

37. Paradigm
Unselfishness
Example; Epitome
Goal
Help

38. Prominent
Large in quantity; a lot
Possible
Similar
Distinguished

39. Arduous
Without ending; incessant
Difficult
Expression of grief
Complicated

40. Manifest
Practical; down-to-earth
Manifested throughout
Unselfishness
Show

41. Evoked
Brought for
Illustrate
Specific and Clear
Having no equal

42. Compromise
Illustrate
Endanger; Hurt
Large in quantity; a lot
Cunning; hard to grasp

43. Facilitate
Very
Unfair; Unjust
Help
As a focus

44. Anecdote
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Clear; connect logically
Complicated
Short account of interesting event

45. Assess
Complicated
Judge importance of
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Distinguished

46. Pervasive
Goal
Disagreement; tension
False
Manifested throughout

47. Autonomy
Argue
Conformed
Act of Implying
Independence

48. Tantamount
Possible
Composed of different elements
Brought for
To be equivalent to

49. Relentless
Speed up
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Without ending; incessant
Blame; Ascribe

50. Transcend
Being everywhere at once
Apparently
Directing
Excel; To pass limits