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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. Incisive
Sabotage
Insightful; perceptive
To Exhibit
False

2. Acute
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Clever
Minor distinction
Established

3. Tantamount
As a focus
Directing
Practical
To be equivalent to

4. Subjective
Difference
Innate; inherent
Able to be sensibly predicted
Lacking in substance or reality

5. Manifest
Good
Specific and Clear
Clear; connect logically
Show

6. Intrinsic
Disagreement
Advocate; supporter
Crucial
Innate; inherent

7. Echoed
Large in quantity; a lot
Clever
Apathetic
Reverberated

8. Egalitarian
Statement supported by arguments
Conformed
Equalitarian
Scrupulous inspection

9. Legitimacy
Advocate; supporter
Validity
To assume
Sabotage

10. Pragmatic
Practical
To be equivalent to
Unparalleled significance
Equalitarian

11. Eminent
Practical
Unselfishness
Distinguished
Ordinary

12. Undermine
Sabotage
The reality of something
To venerate
An assumption

13. Disparate
Pertaining to experience
Composed of different elements
Suggestive of earlier event
Speed up

14. Conventional
Affirm; Back up a statement
Reverberated
Ordinary
Disagreement

15. Notion
Large in quantity; a lot
Relevant; quick and direct
Long-term
Idea

16. Unparalleled
Show
Minor distinction
Having no equal
Crucial

17. Altruism
Innate; inherent
Epitomize
Unselfishness
Impossible to prevent

18. Anachronism
Established
Serving to stimulate
Something not in correct time
Clear; connect logically

19. Epoch
The reality of something
Period of history
Minor distinction
Insightful; perceptive

20. Facet
Goal
Composed of different elements
Admit
Something similar but distinct from a group of things

21. Allusion
Opposite
Casual reference
Most important
Relevant; quick and direct

22. Empirical
Affirm; Back up a statement
Pertaining to experience
Directing
As a focus

23. Inextricable
Disagreement; tension
Act of revealing
Directing
Complicated

24. Profound
Brought for
Deep; pervading
Disagreement; tension
Clear; connect logically

25. Sublime
Serving to stimulate
Disagreement; tension
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Saying expressing common experience

26. Dichotomy
Disagreement; separation
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Possible
Impossible to prevent

27. Acute
Apathetic
Scrupulous inspection
Crucial
Period of history

28. Concede
Never expected or before seen
Admit
Assumption
Excel; To pass limits

29. Dissension
Disagreement
To be or make an epitome of
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Apparently

30. Poignant
Affirm; Back up a statement
Saying expressing common experience
Relevant; quick and direct
Goal

31. Feasible
Judge importance of
A natural part of something
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Possible

32. Anecdote
Short account of interesting event
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
The reality of something
Prominent; clear

33. Parallel
To Cause
Similar
Minor distinction
Statement supported by arguments

34. Notably
Without ending; incessant
Terse saying embodying general truth
Short account of interesting event
As a focus

35. Engender
To Cause
To be or make an epitome of
Possible
Act of revealing

36. Attribute
Blame; Ascribe
Validity
Without ending; incessant
Judge importance of

37. Ostensibly
Apathetic
Apparently
Period of history
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs

38. Arduous
Directing
Difficult
Good
Unchangeable

39. Unprecedented
Never expected or before seen
Important
Directing
Brought for

40. Exceptionally
Disagreement; tension
Quality
Advocate; supporter
Very

41. Premise
To Cause
Admit
Unparalleled significance
An assumption

42. Aspiration
Apathetic
Independence
Goal
Cunning; hard to grasp

43. Prominent
Epitomize
Possible
Brought for
Distinguished

44. Presumably
Able to be sensibly predicted
Possible
Protagonist
Short account of interesting event

45. Manifest
Distinguished
Opposite
As a focus
To Exhibit

46. Presupposition
Impossible to prevent
Distinguished
Assumption
Judge importance of

47. Paradox
Self-contradictory statement
Proposal;idea
Established
Scrupulous inspection

48. Reminiscent
An assumption
Suggestive of earlier event
Saying expressing common experience
Self-contradictory statement

49. Proponent
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Clever
The reality of something
Advocate; supporter

50. Pragmatic
Equalitarian
Practical; down-to-earth
Very
Having no equal