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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. Predominant
Suggestive of earlier event
Admit
Able to be sensibly predicted
Most important

2. Pragmatic
Ordinary
Practical
Validity
Assumption

3. Prominent
Practical
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Distinguished
Unfair; Unjust

4. addressing
Very
Insightful; perceptive
Directing
Suggestive of earlier event

5. Epoch
Serving to stimulate
Possible
Reverberated
Period of history

6. Epitomize
Apathetic
Unparalleled significance
Disagreement
To be or make an epitome of

7. Immutable
Unchangeable
To Exhibit
Composed of different elements
To Cause

8. Attribute
Illustrate
To solve
Blame; Ascribe
Long-term

9. Epitome
Expression of grief
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Quality
Representative example

10. Resolve
Being everywhere at once
Lacking in substance or reality
Equalitarian
To solve

11. Objectivity
Manifested throughout
Equalitarian
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
The reality of something

12. Reminiscent
Practical
Suggestive of earlier event
Important
Example; Epitome

13. Ubiquitous
Prominent; clear
Possible
Speed up
Being everywhere at once

14. Ephemeral
Consequence
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Help
Lasting a short time

15. Prodigious
Scrupulous inspection
As a focus
Large in quantity; a lot
Composed of different elements

16. Pragmatic
Insightful; perceptive
Practical; down-to-earth
A natural part of something
Serving to stimulate

17. Discrepancy
Admit
Short account of interesting event
Able to be sensibly predicted
Difference

18. Unprecedented
Manifested throughout
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Complicated
Never expected or before seen

19. Revelation
Act of revealing
Durable; prevailing
Distinguished
An assumption

20. Notably
Consequence
Period of history
Composed of different elements
As a focus

21. Arduous
Problem
Difficult
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs

22. Evoke
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Help
Protagonist

23. Anecdote
Short account of interesting event
Judge importance of
False
Apparently

24. Scrutiny
Disagreement
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs
Unselfishness
Scrupulous inspection

25. Substantiate
To be or make an epitome of
Unchangeable
Show
Affirm; Back up a statement

26. Tantamount
To solve
Period of history
To be equivalent to
Relevant; quick and direct

27. Lamentably
Unfortunately
Speed up
Clear; connect logically
Sabotage

28. Autonomy
Practical; down-to-earth
Assumption
Ordinary
Independence

29. Inevitable
Impossible to prevent
Casual reference
Distinguished
Able to be sensibly predicted

30. Proposition
Expression of grief
Proposal;idea
Firm Belief
Show

31. Aspiration
Goal
Bad situation
Validity
The domain of a certain abstraction

32. Acute
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
To be or make an epitome of
Clever
Having as final result

33. Undermine
Serving to stimulate
Consequence
Sabotage
Advocate; supporter

34. Legitimacy
Validity
Bad situation
To solve
Possible

35. Provocative
Large in quantity; a lot
Serving to stimulate
Able to be sensibly predicted
Deep; pervading

36. Empirical
Pertaining to experience
Illustrate
Good
Unparalleled significance

37. Momentous
As a focus
Unparalleled significance
Clever
Practical; down-to-earth

38. Ethical
Deep; pervading
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Good
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type

39. Lament
Natural
Consequence
Expression of grief
Act of Implying

40. Anachronism
Crucial
Illustrate
Something not in correct time
Unfair; Unjust

41. Coherent
Unchangeable
Clear; connect logically
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate

42. Allusion
Casual reference
Ordinary
Consequence
The domain of a certain abstraction

43. To Premise
To assume
The domain of a certain abstraction
Unfortunately
Speed up

44. Antithesis
Unparalleled significance
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Apparently
Opposite

45. Indigenous
Blame; Ascribe
Equalitarian
A natural part of something
Act of Implying

46. Revere
To venerate
Large in quantity; a lot
Cunning; hard to grasp
Scrupulous inspection

47. Presupposition
Assumption
Very
Most important
Composed of different elements

48. Inherent
As a focus
Very
Unfair; Unjust
Natural

49. Facilitate
Scrupulous inspection
Help
Distinguished
A natural part of something

50. Thesis
Deep; pervading
Difficult
Statement supported by arguments
The domain of a certain abstraction