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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. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
excerpt
eclectic
harbinger
toxic
2. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
tenuous
stoic
acquired
elusive
3. The act of suggesting or hinting
auspicious
arbitrary
implication
austere
4. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
suppressed
genre
plausible
dictatorial
5. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
incumbent
integrity
obstinate
cordial
6. A union of two or more groups
trivial
alliance
decorous
servile
7. Arrogant; vainly proud
patronizing
timorous
arid
haughty
8. Sadness; depression
assimilation
melancholy
abstract
wily
9. Coming into existence; emerging
lucid
nascent
imperious
emphasize
10. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
disparage
mollify
medley
eloquence
11. Prejudiced
malfeasance
biased
hierarchy
cordial
12. An unusual - observable event
innovative
ingrate
phenomenon
integrity
13. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
realism
virtuoso
torpor
misconception
14. Hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will
apprehension
rancorous
superficial
nocturnal
15. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
hierarchy
innovative
despotic
inveterate
16. Spread or flowing throughout
conviction
permeated
ornate
equivocate
17. Easy-going; friendly
affable
conception
ambiguous
pundit
18. Closeness
proximity
eloquence
conflagration
insolent
19. A feeling about the future
aesthetic
premonition
archaic
stratagem
20. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
diligent
obdurate
stoic
fabricated
21. Easily understood; clear
surreptitiously
transient
lucid
haughty
22. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
stratagem
superfluous
apprehension
amenable
23. Describing a category of artistic endeavor
sonorous
wary
genre
catalog
24. Quarrelsome; unruly
whimsical
fractious
wily
copious
25. Express grief for; mourn
frank
plausible
austere
lament
26. Not migratory; settled
sedentary
conflagration
astute
aesthetic
27. To cause to be doubted
discredit
incorrigible
mundane
comprehensive
28. A group organized by rank
enmity
hierarchy
effusive
assiduous
29. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
rhetoric
fastidious
trepidation
replete
30. An example or model
prudent
rancorous
reprehensible
paradigm
31. Trustworthiness; completeness
integrity
didactic
obdurate
fractious
32. Not straightforward; crafty
wily
equivocate
disingenuous
ample
33. Intense enthusiasm
realism
vocation
ostentatious
ebullience
34. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
notorious
equanimity
assiduous
incumbent
35. Point of view
perspective
indolent
pervasive
vocation
36. The ability to form or understand an idea
conception
lucid
insolent
prodigious
37. Lazy
indolent
sanction
inevitable
embellish
38. A selected part of a passage or scene
derived
ponderous
condemn
excerpt
39. (adj.) relatively unknown (v.) to conceal or make indistinct
disingenuous
slander
phenomenon
obscure
40. Subdued; kept from being circulated
suppressed
dogged
flagrant
disparity
41. Intricate; complex
contemptuous
convoluted
ostentatious
asylum
42. Secretive
objectivity
clandestine
servile
disingenuous
43. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
equanimity
toxic
proliferate
malleable
44. Logically connected
emphasize
sanction
fastidious
coherent
45. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
despotic
indolent
medley
compelling
46. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
equivocate
malice
facetious
plagiarism
47. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
cogent
harbinger
superficial
lament
48. Stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
dogmatic
emigrate
disparity
fluid
49. Rotten
solvent
putrid
listless
lucid
50. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
objectivity
innovative
effusive
obstinate