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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. Momentous
Proposal;idea
Show
Unparalleled significance
Pertaining to experience

2. Substantiate
Distinguished
Ordinary
Composed of different elements
Affirm; Back up a statement

3. Assess
Proposal;idea
Similar
Judge importance of
To be equivalent to

4. Exceptionally
Self-contradictory statement
Act of Implying
Serving to stimulate
Very

5. Fallacious
Apparently
False
Illustrate
Deep; pervading

6. Enduring
Protagonist
The domain of a certain abstraction
Durable; prevailing
Assumption

7. Adage
Ordinary
The reality of something
Protagonist
Saying expressing common experience

8. Ubiquitous
Brought for
Practical
Being everywhere at once
Argue

9. Conviction
To venerate
Cunning; hard to grasp
Firm Belief
Specific and Clear

10. Legitimacy
Speed up
Composed of different elements
Validity
Crucial

11. Entail
Representative example
Clear; connect logically
Imply
Large in quantity; a lot

12. Sublime
To assume
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Large in quantity; a lot
Possible

13. Depict
Durable; prevailing
Never expected or before seen
Illustrate
Admit

14. Incongruous
Composed of different elements
Endanger; Hurt
The reality of something
Specific and Clear

15. Proponent
Advocate; supporter
Self-contradictory statement
A natural part of something
False

16. Main Character
Able to be sensibly predicted
Protagonist
Sabotage
As a focus

17. Engender
Proposal;idea
To Cause
Protagonist
Goal

18. Undermine
Sabotage
Scrupulous inspection
Proposal;idea
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type

19. Proposition
False
Proposal;idea
As a focus
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type

20. Unprecedented
Unselfishness
Apparently
Disagreement; separation
Never expected or before seen

21. Lamentably
Admit
Act of Implying
Unfortunately
Unselfishness

22. Eminent
An assumption
Able to be sensibly predicted
Distinguished
Conformed

23. Subtle
Deep; pervading
Composed of different elements
Similar
Cunning; hard to grasp

24. Conventional
Show
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs
Scrupulous inspection
Ordinary

25. Acute
Durable; prevailing
Crucial
Difficult
Expression of grief

26. Implication
Practical; down-to-earth
Act of Implying
Protagonist
Lacking in substance or reality

27. Viable
Complicated
Possible
Goal
Innate; inherent

28. Paramount/Momentous
Important
Conformed
Sabotage
Suggestive of earlier event

29. Evoked
Brought for
Very
Validity
Impossible to prevent

30. Pragmatic
Disagreement; tension
Speed up
Act of Implying
Practical

31. Indigenous
Goal
To be equivalent to
Having no equal
A natural part of something

32. Ramification
Endanger; Hurt
Clever
Consequence
Terse saying embodying general truth

33. Notably
Sabotage
Scrupulous inspection
As a focus
Clear; connect logically

34. Manifest
Large in quantity; a lot
To Exhibit
Bad situation
Reverberated

35. Notion
Judge importance of
Being everywhere at once
Admit
Idea

36. Secular
Deep; pervading
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Long-term
Short account of interesting event

37. Epitomize
Judge importance of
Admit
Expression of grief
To be or make an epitome of

38. Contend
Lacking in substance or reality
Composed of different elements
Argue
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs

39. Feasible
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Being everywhere at once
Possible
Unfortunately

40. Discord
Excel; To pass limits
To Cause
Disagreement; tension
Lasting a short time

41. Expedite
Relevant; quick and direct
Speed up
Apparently
Composed of different elements

42. orthodox
Conformed
Excel; To pass limits
Act of revealing
Crucial

43. Epitome
Problem
Composed of different elements
Representative example
Possible

44. Antithesis
Help
Opposite
Insightful; perceptive
Similar

45. Incisive
Scrupulous inspection
Representative example
Insightful; perceptive
Difference

46. Ephemeral
Lasting a short time
Insightful; perceptive
Casual reference
Large in quantity; a lot

47. Ethical
Disagreement; tension
Serving to stimulate
Good
Clever

48. Provocative
Insightful; perceptive
Composed of different elements
Serving to stimulate
Unfortunately

49. Explicit
Established
Having no equal
Specific and Clear
Advocate; supporter

50. Prodigious
Specific and Clear
Crucial
Large in quantity; a lot
Composed of different elements