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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
Help
Complicated
Illustrate
Validity

2. Discord
Disagreement; tension
Help
A natural part of something
Crucial

3. Resolve
Pertaining to experience
An assumption
Cunning; hard to grasp
To solve

4. Epoch
Apathetic
Period of history
Show
Composed of different elements

5. Ostensibly
Unchangeable
Sabotage
Apparently
To assume

6. Inextricable
Expression of grief
Complicated
Similar
Judge importance of

7. Conventional
Ordinary
Brought for
Show
Equalitarian

8. Explicit
Imply
Practical
Disagreement; tension
Specific and Clear

9. Adage
Disagreement
Endanger; Hurt
Saying expressing common experience
Long-term

10. Implication
Act of Implying
Complicated
Unselfishness
Brought for

11. Indifferent
Argue
Pertaining to experience
Apathetic
Example; Epitome

12. Evoke
Validity
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Opposite
Without ending; incessant

13. Substantiate
Insightful; perceptive
Affirm; Back up a statement
Period of history
Similar

14. Echoed
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Reverberated
Disagreement; separation

15. Assess
Proposal;idea
Judge importance of
To be equivalent to
Distinguished

16. Dissension
Clear; connect logically
Disagreement
Having as final result
To solve

17. Anecdote
Short account of interesting event
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Speed up
Minor distinction

18. Exceptionally
Prominent; clear
Very
Unselfishness
Example; Epitome

19. Manifest
Show
Representative example
Difference
To solve

20. Poignant
Relevant; quick and direct
Self-contradictory statement
Illustrate
Consequence

21. Premise
The domain of a certain abstraction
Innate; inherent
An assumption
Act of Implying

22. Transcend
Opposite
Excel; To pass limits
Having as final result
To be or make an epitome of

23. Nuance
Minor distinction
Validity
Important
Idea

24. Indigenous
A natural part of something
To Cause
Affirm; Back up a statement
Never expected or before seen

25. Objectivity
Complicated
Brought for
The reality of something
Saying expressing common experience

26. addressing
Being everywhere at once
Natural
Directing
The domain of a certain abstraction

27. Proposition
Pertaining to experience
Large in quantity; a lot
Without ending; incessant
Proposal;idea

28. Profound
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Deep; pervading
Having no equal
Idea

29. Sublime
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Serving to stimulate
Saying expressing common experience
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate

30. Altruism
Imply
Able to be sensibly predicted
Good
Unselfishness

31. Unparalleled
Expression of grief
Very
Disagreement; tension
Having no equal

32. Expedite
Speed up
Brought for
Validity
Statement supported by arguments

33. Enduring
Self-contradictory statement
Distinguished
Durable; prevailing
Excel; To pass limits

34. Legitimacy
Validity
Brought for
Possible
The reality of something

35. Entail
Disagreement; separation
Consequence
Imply
Example; Epitome

36. Depict
Imply
To venerate
Illustrate
Being everywhere at once

37. Pragmatic
Practical; down-to-earth
Statement supported by arguments
Lasting a short time
Large in quantity; a lot

38. Viable
Possible
Self-contradictory statement
Difference
Assumption

39. Secular
Conformed
Long-term
Short account of interesting event
Saying expressing common experience

40. Paradigm
Lacking in substance or reality
Illustrate
Excel; To pass limits
Example; Epitome

41. Pragmatic
Practical
Quality
Lacking in substance or reality
Admit

42. Attribute
To be or make an epitome of
Period of history
Lasting a short time
Blame; Ascribe

43. Aspect
A natural part of something
Quality
Difficult
Distinguished

44. orthodox
Conformed
Example; Epitome
Difficult
Crucial

45. Proponent
Advocate; supporter
Unchangeable
Brought for
Practical; down-to-earth

46. Incontrovertible
Deep; pervading
Established
Idea
Cunning; hard to grasp

47. Incongruous
Clear; connect logically
Conformed
Composed of different elements
Terse saying embodying general truth

48. Distinct
Difficult
Imply
Prominent; clear
Affirm; Back up a statement

49. Antithesis
Opposite
Imply
Disagreement; tension
Insightful; perceptive

50. Prodigious
Representative example
Ordinary
Crucial
Large in quantity; a lot