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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. Impulsive and unpredictable
capricious
plagiarism
condescending
suppressed
2. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
affable
vindicated
stoic
pejorative
3. An ungrateful person
trivial
disparage
harbinger
ingrate
4. Able to pay one's debts
solvent
penitent
context
venerated
5. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
disparage
fastidious
incontrovertible
sonorous
6. To free from guilt or blame
exculpate
clarity
frenetic
benign
7. Producing a deep or full sound
solvent
tenacity
equanimity
sonorous
8. Freed from blame
sedentary
candor
abstract
vindicated
9. To cause to be doubted
trivial
plausible
arid
discredit
10. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
misconception
integrity
incumbent
benign
11. (adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (n.) a story
pragmatic
impinge
narrative
cryptic
12. Dine by secretive means
listless
nascent
feral
surreptitiously
13. Not caring one way or the other
camaraderie
derived
asylum
indifferent
14. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
consensus
proximity
pragmatic
realism
15. Timid; fearful about the future
hypocrisy
objectivity
harbinger
timorous
16. Made; concocted in order to deceive
deleterious
hypocrisy
diligent
fabricated
17. Closeness
proximity
trepidation
apathetic
fluid
18. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
whimsical
enmity
florid
dogmatic
19. A crafty trick
assertion
dictatorial
obstinate
ruse
20. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
convoluted
camouflage
quandary
integrity
21. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
tenuous
stoic
perception
inveterate
22. Mutual hatred or ill-will
convoluted
enmity
jurisprudence
fabricated
23. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
proliferate
brittle
rational
alleviate
24. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
malfeasance
gratuitous
lucid
opulent
25. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
medley
implication
candor
superfluous
26. Quarrelsome; unruly
medieval
fractious
proximity
apathetic
27. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
brusque
lucid
rational
enmity
28. Well-meaning; generous
impinge
ponderous
prosaic
benevolent
29. Difficult to comprehend
sonorous
stoic
wary
cryptic
30. Insulting in manner or speech
hierarchy
insolent
perspective
gratuitous
31. Worn-out through overuse; trite
hackneyed
innovative
proximity
putrid
32. Express grief for; mourn
narrative
perspective
lament
obsolete
33. Having great depth or seriousness
hierarchy
profound
phenomenon
torpor
34. Rotten
pervasive
putrid
fluid
derived
35. (adj.) softening and soothing (n.) something that softens or soothes
eloquence
pejorative
emollient
frank
36. Stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
truncated
dogmatic
fabricated
austere
37. Unemotional; serious
eloquence
prosaic
staid
fabricated
38. Strikingly new or unusual
novel
paradigm
insipid
maverick
39. An example or model
paradigm
substantiated
contemptuous
medley
40. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
substantiated
discredit
notorious
convoluted
41. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
poignant
maverick
dictatorial
propriety
42. The act of suggesting or hinting
implication
conviction
brusque
deleterious
43. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
equanimity
obdurate
conception
medley
44. Not applied to actual objects
compelling
lucid
medieval
abstract
45. Anxiety or fear about the future
ominous
apprehension
harbinger
premonition
46. Of chief concern or importance
contemptuous
paramount
meticulous
emphasize
47. Inborn; built-in
inherent
quandary
diligent
slander
48. Friendly; sincere
mundane
cordial
wary
obdurate
49. Submissive; like a servant
genre
impression
venerated
servile
50. Extremely careful and precise
pervasive
venerated
meticulous
omnipotent