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SAT Essay Vocab

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1. Subjective
Goal
Established
Deep; pervading
Lacking in substance or reality

2. Substantiate
Innate; inherent
Affirm; Back up a statement
Clever
Assumption

3. Resolve
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs
To solve
Illustrate
Complicated

4. Tantamount
To be equivalent to
Bad situation
Long-term
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories

5. Prominent
To be equivalent to
Illustrate
Casual reference
Distinguished

6. Contend
Argue
Opposite
Possible
Goal

7. Paradigm
Lasting a short time
Example; Epitome
Relevant; quick and direct
Act of revealing

8. orthodox
Conformed
Disagreement
Goal
Similar

9. Distinct
Unparalleled significance
Assumption
Firm Belief
Prominent; clear

10. Facet
Composed of different elements
Pertaining to experience
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Act of revealing

11. Secular
Long-term
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Goal
Proposal;idea

12. Quintessential
Act of revealing
Show
Protagonist
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type

13. Inherent
Judge importance of
Minor distinction
Natural
Ordinary

14. addressing
Directing
Endanger; Hurt
Saying expressing common experience
Disagreement; tension

15. Paradox
Problem
Never expected or before seen
Self-contradictory statement
Judge importance of

16. Empirical
Statement supported by arguments
Judge importance of
Pertaining to experience
Conformed

17. Unparalleled
Having no equal
Cunning; hard to grasp
Very
Act of revealing

18. Concede
Lacking in substance or reality
To Cause
Admit
To solve

19. Incongruous
Without ending; incessant
Composed of different elements
Independence
Disagreement

20. Lamentably
Representative example
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Having no equal
Unfortunately

21. Facilitate
Representative example
Saying expressing common experience
Example; Epitome
Help

22. Proponent
Relevant; quick and direct
Unchangeable
Advocate; supporter
Impossible to prevent

23. Evoke
To Cause
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Having no equal
Excel; To pass limits

24. Thesis
Assumption
Protagonist
Serving to stimulate
Statement supported by arguments

25. Provocative
Innate; inherent
Protagonist
Serving to stimulate
Opposite

26. Ethical
Disagreement
Serving to stimulate
Good
Show

27. Prodigious
Admit
Clever
The domain of a certain abstraction
Large in quantity; a lot

28. Presupposition
Period of history
Minor distinction
Assumption
Lacking in substance or reality

29. Disparate
Composed of different elements
Statement supported by arguments
Unchangeable
Imply

30. Exemplify
Practical; down-to-earth
To Cause
Something not in correct time
Epitomize

31. Egalitarian
To be or make an epitome of
Equalitarian
Able to be sensibly predicted
Relevant; quick and direct

32. Ostensibly
Apparently
Act of revealing
Disagreement; separation
Problem

33. Acute
Practical; down-to-earth
Clever
Directing
Crucial

34. Conviction
Firm Belief
Being everywhere at once
Unchangeable
Sabotage

35. Lament
Unchangeable
Most important
Expression of grief
Composed of different elements

36. Acute
Good
Sabotage
Clever
Distinguished

37. Attribute
Firm Belief
Protagonist
Having no equal
Blame; Ascribe

38. Anachronism
The reality of something
Expression of grief
Conformed
Something not in correct time

39. Ephemeral
Scrupulous inspection
Lasting a short time
Casual reference
Inspiring; impressive; majestic

40. Engender
Disagreement; tension
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Goal
To Cause

41. Eminent
Having as final result
Help
Distinguished
Illustrate

42. Reminiscent
Suggestive of earlier event
To solve
Sabotage
Lasting a short time

43. Discord
Disagreement; tension
Difference
Established
Opposite

44. Inevitable
Composed of different elements
Impossible to prevent
Important
Proposal;idea

45. Main Character
Excel; To pass limits
Distinguished
Protagonist
As a focus

46. Profound
To Exhibit
Deep; pervading
Important
Argue

47. Undermine
Large in quantity; a lot
Bad situation
Without ending; incessant
Sabotage

48. Ramification
Saying expressing common experience
Durable; prevailing
Consequence
Expression of grief

49. Epoch
Terse saying embodying general truth
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Period of history
Having no equal

50. Adage
Directing
Saying expressing common experience
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Relevant; quick and direct

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