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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. Sadness; depression
melancholy
astute
ominous
dogmatic
2. Enormous
prodigious
perception
plagiarism
novice
3. Cunning
reprehensible
innate
wily
spurious
4. To restrain; to hold back
listless
subdue
biased
mollify
5. Uninteresting; unchallenging
insipid
pugnacious
emphasize
capricious
6. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family or homeland)
theoretical
notorious
poignant
alienated
7. One who designs or makes maps
anthology
prodigious
cartographer
fluid
8. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
florid
harbinger
clarity
arid
9. To consider perfect
inherent
heinous
idealize
premonition
10. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
endure
hypocrisy
impede
transitory
11. Stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
putrid
plausible
condemn
dogmatic
12. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
cohesive
hackneyed
dilettante
austere
13. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
arbitrary
substantiated
elusive
tenacity
14. Shrewd; clever
discourse
ominous
disingenuous
astute
15. Point of view
disparity
nocturnal
implication
perspective
16. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
jurisprudence
superficial
biased
medieval
17. Worthy of blame
clandestine
reprehensible
benevolent
amenable
18. Calm
cryptic
coherent
ominous
serene
19. Lazy
indolent
flagrant
trepidation
cartographer
20. Feeling or showing little emotion
effusive
pejorative
apathetic
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21. To cause to be doubted
assiduous
discredit
cordial
paramount
22. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
trivial
dogged
acquired
truncated
23. The act of making something useful again
wary
paradigm
reclamation
vilify
24. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
context
asylum
vitality
condemn
25. Indisputable; not open to question
profound
incontrovertible
obdurate
fractious
26. Favorable; promising
objectivity
auspicious
serene
staid
27. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
acquired
staid
notorious
prodigious
28. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
putrid
inherent
eloquence
ostentatious
29. To ease a pain or a burden
alleviate
meticulous
disparity
austere
30. Hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will
rancorous
malice
inherent
modest
31. Having great depth or seriousness
profound
pundit
candor
integrity
32. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
torpor
timorous
derived
laudatory
33. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
facile
exculpate
profound
fastidious
34. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
archaic
genre
impinge
malfeasance
35. Copied or adapted from a source
naive
truncated
inherent
derived
36. A judge who decides a disputed issue
eclectic
arbiter
clarity
equivocate
37. Producing a deep or full sound
effusive
superficial
ruse
sonorous
38. Made; concocted in order to deceive
enmity
eloquence
fabricated
objectivity
39. Habitually late
conflagration
coherent
surreptitiously
dilatory
40. Stubborn; inflexible
obdurate
ostentatious
indolent
indifferent
41. (n.) contempt - scorn (v.) to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
disdain
endure
camaraderie
implication
42. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
disparage
hierarchy
paradigm
pragmatic
43. Possessed at birth; inborn
tenuous
mural
innate
emphasize
44. A group organized by rank
disingenuous
clandestine
hierarchy
incumbent
45. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
discourse
disparity
omnipotent
impression
46. Freed from blame
misconception
apathetic
vindicated
brusque
47. Prejudiced
astute
insolent
inveterate
biased
48. To give official authorization or approval
sanction
inherent
indolent
meticulous
49. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
harbinger
compelling
conception
ebullience
50. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transient
inveterate
abstract
obdurate