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SAT Vocab Most Important Words
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
obstinate
dogmatic
parody
incontrovertible
2. A tremendously skilled artist
discredit
endure
conception
virtuoso
3. A judge who decides a disputed issue
deleterious
proximity
arbiter
incontrovertible
4. Worn-out through overuse; trite
toxic
wary
hackneyed
obsolete
5. Giving praise
conception
laudatory
virtuoso
elusive
6. Determined by impulse rather than reason
superfluous
opulent
arbitrary
permeated
7. Convincing; reasonable
paradigm
paramount
apathetic
cogent
8. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
decorous
impression
rational
embellish
9. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family or homeland)
alienated
malice
condemn
disparage
10. Hinder; interfere with
impinge
superfluous
compelling
aesthetic
11. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
ominous
eclectic
maverick
cordial
12. Lazy
theoretical
indolent
cohesive
malice
13. Well-meaning; generous
feral
incontrovertible
frenetic
benevolent
14. The ability to form or understand an idea
conception
flagrant
opulent
rhetoric
15. On guard; watchful
wary
cryptic
disparage
assertion
16. To leave one country or region and settle in another
emigrate
lament
replete
malleable
17. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
slander
nascent
meticulous
modest
18. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
propriety
misconception
mundane
sedentary
19. Biting sarcastic or witty
caustic
nascent
contemporary
trivial
20. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
camaraderie
objectivity
penitent
venerated
21. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
conflagration
surreptitiously
poignant
embellish
22. To give official authorization or approval
alleviate
equanimity
sonorous
sanction
23. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
quandary
replete
despotic
clandestine
24. (v.) to make an itemized list of
pejorative
cryptic
disdain
catalog
25. Having a harmful effect; injurious
deleterious
rational
permeated
candor
26. Intricate; complex
elusive
convoluted
ambiguous
nocturnal
27. Courageous; fearless
notorious
parody
virtuoso
intrepid
28. An unusual - observable event
comprehensive
dilettante
theoretical
phenomenon
29. Copied or adapted from a source
emphasize
derived
brusque
mundane
30. Worthy of blame
disdain
feral
heinous
reprehensible
31. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
harbinger
plagiarism
excerpt
servile
32. Current - modern; from the same time
hackneyed
contemporary
reprehensible
emollient
33. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
torpor
brusque
malice
naive
34. Not straightforward; crafty
copious
servile
disingenuous
discourse
35. Difficult to comprehend
contemporary
novel
cryptic
harbinger
36. Commonplace; ordinary
facetious
objectivity
mundane
plagiarism
37. To restrain; to hold back
copious
ebullience
alliance
subdue
38. Practical
affable
pragmatic
rational
proliferate
39. Treating in a condescending manner
ominous
comprehensive
harbinger
patronizing
40. Express grief for; mourn
laudatory
ornate
putrid
lament
41. Of chief concern or importance
cartographer
assertion
paramount
sonorous
42. Friendly; sincere
sanction
superficial
cordial
discredit
43. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
mundane
opulent
brittle
incontrovertible
44. Dine by secretive means
rhetoric
surreptitiously
insipid
trivial
45. Kind and gentle
ingrate
benign
suppressed
acquired
46. Hatefully evil; abominable
heinous
coup
pugnacious
hierarchy
47. To absorb; to make similar
obstinate
assimilation
phenomenon
superficial
48. Producing a deep or full sound
paradigm
sonorous
eloquence
quandary
49. Misconduct or wrongdoing - especially by a public official
ominous
malfeasance
astute
context
50. Possessed at birth; inborn
prodigious
cordial
rhetoric
innate