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SAT Vocab Most Important Words
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sat
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english
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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. A union of two or more groups
alliance
condemn
diligent
intuition
2. Misconduct or wrongdoing - especially by a public official
cogent
malfeasance
obsolete
camouflage
3. Extra; unnecessary
alleviate
contemporary
alliance
superfluous
4. Dine by secretive means
surreptitiously
futile
venerated
sanction
5. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
stratagem
compelling
pervasive
plagiarism
6. Practical
opulent
pragmatic
malleable
derived
7. To hide by blending in with surroundings
assertion
ornate
camouflage
substantiated
8. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
pejorative
archaic
premonition
harbinger
9. Of or occurring in the night
transitory
genre
nocturnal
fastidious
10. A brilliantly executed plan
enlightening
asylum
coup
dogged
11. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
spontaneous
mediocrity
eloquence
coup
12. To make vicious statements about
eloquence
facile
vilify
embellish
13. Easily flowing
fluid
objectivity
obstinate
insolent
14. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
discredit
conception
parody
rhetoric
15. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
permeated
disparity
diligent
frank
16. Describing a large amount of something
meticulous
wary
stoic
ample
17. Indisputable; not open to question
cohesive
emigrate
dilatory
incontrovertible
18. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
serene
benevolent
incumbent
indolent
19. Hard-working
conflagration
florid
assiduous
ebullience
20. Unimportant
inconsequential
innovative
ruse
frank
21. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
despotic
archaic
prodigious
deleterious
22. Savage; untamed
contemptuous
rational
melancholy
feral
23. General agreement
contemporary
consensus
substantiated
asylum
24. Extremely careful and precise
brusque
premonition
meticulous
conflagration
25. Conspicuously bad or offensive
virtuoso
astute
camouflage
egregious
26. The philosophy or science of law
compelling
jurisprudence
florid
prodigious
27. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
feral
surreptitiously
discourse
frank
28. Open to more than one interpretation
eclectic
ambiguous
comprehensive
brusque
29. Rudely abrupt
hypocrisy
brusque
apathetic
tenacity
30. Convincing; reasonable
impede
novice
cogent
apprehension
31. Equipment; a group of machines
sonorous
apparatus
camaraderie
indolent
32. Feeling or showing little emotion
hierarchy
apathetic
derived
aesthetic
33. The act of making something useful again
rancorous
reclamation
futile
dogged
34. Possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
fastidious
biased
enlightening
assertion
35. To ease a pain or a burden
whimsical
subdue
alleviate
vitality
36. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
condemn
obstinate
lament
impede
37. To calm or soothe
hackneyed
disparage
nascent
mollify
38. Awareness; insight
perception
benign
amenable
biased
39. Stubborn; inflexible
comprehensive
obdurate
obscure
fastidious
40. Treating people as weak or inferior
condescending
patronizing
phenomenon
exemplary
41. Wildly excited or active
equanimity
integrity
rhetoric
frenetic
42. Easy-going; friendly
flagrant
archaic
pejorative
affable
43. To grow or increase rapidly
proliferate
quandary
rhetoric
trepidation
44. Elaborately decorated
stoic
ornate
sanction
biased
45. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
alliance
misconception
florid
auspicious
46. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
whimsical
modest
apparatus
impede
47. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
hierarchy
eclectic
lament
listless
48. Extreme ill will or spite
malice
ponderous
serene
ornate
49. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
proliferate
substantiated
jurisprudence
pragmatic
50. Strikingly new or unusual
servile
facile
novel
disingenuous