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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. Aspect
Disagreement
Large in quantity; a lot
To solve
Quality

2. Plausible
Affirm; Back up a statement
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Bad situation
Consequence

3. Dogmatic
Being everywhere at once
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs
Most important
Speed up

4. Contend
Specific and Clear
Difference
Large in quantity; a lot
Argue

5. Revere
To venerate
Example; Epitome
Act of revealing
Specific and Clear

6. Manifest
Blame; Ascribe
Excel; To pass limits
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Show

7. Coherent
Brought for
Clear; connect logically
Impossible to prevent
Possible

8. Momentous
Unparalleled significance
Idea
Excel; To pass limits
Assumption

9. Arduous
Argue
Statement supported by arguments
Distinguished
Difficult

10. Quintessential
Illustrate
Impossible to prevent
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy

11. Concede
As a focus
Admit
To Cause
Impossible to prevent

12. Profound
Deep; pervading
Directing
Cunning; hard to grasp
Minor distinction

13. Quagmire
Pertaining to experience
Bad situation
Validity
Most important

14. Subtle
To venerate
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Cunning; hard to grasp
Impossible to prevent

15. Ramification
Unfortunately
Assumption
Ordinary
Consequence

16. Pervasive
Unfair; Unjust
Crucial
Independence
Manifested throughout

17. Objectivity
The reality of something
False
Long-term
Proposal;idea

18. Epoch
Durable; prevailing
Period of history
Clever
Reverberated

19. Manifest
Crucial
To Exhibit
Reverberated
Practical

20. Rhetorical
Difficult
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Conformed
Cunning; hard to grasp

21. Ostensibly
Practical
Apparently
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Difficult

22. Empirical
Equalitarian
Pertaining to experience
As a focus
Serving to stimulate

23. Prodigious
Large in quantity; a lot
Possible
Expression of grief
Inspiring; impressive; majestic

24. Incontrovertible
To be equivalent to
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Established
Composed of different elements

25. Provocative
Clear; connect logically
Serving to stimulate
Idea
To solve

26. Notion
Pertaining to experience
Idea
Argue
To assume

27. Exceptionally
Expression of grief
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Disagreement; separation
Very

28. Resolve
Clever
Innate; inherent
Durable; prevailing
To solve

29. Legitimacy
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Firm Belief
Validity
Judge importance of

30. Entail
Practical; down-to-earth
Imply
Having no equal
Admit

31. Implication
Act of Implying
To venerate
Casual reference
Conformed

32. Thesis
Statement supported by arguments
Composed of different elements
Being everywhere at once
A natural part of something

33. Inherent
Unchangeable
Clear; connect logically
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Pertaining to experience

34. Epitome
Relevant; quick and direct
Large in quantity; a lot
Validity
Representative example

35. Predominant
Short account of interesting event
Consequence
Practical; down-to-earth
Most important

36. Eminent
Terse saying embodying general truth
Able to be sensibly predicted
Directing
Distinguished

37. Distinct
Complicated
Serving to stimulate
Prominent; clear
Natural

38. Premise
Show
An assumption
Suggestive of earlier event
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs

39. Facilitate
Help
Unselfishness
Unfair; Unjust
Possible

40. Expedite
Disagreement
Difference
The domain of a certain abstraction
Speed up

41. Disparate
Able to be sensibly predicted
Composed of different elements
Disagreement; tension
Admit

42. Indifferent
Unfair; Unjust
Period of history
Apathetic
Validity

43. Ethical
Directing
Example; Epitome
Expression of grief
Good

44. Revelation
Composed of different elements
Durable; prevailing
Saying expressing common experience
Act of revealing

45. Echoed
Unparalleled significance
To solve
Reverberated
Show

46. Nuance
Minor distinction
Unparalleled significance
Difficult
Statement supported by arguments

47. Antithesis
Statement supported by arguments
Firm Belief
Opposite
Prominent; clear

48. Unprecedented
Practical; down-to-earth
Most important
Never expected or before seen
Inspiring; impressive; majestic

49. Relentless
Very
Reverberated
Without ending; incessant
Composed of different elements

50. Incongruous
Disagreement; tension
Composed of different elements
Very
Insightful; perceptive