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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. Worn-out through overuse; trite
hackneyed
putrid
stratagem
superficial
2. A widespread fire
conflagration
novel
ingrate
anthology
3. A place of retreat or security
clarity
virtuoso
asylum
patronizing
4. To grow or increase rapidly
proliferate
conception
paramount
reclamation
5. Practical
inevitable
assimilation
discourse
pragmatic
6. Hinder; interfere with
camouflage
frank
torpor
impinge
7. A group organized by rank
sanction
wary
hierarchy
emollient
8. Giving praise
inevitable
ruse
laudatory
consensus
9. Kind and gentle
staid
benign
elusive
biased
10. Large in scope or content
superficial
ample
ebullience
comprehensive
11. Menacing; threatening
slander
obdurate
ominous
coherent
12. To consider perfect
incumbent
lament
quandary
idealize
13. Made; concocted in order to deceive
tenuous
fabricated
putrid
rhetoric
14. Commonplace; ordinary
eloquence
mundane
sedentary
medley
15. Of chief concern or importance
imperious
theoretical
sedentary
paramount
16. An occupation or profession
comprehensive
torpor
mediocrity
vocation
17. Commendable; worthy of imitation
exemplary
implication
heinous
conception
18. Certain to happen - unavoidable
context
coup
inevitable
maverick
19. Closeness
egregious
paradigm
dubious
proximity
20. Inborn; built-in
coup
dogged
inherent
superfluous
21. To leave one country or region and settle in another
archaic
emigrate
convoluted
emollient
22. A beginner
amenable
novice
ruse
ambiguous
23. Playfully humorous
copious
auspicious
facetious
austere
24. The philosophy or science of law
superficial
indolent
equivocate
jurisprudence
25. Exercising good judgment or common sense
assertion
prudent
ambiguous
spontaneous
26. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
alliance
eclectic
archaic
implication
27. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
parody
nascent
benign
embellish
28. Without decoration; strict
austere
impede
plausible
abstract
29. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
impression
maverick
intrepid
disingenuous
30. Circumstances of a situation; environment
context
cryptic
astute
realism
31. Habitually late
parody
dilatory
medieval
pugnacious
32. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
ruse
elusive
malleable
genre
33. The act of suggesting or hinting
auspicious
implication
mural
trivial
34. Having no useful purpose; pointless
medley
futile
hackneyed
dogmatic
35. (n.) contempt - scorn (v.) to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
feral
asylum
acquired
disdain
36. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
disparity
substantiated
catalog
integrity
37. Sadness; depression
eclectic
melancholy
inveterate
apparatus
38. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
despotic
eloquence
dogged
inevitable
39. Possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
brusque
fastidious
prodigious
indolent
40. Highly respected
venerated
mundane
disparage
arbitrary
41. Intense enthusiasm
emollient
sanction
hypocrisy
ebullience
42. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
proliferate
flagrant
condemn
brittle
43. Short-lived or temporary
didactic
transitory
candor
discourse
44. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
imperious
frenetic
apathetic
superficial
45. Wildly excited or active
feral
frenetic
inevitable
mundane
46. Combative; belligerent
pugnacious
notorious
flagrant
phenomenon
47. Biting sarcastic or witty
caustic
dilettante
egregious
pejorative
48. An ungrateful person
camouflage
phenomenon
ingrate
omnipotent
49. Not migratory; settled
prudent
permeated
dogged
sedentary
50. Unplanned; naturally occurring
obstinate
spontaneous
plausible
equanimity