SAT Essay Vocab

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Adage
Independence
Clever
Saying expressing common experience
Suggestive of earlier event


2. Notion
Unchangeable
Idea
Established
Good


3. Ostensibly
Good
Apparently
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Important


4. Eminent
Disagreement
The reality of something
Pertaining to experience
Distinguished


5. Inevitable
Manifested throughout
Practical
Composed of different elements
Impossible to prevent


6. Transcend
Able to be sensibly predicted
Clever
Suggestive of earlier event
Excel; To pass limits


7. Ubiquitous
To venerate
Being everywhere at once
Short account of interesting event
Minor distinction


8. Incontrovertible
Example; Epitome
Disagreement; tension
Most important
Established


9. Discrepancy
Short account of interesting event
Unselfishness
Reverberated
Difference


10. Enduring
Never expected or before seen
Durable; prevailing
Directing
Innate; inherent


11. Lament
Consequence
Minor distinction
Argue
Expression of grief


12. Aspiration
Lacking in substance or reality
To solve
Important
Goal


13. Intrinsic
Innate; inherent
Scrupulous inspection
Difficult
Conformed


14. Undermine
Something not in correct time
Sabotage
Lasting a short time
Act of revealing


15. Entail
Imply
Distinguished
Having as final result
Difficult


16. Legitimacy
Very
Assumption
Validity
Similar


17. Profound
Deep; pervading
Unchangeable
To be or make an epitome of
Example; Epitome


18. Altruism
Blame; Ascribe
Prominent; clear
Reverberated
Unselfishness


19. Lamentably
Unfortunately
Insightful; perceptive
Proposal;idea
Impossible to prevent


20. Scrutiny
Scrupulous inspection
Disagreement; tension
Proposal;idea
Complicated


21. Concede
Admit
Ordinary
Having as final result
Endanger; Hurt


22. Thesis
Statement supported by arguments
Apathetic
Having as final result
Admit


23. Quagmire
Disagreement; tension
Proposal;idea
Good
Bad situation


24. Antithesis
Clear; connect logically
Affirm; Back up a statement
Opposite
Large in quantity; a lot


25. Premise
Apparently
Short account of interesting event
Ordinary
An assumption


26. Rhetorical
To venerate
Pretentious; language as a means to persuade
Imply
Short account of interesting event


27. Pragmatic
Practical
Affirm; Back up a statement
Bad situation
Expression of grief


28. Presumably
Able to be sensibly predicted
Firm Belief
Imply
Show


29. Provocative
Apathetic
Casual reference
Serving to stimulate
Validity


30. Inequitable
Unfair; Unjust
Manifested throughout
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
Opposite


31. Momentous
Unparalleled significance
To Cause
False
Practical


32. Culminate
Directing
Having as final result
Good
Cunning; hard to grasp


33. Depict
Opposite
A natural part of something
Illustrate
Established


34. Arduous
Difficult
Manifested throughout
Equalitarian
Admit


35. Paramount/Momentous
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate
The domain of a certain abstraction
Clever
Important


36. Expedite
Independence
Speed up
False
Disagreement; separation


37. Aphorism
Terse saying embodying general truth
Illustrate
Specific and Clear
Complicated


38. Manifest
Prominent; clear
Judge importance of
To Exhibit
Possible


39. Epitome
Representative example
Established
Innate; inherent
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate


40. Inherent
An assumption
Difficult
Idea
Natural


41. Unparalleled
Difference
Having no equal
Scrupulous inspection
Unselfishness


42. Revelation
Possible
Independence
Act of revealing
Crucial


43. Epitomize
Ordinary
Specific and Clear
To be or make an epitome of
The domain of a certain abstraction


44. Notably
Distinguished
Innate; inherent
Unfortunately
As a focus


45. Compromise
Minor distinction
Imply
Self-contradictory statement
Endanger; Hurt


46. Sublime
Inspiring; impressive; majestic
Validity
Brought for
Short account of interesting event


47. Parallel
Similar
Protagonist
Specific and Clear
Complicated


48. Indigenous
Advocate; supporter
Consequence
Possible
A natural part of something


49. Unprecedented
Opposite
Never expected or before seen
Without ending; incessant
Terse saying embodying general truth


50. Inherent
Established
Relevant; quick and direct
Opposite
A natural part of something; intrinsic; innate