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SAT Essay Vocab

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1. Altruism
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Lacking in substance or reality
Unselfishness
Excel; To pass limits

2. Discrepancy
To solve
Serving to stimulate
Apathetic
Difference

3. Acute
Show
Argue
Consequence
Clever

4. Indigenous
Expression of grief
A natural part of something
Apparently
Possible

5. Evoke
Goal
As a focus
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Important

6. Aspiration
Casual reference
Goal
Specific and Clear
Assumption

7. Enduring
Difference
Admit
Durable; prevailing
Judge importance of

8. Legitimacy
Brought for
Idea
Excel; To pass limits
Validity

9. Assess
Equalitarian
Representative example
Judge importance of
Cunning; hard to grasp

10. Conviction
Having no equal
Firm Belief
Clear; connect logically
Unfortunately

11. Egalitarian
Innate; inherent
Equalitarian
Advocate; supporter
To be or make an epitome of

12. Paradigm
Specific and Clear
Apparently
Example; Epitome
Relevant; quick and direct

13. Ubiquitous
Epitomize
Being everywhere at once
Having as final result
Distinguished

14. Inherent
Assumption
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Opposite
Excel; To pass limits

15. Proponent
Self-contradictory statement
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Help
Advocate; supporter

16. Lamentably
Unfortunately
Complicated
Affirm; Back up a statement
Advocate; supporter

17. Epitome
Bad situation
Important
Impossible to prevent
Representative example

18. Undermine
Brought for
Sabotage
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Something similar but distinct from a group of things

19. Provocative
Serving to stimulate
Practical; down-to-earth
Terse saying embodying general truth
Insightful; perceptive

20. Anachronism
Clear; connect logically
Relevant; quick and direct
The domain of a certain abstraction
Something not in correct time

21. Revelation
Act of revealing
Long-term
Clear; connect logically
Self-contradictory statement

22. Prominent
Distinguished
Important
Conformed
Proposal;idea

23. Dichotomy
Never expected or before seen
Disagreement; separation
Very
Firm Belief

24. Explicit
Specific and Clear
To Cause
To solve
Disagreement; tension

25. Autonomy
Complicated
Independence
Something not in correct time
Expression of grief

26. Echoed
Lacking in substance or reality
Reverberated
Apathetic
Self-contradictory statement

27. Disparate
Terse saying embodying general truth
Apparently
Composed of different elements
Durable; prevailing

28. Contend
Argue
Directing
To assume
Clever

29. Secular
Long-term
Equalitarian
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Sabotage

30. Aphorism
Problem
Difference
Terse saying embodying general truth
Advocate; supporter

31. Facilitate
Possible
Help
Speed up
Consequence

32. addressing
As a focus
Directing
Clear; connect logically
Sabotage

33. Subjective
Practical
Lacking in substance or reality
Without ending; incessant
To Exhibit

34. Scrutiny
Able to be sensibly predicted
Scrupulous inspection
Help
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy

35. Tantamount
Brought for
To be equivalent to
Saying expressing common experience
Quality

36. Expedite
Brought for
Unfair; Unjust
Disagreement; separation
Speed up

37. Dogmatic
Ordinary
Apparently
Act of revealing
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs

38. Fallacious
Goal
Conformed
False
Being everywhere at once

39. Notion
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Apparently
Idea
Able to be sensibly predicted

40. Pervasive
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Consequence
A natural part of something
Manifested throughout

41. orthodox
Conformed
Judge importance of
Natural
Apparently

42. Proposition
Proposal;idea
Having no equal
Opposite
To Cause

43. Dissension
Disagreement
Admit
Expression of grief
Affirm; Back up a statement

44. Feasible
Validity
To assume
Possible
Apparently

45. Compromise
Endanger; Hurt
Admit
Blame; Ascribe
Most important

46. Conventional
Casual reference
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Ordinary
Endanger; Hurt

47. Exceptionally
Composed of different elements
Practical
Help
Very

48. Allusion
Excel; To pass limits
Unfortunately
Casual reference
Blame; Ascribe

49. Intrinsic
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Very
Being everywhere at once
Innate; inherent

50. Inextricable
Complicated
To be or make an epitome of
Representative example
To Cause

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