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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. Closeness
archaic
proximity
indolent
malleable
2. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
medley
pragmatic
impartial
disdain
3. To hide by blending in with surroundings
notorious
torpor
incumbent
camouflage
4. Exercising good judgment or common sense
pundit
inherent
impression
prudent
5. Shrewd; clever
maverick
arbiter
dilatory
astute
6. Not migratory; settled
malfeasance
ample
sedentary
arbitrary
7. Clearness in thought or expression
cohesive
propriety
virtuoso
clarity
8. Not genuine; false - counterfeit
brittle
spurious
acquired
perspective
9. Lazy
eclectic
indolent
effusive
sanction
10. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
prudent
penitent
acquired
frank
11. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
vitality
cohesive
dictatorial
superficial
12. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
endure
astute
slander
dogged
13. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
wary
pejorative
permeated
apathetic
14. Well-meaning; generous
vindicated
astute
benevolent
insipid
15. Combative; belligerent
pugnacious
dilettante
enlightening
servile
16. Referring to the Middle Ages - old-fashioned
medieval
decorous
narrative
dogmatic
17. Determined by impulse rather than reason
fabricated
nocturnal
facetious
arbitrary
18. (v.) to make an itemized list of
catalog
dogmatic
virtuoso
innovative
19. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
paramount
jurisprudence
compelling
cartographer
20. To slow the progress of
impede
propriety
coherent
modest
21. Of little importance or significance
trivial
deleterious
arbiter
biased
22. Hinder; interfere with
superfluous
obscure
impinge
fluid
23. Intended to instruct
didactic
biased
arbiter
enlightening
24. Impulsive and unpredictable
malfeasance
capricious
poignant
insolent
25. Able to pay one's debts
assertion
rhetoric
solvent
obdurate
26. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
enlightening
dilatory
aesthetic
nocturnal
27. Practical
ornate
feral
pragmatic
timorous
28. Commonplace; ordinary
propriety
consensus
lament
mundane
29. Unimaginative; dull
discredit
dogmatic
facetious
prosaic
30. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
misconception
harbinger
caustic
propriety
31. To ease a pain or a burden
conflagration
suppressed
alleviate
virtuoso
32. An example or model
elusive
ostentatious
paradigm
theoretical
33. (adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (n.) a story
narrative
poignant
assimilation
apprehension
34. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
cryptic
indolent
acquired
prodigious
35. To grow or increase rapidly
proliferate
emollient
naive
discourse
36. Unimportant
naive
inconsequential
modest
sanction
37. Rotten
theoretical
mundane
equanimity
putrid
38. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
maverick
cordial
florid
inconsequential
39. Uncertainty; apprehension
impede
harbinger
clarity
trepidation
40. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
integrity
proliferate
caustic
obstinate
41. Wildly excited or active
frenetic
apathetic
parody
laudatory
42. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
solvent
embellish
didactic
enlightening
43. Sadness; depression
melancholy
disingenuous
cartographer
disparity
44. Trustworthiness; completeness
sedentary
integrity
inherent
surreptitiously
45. Possessed at birth; inborn
substantiated
innate
derived
clandestine
46. General agreement
consensus
rational
serene
brittle
47. Not applied to actual objects
ingrate
abstract
novice
eloquence
48. Stubborn; inflexible
emollient
servile
obdurate
permeated
49. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
mediocrity
impression
opulent
impinge
50. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
ample
substantiated
dilettante
benign