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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. Momentous
Help
Unparalleled significance
Apathetic
Expression of grief

2. Facet
Consequence
The domain of a certain abstraction
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Relevant; quick and direct

3. Presumably
To solve
Act of revealing
Able to be sensibly predicted
Suggestive of earlier event

4. Acute
Brought for
Clever
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Show

5. Legitimacy
Distinguished
Sabotage
Validity
An assumption

6. Enduring
To be or make an epitome of
Disagreement
Durable; prevailing
Short account of interesting event

7. Aspiration
Goal
Protagonist
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Blame; Ascribe

8. Exemplify
Composed of different elements
Difference
Lasting a short time
Epitomize

9. Substantiate
To be equivalent to
Assumption
Apparently
Affirm; Back up a statement

10. Poignant
False
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Possible
Relevant; quick and direct

11. Incisive
Period of history
Insightful; perceptive
Blame; Ascribe
Serving to stimulate

12. Prominent
Opposite
Distinguished
Suggestive of earlier event
Cunning; hard to grasp

13. Adage
Affirm; Back up a statement
Ordinary
Saying expressing common experience
Impossible to prevent

14. Immutable
Endanger; Hurt
Serving to stimulate
Unchangeable
Able to be sensibly predicted

15. Provocative
Able to be sensibly predicted
Serving to stimulate
Large in quantity; a lot
Composed of different elements

16. Conventional
Unfair; Unjust
Act of Implying
Lasting a short time
Ordinary

17. Quintessential
Sabotage
Casual reference
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Assumption

18. Concede
The reality of something
Show
Having no equal
Admit

19. Epitome
Equalitarian
Disagreement; tension
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Representative example

20. Antithesis
Opposite
Possible
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Help

21. Nuance
Disagreement
Minor distinction
To Cause
Possible

22. Evoke
Independence
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
The domain of a certain abstraction
Apparently

23. Secular
Goal
Equalitarian
Long-term
Good

24. Assess
Difficult
Judge importance of
To Cause
Large in quantity; a lot

25. Scrutiny
Apathetic
To Exhibit
False
Scrupulous inspection

26. Ephemeral
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
To solve
Self-contradictory statement
Lasting a short time

27. Anachronism
An assumption
Show
Something not in correct time
Relevant; quick and direct

28. Objectivity
The reality of something
Long-term
Directing
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs

29. To Premise
To assume
Deep; pervading
To be equivalent to
Practical

30. Distinct
Independence
Prominent; clear
Possible
Distinguished

31. Presupposition
Most important
Equalitarian
Assumption
Problem

32. Echoed
To be equivalent to
To be or make an epitome of
Distinguished
Reverberated

33. Revere
To venerate
Independence
Specific and Clear
Disagreement; separation

34. Revelation
Brought for
Act of revealing
Illustrate
Unfair; Unjust

35. Profound
Protagonist
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Conformed
Deep; pervading

36. Unprecedented
Unfair; Unjust
Serving to stimulate
Never expected or before seen
Saying expressing common experience

37. Paradox
Natural
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Self-contradictory statement
To solve

38. Pervasive
Manifested throughout
False
Clear; connect logically
Reverberated

39. Anecdote
Short account of interesting event
To solve
Conformed
Cunning; hard to grasp

40. Intrinsic
Equalitarian
Help
To Exhibit
Innate; inherent

41. Antithesis
Help
False
Clever
Opposite

42. Compromise
Prominent; clear
Speed up
Endanger; Hurt
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade

43. Realm
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
To solve
The domain of a certain abstraction
Terse saying embodying general truth

44. Subtle
Cunning; hard to grasp
Suggestive of earlier event
Insightful; perceptive
Period of history

45. Arduous
Affirm; Back up a statement
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Clever
Difficult

46. Subjective
Lacking in substance or reality
Clear; connect logically
Equalitarian
Statement supported by arguments

47. Relentless
Manifested throughout
Without ending; incessant
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Being everywhere at once

48. Inherent
Never expected or before seen
Distinguished
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Idea

49. Resolve
Being everywhere at once
Cunning; hard to grasp
To solve
Assumption

50. Ostensibly
Difficult
Apparently
Able to be sensibly predicted
To be equivalent to