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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. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
ostentatious
eclectic
intuition
exculpate
2. Extremely dull
effusive
poignant
premonition
ponderous
3. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
omnipotent
conception
parody
cogent
4. Plentiful; having a large quantity
copious
stratagem
frank
malleable
5. Rotten
putrid
inherent
opulent
truncated
6. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
ambivalent
vitality
imperious
obstinate
7. Hard-working
assiduous
decorous
tenacity
apprehension
8. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
suppressed
context
exculpate
diligent
9. Trustworthiness; completeness
auspicious
integrity
proximity
inevitable
10. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
facile
wily
impression
substantiated
11. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
camouflage
frank
mural
modest
12. Not caring one way or the other
timorous
indifferent
assertion
maverick
13. Uninteresting; unchallenging
decorous
insipid
fractious
pragmatic
14. Habitually late
dilatory
embellish
hypocrisy
disparage
15. Quarrelsome; unruly
fractious
pragmatic
transitory
rational
16. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
rational
mollify
opulent
sanction
17. Giving praise
amenable
laudatory
pejorative
discourse
18. Unimportant
putrid
medley
inconsequential
paradigm
19. Elaborately decorated
ornate
alienated
benign
eloquence
20. Savage; untamed
arbitrary
emollient
feral
tenuous
21. Lacking sophistication
servile
innate
laudatory
naive
22. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
proliferate
whimsical
compelling
archaic
23. To give official authorization or approval
sanction
wary
stoic
condescending
24. Secretive
clandestine
plagiarism
prodigious
endure
25. Unable to be reformed
frank
coup
apathetic
incorrigible
26. Wildly excited or active
copious
plausible
disdain
frenetic
27. Introducing something new
condescending
innovative
auspicious
insolent
28. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
despotic
ruse
feral
equivocate
29. A judge who decides a disputed issue
transitory
arbiter
timorous
misconception
30. Determined by impulse rather than reason
arbitrary
parody
implication
austere
31. Biting sarcastic or witty
lucid
alleviate
caustic
effusive
32. Coming into existence; emerging
nascent
equivocate
perception
cohesive
33. Logically connected
plagiarism
substantiated
coherent
prosaic
34. Stubborn; inflexible
obdurate
futile
suppressed
virtuoso
35. Mutual hatred or ill-will
enmity
coherent
convoluted
disparity
36. Not applied to actual objects
benign
austere
abstract
clarity
37. A selected part of a passage or scene
coherent
dubious
excerpt
pragmatic
38. Not straightforward; crafty
anthology
effusive
astute
disingenuous
39. No longer in use; old-fashioned
context
listless
obsolete
heinous
40. Responsive; agreeable
naive
conception
amenable
benevolent
41. An unusual - observable event
impede
austere
benign
phenomenon
42. Treating people as weak or inferior
subdue
condescending
catalog
dogmatic
43. To avoid making a definite statement
archaic
arbiter
equivocate
naive
44. Clearness in thought or expression
assiduous
torpor
clarity
medieval
45. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
biased
elusive
embellish
coup
46. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
pragmatic
proximity
effusive
alienated
47. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
capricious
modest
subdue
exemplary
48. To slow the progress of
naive
reclamation
ornate
impede
49. Enormous
insolent
ambiguous
prodigious
coup
50. Dine by secretive means
ornate
benevolent
surreptitiously
feral