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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. Proponent
Practical; down-to-earth
Cunning; hard to grasp
Advocate; supporter
To assume

2. Prodigious
Able to be sensibly predicted
Important
Large in quantity; a lot
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories

3. Parallel
Disagreement; separation
Similar
Short account of interesting event
Unfair; Unjust

4. Aspiration
The reality of something
Goal
To venerate
Self-contradictory statement

5. Facilitate
Speed up
Opposite
Help
Blame; Ascribe

6. Scrutiny
Directing
Scrupulous inspection
Goal
Good

7. Discord
Manifested throughout
False
Disagreement; tension
Apparently

8. Realm
Manifested throughout
Disagreement
Example; Epitome
The domain of a certain abstraction

9. Entail
Imply
Example; Epitome
Reverberated
To Cause

10. Evoked
Important
Most important
Blame; Ascribe
Brought for

11. Dissension
Statement supported by arguments
Difficult
Disagreement
Expression of grief

12. Pragmatic
Independence
The reality of something
Practical
Clever

13. Resolve
Unfortunately
Distinguished
Admit
To solve

14. Poignant
Relevant; quick and direct
Lasting a short time
Pertaining to experience
Unfair; Unjust

15. Conviction
Crucial
Apparently
Able to be sensibly predicted
Firm Belief

16. Enduring
Large in quantity; a lot
Most important
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Durable; prevailing

17. Revere
Independence
Having no equal
To venerate
Long-term

18. Epitomize
To be or make an epitome of
As a focus
Quality
Speed up

19. To Premise
Serving to stimulate
Able to be sensibly predicted
Imply
To assume

20. Relentless
Brought for
Without ending; incessant
Unfair; Unjust
Consequence

21. Conventional
As a focus
Equalitarian
Ordinary
Short account of interesting event

22. Lament
Period of history
Complicated
Expression of grief
Independence

23. Unprecedented
To venerate
Practical; down-to-earth
Complicated
Never expected or before seen

24. Incongruous
Composed of different elements
Show
Manifested throughout
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate

25. Culminate
Manifested throughout
Affirm; Back up a statement
Having as final result
Lacking in substance or reality

26. Evoke
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Unfortunately
Excel; To pass limits
Deep; pervading

27. Unparalleled
Having no equal
Something not in correct time
To be equivalent to
Having as final result

28. Acute
Practical; down-to-earth
Crucial
Distinguished
Terse saying embodying general truth

29. Compromise
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Unselfishness
Proposal;idea
Endanger; Hurt

30. Coherent
Clear; connect logically
Distinguished
Self-contradictory statement
Deep; pervading

31. Epoch
Imply
Being everywhere at once
To venerate
Period of history

32. Contend
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
To Exhibit
Argue
Unfair; Unjust

33. Subjective
Something not in correct time
Lacking in substance or reality
Speed up
Validity

34. Secular
Judge importance of
Validity
Long-term
Able to be sensibly predicted

35. Feasible
Argue
Validity
Possible
Short account of interesting event

36. Facet
Unparalleled significance
Independence
Distinguished
Something similar but distinct from a group of things

37. Undermine
Established
Expression of grief
Protagonist
Sabotage

38. Rhetorical
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Affirm; Back up a statement
To Exhibit
Complicated

39. Adage
Lasting a short time
Complicated
Saying expressing common experience
Opposite

40. Autonomy
Apathetic
The domain of a certain abstraction
Firm Belief
Independence

41. Profound
Representative example
Sabotage
Terse saying embodying general truth
Deep; pervading

42. Viable
Ordinary
Possible
To venerate
Equalitarian

43. Dichotomy
Difference
Unselfishness
Quality
Disagreement; separation

44. Quintessential
Disagreement; separation
Representative example
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Equalitarian

45. Concede
Never expected or before seen
The reality of something
Practical
Admit

46. Inequitable
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Endanger; Hurt
Unfair; Unjust
Casual reference

47. Eminent
Equalitarian
Distinguished
Cunning; hard to grasp
Terse saying embodying general truth

48. Substantiate
Firm Belief
Speed up
Durable; prevailing
Affirm; Back up a statement

49. Predominant
Most important
Unparalleled significance
Help
Disagreement; separation

50. Attribute
Blame; Ascribe
Unfair; Unjust
Difference
Practical; down-to-earth