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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. Relentless
Insightful; perceptive
Excel; To pass limits
Clever
Without ending; incessant

2. Acute
Crucial
To venerate
Pertaining to experience
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate

3. Engender
To Cause
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Affirm; Back up a statement
To venerate

4. Concede
Judge importance of
Good
Durable; prevailing
Admit

5. Antithesis
Opposite
Brought for
Deep; pervading
Manifested throughout

6. Quagmire
Being everywhere at once
The reality of something
Cunning; hard to grasp
Bad situation

7. Feasible
Possible
To be or make an epitome of
Short account of interesting event
Problem

8. Manifest
Period of history
Admit
Show
Short account of interesting event

9. Epitome
Important
Brought for
Something not in correct time
Representative example

10. Incontrovertible
Self-contradictory statement
Established
Saying expressing common experience
Complicated

11. Aspect
Quality
Unparalleled significance
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Distinguished

12. Quintessential
The domain of a certain abstraction
Show
Unselfishness
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type

13. Resolve
Self-contradictory statement
Judge importance of
To solve
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade

14. Pragmatic
Long-term
Practical
A natural part of something
Inspiring; impressive; majestic

15. Dichotomy
Imply
Lacking in substance or reality
Disagreement; separation
Epitomize

16. Thesis
Statement supported by arguments
Prominent; clear
Brought for
Firm Belief

17. Inextricable
Having as final result
Disagreement; separation
Similar
Complicated

18. Antithesis
To solve
Opposite
Manifested throughout
Protagonist

19. Undermine
Sabotage
Self-contradictory statement
Judge importance of
Ordinary

20. Main Character
Argue
Protagonist
Practical; down-to-earth
Bad situation

21. Fallacious
Impossible to prevent
False
Quality
Unfortunately

22. Adage
Saying expressing common experience
Clear; connect logically
Bad situation
Assumption

23. Nuance
Endanger; Hurt
Apathetic
Minor distinction
Practical; down-to-earth

24. Entail
Large in quantity; a lot
Imply
Prominent; clear
Disagreement

25. Predominant
Unfair; Unjust
Statement supported by arguments
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Most important

26. Facet
Quality
Directing
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Distinguished

27. Implication
Illustrate
Directing
Act of Implying
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories

28. Coherent
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Advocate; supporter
Large in quantity; a lot
Clear; connect logically

29. Proposition
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Long-term
Proposal;idea
Lacking in substance or reality

30. Attribute
Disagreement; tension
Good
Long-term
Blame; Ascribe

31. Ostensibly
Insightful; perceptive
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Apparently
Expression of grief

32. Proponent
Without ending; incessant
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Brought for
Advocate; supporter

33. Notably
As a focus
Natural
Argue
Unfair; Unjust

34. Presupposition
Assumption
Unfair; Unjust
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Unchangeable

35. Evoked
Endanger; Hurt
To assume
Help
Brought for

36. Exceptionally
Innate; inherent
Reverberated
Saying expressing common experience
Very

37. Depict
Illustrate
Able to be sensibly predicted
Never expected or before seen
Very

38. To Premise
To assume
Impossible to prevent
To venerate
Disagreement

39. Paradigm
Practical; down-to-earth
Without ending; incessant
Lasting a short time
Example; Epitome

40. Empirical
Something not in correct time
Pertaining to experience
Innate; inherent
Reverberated

41. Assess
Opposite
Judge importance of
Affirm; Back up a statement
Clear; connect logically

42. Explicit
Period of history
Terse saying embodying general truth
Scrupulous inspection
Specific and Clear

43. Ramification
Possible
To solve
Problem
Consequence

44. Presumably
Able to be sensibly predicted
Unchangeable
Casual reference
Important

45. Pervasive
Relevant; quick and direct
Epitomize
Manifested throughout
Prominent; clear

46. Dissension
Durable; prevailing
Disagreement
False
Quality

47. Provocative
Unselfishness
Possible
Serving to stimulate
Clear; connect logically

48. Indigenous
Composed of different elements
Proposal;idea
Clear; connect logically
A natural part of something

49. Paramount/Momentous
Important
Large in quantity; a lot
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Conformed

50. Allusion
Innate; inherent
Casual reference
Assumption
Never expected or before seen