SAT Essay Vocab

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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. Subtle
Cunning; hard to grasp
Assumption
To assume
Brought for


2. Coherent
Minor distinction
Blame; Ascribe
Speed up
Clear; connect logically


3. Facilitate
Self-contradictory statement
Equalitarian
An assumption
Help


4. Rhetorical
Excel; To pass limits
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Something not in correct time
Good


5. Empirical
Representative example
Act of revealing
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs
Pertaining to experience


6. Legitimacy
An assumption
Having no equal
Validity
Consequence


7. Plausible
The domain of a certain abstraction
Unchangeable
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Lacking in substance or reality


8. Expedite
Speed up
Unfortunately
Clear; connect logically
Relevant; quick and direct


9. Prodigious
Insightful; perceptive
Long-term
As a focus
Large in quantity; a lot


10. Distinct
Natural
Endanger; Hurt
Prominent; clear
Admit


11. Enduring
Durable; prevailing
Independence
Never expected or before seen
Established


12. Anecdote
Composed of different elements
Quality
Short account of interesting event
Disagreement; separation


13. Poignant
Apparently
Relevant; quick and direct
Act of revealing
Clever


14. Subjective
Lacking in substance or reality
Statement supported by arguments
Practical; down-to-earth
Natural


15. Ubiquitous
Quality
Being everywhere at once
Cunning; hard to grasp
Durable; prevailing


16. Prominent
Innate; inherent
Distinguished
Brought for
Durable; prevailing


17. Paradigm
Endanger; Hurt
Example; Epitome
Able to be sensibly predicted
Large in quantity; a lot


18. Compromise
Show
Example; Epitome
Being everywhere at once
Endanger; Hurt


19. Ephemeral
Most important
Illustrate
Lasting a short time
Practical; down-to-earth


20. Ostensibly
Innate; inherent
Unchangeable
Protagonist
Apparently


21. To Premise
Opposite
To assume
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Help


22. Discrepancy
Established
Having no equal
Disagreement
Difference


23. Intrinsic
Innate; inherent
Proposal;idea
To Exhibit
Reverberated


24. Objectivity
Deep; pervading
The domain of a certain abstraction
Blame; Ascribe
The reality of something


25. Inherent
Long-term
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Impossible to prevent
To venerate


26. Dichotomy
Similar
Disagreement; separation
Complicated
Never expected or before seen


27. Undermine
Difference
Sabotage
Apathetic
Suggestive of earlier event


28. Thesis
Self-contradictory statement
Prominent; clear
Statement supported by arguments
Relevant; quick and direct


29. Presumably
Able to be sensibly predicted
Possible
Sabotage
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate


30. Momentous
Unparalleled significance
Brought for
Impossible to prevent
Opposite


31. Resolve
Serving to stimulate
Able to be sensibly predicted
To solve
Unchangeable


32. Manifest
To Exhibit
The reality of something
Lacking in substance or reality
Validity


33. Autonomy
Independence
Unparalleled significance
Assumption
Scrupulous inspection


34. Dilemma
Good
Prominent; clear
Problem
Never expected or before seen


35. Echoed
Statement supported by arguments
Suggestive of earlier event
Durable; prevailing
Reverberated


36. Anachronism
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Apparently
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Something not in correct time


37. Tantamount
As a focus
To be equivalent to
Endanger; Hurt
Without ending; incessant


38. Contend
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Help
Important
Argue


39. Evoke
Example; Epitome
Opposite
Having as final result
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories


40. Conventional
Insightful; perceptive
Judge importance of
Illustrate
Ordinary


41. Lament
Most important
Clever
Excel; To pass limits
Expression of grief


42. Entail
Validity
Having no equal
Imply
Difficult


43. Antithesis
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Disagreement; separation
Manifested throughout
Opposite


44. Substantiate
Example; Epitome
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Affirm; Back up a statement
Terse saying embodying general truth


45. Allusion
Established
Casual reference
Example; Epitome
Deep; pervading


46. Immutable
Unparalleled significance
Unchangeable
Unfair; Unjust
Most important


47. Aspiration
Goal
Having no equal
Endanger; Hurt
Suggestive of earlier event


48. Nuance
Proposal;idea
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs
Minor distinction
The reality of something


49. Epitome
Being everywhere at once
Representative example
Ordinary
Act of revealing


50. Egalitarian
To be equivalent to
Speed up
Excel; To pass limits
Equalitarian