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SAT Essay Vocab

Subjects : sat, english, writing-skills

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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. Antithesis
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Opposite
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate

2. Feasible
Possible
Argue
To assume
To solve

3. Resolve
Disagreement; tension
Speed up
Act of Implying
To solve

4. Paradigm
Example; Epitome
Sabotage
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Something not in correct time

5. Enduring
Durable; prevailing
Clear; connect logically
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Unchangeable

6. Secular
Pertaining to experience
Long-term
Never expected or before seen
Lacking in substance or reality

7. Main Character
Sabotage
Saying expressing common experience
Protagonist
Disagreement; separation

8. Dogmatic
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs
Suggestive of earlier event
Opposite
Large in quantity; a lot

9. Pragmatic
Excel; To pass limits
Practical; down-to-earth
Composed of different elements
Show

10. Eminent
Ordinary
Serving to stimulate
Distinguished
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories

11. Ubiquitous
Cunning; hard to grasp
Being everywhere at once
Independence
Without ending; incessant

12. Explicit
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Specific and Clear
Endanger; Hurt
To Exhibit

13. Presumably
Able to be sensibly predicted
Opposite
Possible
To be equivalent to

14. Attribute
Blame; Ascribe
Cunning; hard to grasp
Large in quantity; a lot
Speed up

15. Viable
Possible
To Exhibit
To solve
Clever

16. Aspiration
Validity
The reality of something
Having no equal
Goal

17. Adage
Imply
To be equivalent to
Saying expressing common experience
Ordinary

18. Anecdote
Unchangeable
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Apparently
Short account of interesting event

19. Immutable
Idea
Deep; pervading
Unchangeable
Blame; Ascribe

20. Conviction
Something not in correct time
Affirm; Back up a statement
Disagreement; tension
Firm Belief

21. Incontrovertible
Established
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Most important
Pertaining to experience

22. Manifest
Lacking in substance or reality
Brought for
Very
To Exhibit

23. Momentous
Something not in correct time
Important
Large in quantity; a lot
Unparalleled significance

24. orthodox
Disagreement; separation
Example; Epitome
Conformed
False

25. Prodigious
Cunning; hard to grasp
Similar
Difficult
Large in quantity; a lot

26. Inherent
Practical; down-to-earth
Deep; pervading
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate

27. Coherent
Opposite
Clear; connect logically
Having no equal
Goal

28. Unprecedented
Ordinary
Unfair; Unjust
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Never expected or before seen

29. Rhetorical
Innate; inherent
Admit
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Consequence

30. Concede
Able to be sensibly predicted
To Exhibit
Admit
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories

31. Quintessential
Goal
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Having no equal

32. Indigenous
A natural part of something
Impossible to prevent
To Cause
To Exhibit

33. Sublime
Admit
Assumption
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Show

34. Realm
Period of history
The domain of a certain abstraction
As a focus
Being everywhere at once

35. Legitimacy
Assumption
The domain of a certain abstraction
Impossible to prevent
Validity

36. Prominent
Disagreement; tension
Practical
Able to be sensibly predicted
Distinguished

37. Incongruous
Composed of different elements
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Example; Epitome
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type

38. Empirical
Having as final result
Unfortunately
Prominent; clear
Pertaining to experience

39. Revelation
Act of revealing
Very
Conformed
Good

40. Entail
Imply
Apathetic
Illustrate
Durable; prevailing

41. Exceptionally
To Exhibit
Complicated
Very
Disagreement; tension

42. Objectivity
Good
Problem
Conformed
The reality of something

43. Allusion
Unparalleled significance
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Casual reference
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate

44. Unparalleled
Never expected or before seen
Unfortunately
Having no equal
Long-term

45. Ephemeral
Lasting a short time
Disagreement
Being everywhere at once
To be equivalent to

46. Anachronism
Something not in correct time
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Impossible to prevent
Assumption

47. Depict
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Illustrate
Independence

48. Aphorism
Terse saying embodying general truth
Apparently
Good
Something similar but distinct from a group of things

49. Subjective
Help
Lacking in substance or reality
Quality
Manifested throughout

50. Epoch
Innate; inherent
Period of history
Admit
Disagreement; separation