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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. Culminate
Having as final result
Casual reference
Serving to stimulate
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type

2. Secular
To venerate
Deep; pervading
Long-term
Impossible to prevent

3. Subtle
To assume
Cunning; hard to grasp
Prominent; clear
Act of revealing

4. Plausible
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Self-contradictory statement
Innate; inherent
Distinguished

5. Notably
As a focus
Firm Belief
Conformed
Act of Implying

6. Manifest
Unfortunately
Natural
Show
Ordinary

7. Implication
Help
Opposite
Act of Implying
Short account of interesting event

8. Discrepancy
Help
Act of Implying
Clever
Difference

9. Attribute
To Exhibit
Admit
Blame; Ascribe
Judge importance of

10. Anecdote
Blame; Ascribe
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
A natural part of something
Short account of interesting event

11. Empirical
Established
Pertaining to experience
Durable; prevailing
Opposite

12. Manifest
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Speed up
To Exhibit
Natural

13. Ethical
To Exhibit
Large in quantity; a lot
Suggestive of earlier event
Good

14. Coherent
To be or make an epitome of
Durable; prevailing
Directing
Clear; connect logically

15. Concede
Practical; down-to-earth
Blame; Ascribe
Admit
Minor distinction

16. orthodox
Conformed
Self-contradictory statement
Equalitarian
Difference

17. Tantamount
Excel; To pass limits
To be equivalent to
Distinguished
To assume

18. Transcend
Excel; To pass limits
Blame; Ascribe
Goal
Period of history

19. Exceptionally
Opposite
Admit
Very
Able to be sensibly predicted

20. Engender
To Cause
Practical; down-to-earth
Composed of different elements
Statement supported by arguments

21. Thesis
Speed up
Natural
Statement supported by arguments
Apparently

22. Intrinsic
Innate; inherent
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Independence
To assume

23. Disparate
Composed of different elements
Blame; Ascribe
Practical; down-to-earth
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy

24. Dichotomy
Very
Practical; down-to-earth
Quality
Disagreement; separation

25. Indifferent
Firm Belief
Apathetic
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
Affirm; Back up a statement

26. Aspiration
Good
Goal
Being everywhere at once
Inspiring; impressive; majestic

27. Legitimacy
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Clear; connect logically
Validity
Act of Implying

28. Poignant
Conformed
Relevant; quick and direct
The domain of a certain abstraction
Natural

29. Autonomy
Distinguished
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
To be equivalent to
Independence

30. Realm
Specific and Clear
The domain of a certain abstraction
Firm Belief
Insightful; perceptive

31. Presupposition
Assumption
Disagreement; tension
Firm Belief
Endanger; Hurt

32. Egalitarian
Firm Belief
Equalitarian
Long-term
Possible

33. Facet
Apparently
Something similar but distinct from a group of things
Independence
Apathetic

34. Prodigious
Independence
Disagreement
Having no equal
Large in quantity; a lot

35. Prominent
Manifested throughout
Established
Distinguished
The domain of a certain abstraction

36. Distinct
Something not in correct time
Endanger; Hurt
Never expected or before seen
Prominent; clear

37. Ubiquitous
Being everywhere at once
To Exhibit
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories
A natural part of something

38. Paramount/Momentous
Important
Distinguished
Admit
Having no equal

39. Substantiate
Never expected or before seen
Period of history
Affirm; Back up a statement
As a focus

40. Evoked
Affirm; Back up a statement
Practical; down-to-earth
Brought for
Something not in correct time

41. Anachronism
Something not in correct time
As a focus
Never expected or before seen
Impossible to prevent

42. Paradox
Relevant; quick and direct
Possible
Self-contradictory statement
Directing

43. Parallel
Unparalleled significance
Quality
Acceptable; Valid; Praiseworthy
Similar

44. Inextricable
Short account of interesting event
Blame; Ascribe
Complicated
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade

45. Revelation
Conformed
Act of revealing
Expression of grief
Short account of interesting event

46. Immutable
Something not in correct time
Unchangeable
Very
Practical; down-to-earth

47. Evoke
Specific and Clear
Representative example
Something not in correct time
To cause the manifestation of something in mind: Evoke memories

48. Proponent
Durable; prevailing
Complicated
Advocate; supporter
Clear; connect logically

49. Quintessential
Epitomizing; being perfect example of its type
Speed up
Rigid; stubborn to insufficiently proven beliefs
Unselfishness

50. Presumably
Prominent; clear
Blame; Ascribe
Able to be sensibly predicted
Equalitarian