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SAT Essay Vocab

Subjects : sat, english, writing-skills

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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. Adage
Insightful; perceptive
Having as final result
Saying expressing common experience
Illustrate

2. Poignant
Prominent; clear
Relevant; quick and direct
Able to be sensibly predicted
Proposal;idea

3. Facet
Period of history
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Affirm; Back up a statement
Equalitarian

4. Revere
Goal
Practical; down-to-earth
Speed up
To venerate

5. Epitome
Large in quantity; a lot
Excel; To pass limits
Representative example
Important

6. Paradigm
Equalitarian
Suggestive of earlier event
Example; Epitome
Endanger; Hurt

7. Predominant
Admit
Lasting a short time
Clever
Most important

8. Egalitarian
Independence
Short account of interesting event
Something not in correct time
Equalitarian

9. Transcend
Help
Excel; To pass limits
Unchangeable
Judge importance of

10. Revelation
Relevant; quick and direct
Complicated
Act of revealing
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories

11. Sublime
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Opposite
Disagreement
Equalitarian

12. Presupposition
Natural
Distinguished
Insightful; perceptive
Assumption

13. orthodox
As a focus
Conformed
Specific and Clear
Difference

14. Resolve
To Cause
To solve
Composed of different elements
Opposite

15. Subtle
Disagreement; separation
As a focus
Act of Implying
Cunning; hard to grasp

16. Evoke
Help
Representative example
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Natural

17. Aspiration
Crucial
Very
Goal
Prominent; clear

18. Pragmatic
Scrupulous inspection
Opposite
Practical; down-to-earth
To assume

19. Dichotomy
Without ending; incessant
Disagreement; separation
Opposite
As a focus

20. Incisive
Insightful; perceptive
Innate; inherent
Difficult
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type

21. Intrinsic
Statement supported by arguments
A natural part of something
Innate; inherent
Imply

22. Altruism
To Exhibit
Unselfishness
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Representative example

23. Inequitable
Short account of interesting event
Unfair; Unjust
Argue
Crucial

24. Dilemma
Proposal;idea
To Exhibit
Problem
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade

25. Inextricable
Complicated
Argue
Epitomize
Unselfishness

26. Coherent
Clear; connect logically
Good
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
To be or make an epitome of

27. Profound
Deep; pervading
Opposite
Having as final result
Scrupulous inspection

28. Allusion
Scrupulous inspection
To venerate
Casual reference
Clever

29. Expedite
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Prominent; clear
Important
Speed up

30. Distinct
Act of revealing
Period of history
Prominent; clear
Assumption

31. Quagmire
A natural part of something
Practical; down-to-earth
Casual reference
Bad situation

32. Explicit
Manifested throughout
Specific and Clear
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Clear; connect logically

33. Assess
Impossible to prevent
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Judge importance of
Inspiring; impressive; majestic

34. Echoed
To venerate
Having no equal
Reverberated
Quality

35. Pragmatic
Consequence
Pertaining to experience
Conformed
Practical

36. Epoch
Opposite
Casual reference
Period of history
Firm Belief

37. Anachronism
Something not in correct time
Illustrate
Pertaining to experience
Clever

38. Quintessential
Impossible to prevent
A natural part of something
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy

39. Nuance
Assumption
Being everywhere at once
Minor distinction
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate

40. Momentous
Having no equal
Unparalleled significance
Large in quantity; a lot
Composed of different elements

41. Ethical
Good
Firm Belief
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Short account of interesting event

42. Dissension
Disagreement
Help
Able to be sensibly predicted
False

43. Inherent
Natural
Long-term
Disagreement
Quality

44. Realm
Disagreement; tension
Lacking in substance or reality
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
The domain of a certain abstraction

45. Legitimacy
Validity
Advocate; supporter
Endanger; Hurt
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs

46. Feasible
Possible
The domain of a certain abstraction
Long-term
To solve

47. Unprecedented
Clear; connect logically
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs
Never expected or before seen
Distinguished

48. Lament
Having no equal
Consequence
Expression of grief
Lacking in substance or reality

49. Dogmatic
Idea
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs
Argue
To be equivalent to

50. Eminent
Scrupulous inspection
Distinguished
Opposite
Possible