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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 group organized by rank
superfluous
cryptic
genre
hierarchy
2. Menacing; threatening
ominous
clandestine
apparatus
diligent
3. Closeness
camaraderie
eloquence
enmity
proximity
4. Having a harmful effect; injurious
aesthetic
medley
deleterious
acquired
5. (adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (n.) a story
modest
narrative
insipid
lucid
6. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
mural
innate
assertion
ominous
7. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
perception
benevolent
hypocrisy
feral
8. Extremely dull
egregious
discredit
ponderous
discourse
9. Giving praise
laudatory
didactic
inconsequential
coup
10. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
trivial
indifferent
archaic
abstract
11. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
asylum
auspicious
parody
obstinate
12. Poisonous
toxic
quandary
brittle
cryptic
13. Sincerity; openness
malice
stoic
candor
obscure
14. Friendly; sincere
whimsical
surreptitiously
prodigious
cordial
15. To make vicious statements about
insolent
vilify
facile
slander
16. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
pundit
incumbent
gratuitous
maverick
17. Worn-out through overuse; trite
dubious
capricious
hackneyed
mediocrity
18. Clearness in thought or expression
enmity
malfeasance
medieval
clarity
19. Difficult to comprehend
insipid
venerated
cryptic
asylum
20. Calm
ample
stratagem
serene
vocation
21. Intricate; complex
venerated
convoluted
indifferent
contemporary
22. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
torpor
brittle
notorious
indolent
23. Circumstances of a situation; environment
mural
context
sanction
prudent
24. Easy-going; friendly
fastidious
prudent
affable
ruse
25. Of or occurring in the night
nocturnal
copious
condescending
toxic
26. Coming into existence; emerging
rancorous
fabricated
nascent
alienated
27. Easily understood; clear
obscure
nocturnal
disparity
lucid
28. Treating in a condescending manner
slander
superficial
clandestine
patronizing
29. The philosophy or science of law
jurisprudence
laudatory
novice
implication
30. Determined by impulse rather than reason
asylum
arbitrary
modest
malice
31. Plentiful; having a large quantity
fluid
malfeasance
coherent
copious
32. Kind and gentle
trivial
benign
narrative
cordial
33. All-powerful
egregious
omnipotent
putrid
biased
34. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
diligent
realism
comprehensive
parody
35. Having no useful purpose; pointless
impinge
dubious
futile
equanimity
36. Secretive
suppressed
clandestine
emollient
brittle
37. Proper; marked by good taste
emphasize
copious
obsolete
decorous
38. A selected part of a passage or scene
transient
excerpt
jurisprudence
hackneyed
39. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
propriety
sonorous
imperious
eclectic
40. Informative; contributing the one's awareness
disdain
plausible
hypocrisy
enlightening
41. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
propriety
despotic
flagrant
obstinate
42. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
torpor
diligent
genre
brittle
43. (v.) to make an itemized list of
catalog
embellish
hypocrisy
capricious
44. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
candor
mollify
equanimity
anthology
45. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
impartial
reclamation
dilettante
asylum
46. A widespread fire
pugnacious
conflagration
eclectic
disparity
47. A union of two or more groups
egregious
incumbent
alliance
inveterate
48. Submissive; like a servant
futile
apathetic
intuition
servile
49. Profoundly moving; touching
poignant
futile
obscure
compelling
50. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
auspicious
fastidious
disingenuous
florid