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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. Difficult to comprehend
novel
condescending
trepidation
cryptic
2. Stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
serene
dilatory
innovative
dogmatic
3. Giving praise
laudatory
malice
context
novel
4. Having great depth or seriousness
ruse
abstract
profound
obscure
5. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
replete
parody
enmity
theoretical
6. A feeling about the future
sanction
premonition
dubious
incorrigible
7. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
embellish
incorrigible
transient
lament
8. (adj.) softening and soothing (n.) something that softens or soothes
emollient
slander
asylum
archaic
9. (n.) contempt - scorn (v.) to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
realism
disdain
prudent
deleterious
10. The ability to form or understand an idea
conception
convoluted
camouflage
propriety
11. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
inherent
quandary
contemptuous
modest
12. To calm or soothe
mollify
enlightening
impression
disingenuous
13. Of little importance or significance
permeated
surreptitiously
cohesive
trivial
14. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
abstract
dogged
timorous
15. Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure - weak
exculpate
prudent
enlightening
tenuous
16. Energy; power to survive
profound
catalog
vitality
comprehensive
17. Anxiety or fear about the future
apprehension
coup
novice
cohesive
18. To make vicious statements about
hackneyed
obdurate
vilify
tenuous
19. Not straightforward; crafty
hackneyed
trepidation
disingenuous
integrity
20. Point of view
serene
torpor
dilettante
perspective
21. Hard-working
quandary
assiduous
wary
biased
22. Menacing; threatening
futile
alliance
clarity
ominous
23. Intricate; complex
sedentary
replete
reclamation
convoluted
24. Rudely abrupt
arbitrary
brusque
mediocrity
obsolete
25. Lacking sophistication
naive
condemn
innovative
slander
26. Freed from blame
naive
impression
indolent
vindicated
27. Strikingly new or unusual
impede
subdue
novel
impartial
28. The act of making something useful again
reclamation
clandestine
poignant
idealize
29. Clearness in thought or expression
fastidious
clarity
disparage
idealize
30. Unable to be reformed
incorrigible
inherent
contemporary
insolent
31. Elaborately decorated
despotic
prodigious
ornate
alleviate
32. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
condemn
rancorous
disparage
replete
33. Extreme ill will or spite
malice
staid
virtuoso
emphasize
34. Proper; marked by good taste
equivocate
affable
paradigm
decorous
35. Treating in a condescending manner
maverick
sanction
patronizing
dubious
36. An unusual - observable event
phenomenon
camouflage
imperious
melancholy
37. Short-lived or temporary
vilify
transitory
incorrigible
context
38. Of chief concern or importance
paramount
medieval
eclectic
pervasive
39. Enormous
torpor
parody
prodigious
vitality
40. Plentiful; having a large quantity
jurisprudence
copious
incorrigible
penitent
41. To leave one country or region and settle in another
substantiated
jurisprudence
malfeasance
emigrate
42. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
condescending
wary
feral
flagrant
43. Feeling hatred; scornful
integrity
putrid
contemptuous
ample
44. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
conception
mural
plagiarism
fastidious
45. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
torpor
putrid
assertion
objectivity
46. Intense enthusiasm
anthology
ebullience
implication
incumbent
47. Persistence
tenacity
emollient
dogmatic
camaraderie
48. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
cordial
elusive
intuition
alliance
49. Friendly; sincere
cordial
discredit
disdain
disparity
50. Responsive; agreeable
obscure
perspective
amenable
patronizing