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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. Producing a deep or full sound
spurious
nocturnal
sonorous
candor
2. Describing a category of artistic endeavor
theoretical
equivocate
torpor
genre
3. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
emigrate
malleable
intuition
condemn
4. Shrewd; clever
astute
deleterious
didactic
ample
5. Equipment; a group of machines
wary
inevitable
dilettante
apparatus
6. Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure - weak
narrative
tenuous
impinge
brittle
7. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
discourse
opulent
assiduous
proliferate
8. To absorb; to make similar
novice
assimilation
brittle
despotic
9. A place of retreat or security
context
asylum
obscure
eloquence
10. Determined by impulse rather than reason
benign
cordial
obscure
arbitrary
11. Enormous
tenuous
exculpate
prodigious
equanimity
12. Lacking energy
camaraderie
slander
proximity
listless
13. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
mollify
meticulous
archaic
condemn
14. Not caring one way or the other
innovative
paramount
perception
indifferent
15. A union of two or more groups
novel
emphasize
alliance
vindicated
16. A judge who decides a disputed issue
vocation
alleviate
arbiter
patronizing
17. Indisputable; not open to question
indolent
inveterate
incontrovertible
transient
18. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
parody
ominous
mural
dilatory
19. Not straightforward; crafty
paradigm
disingenuous
incorrigible
astute
20. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
exemplary
lucid
hypocrisy
pugnacious
21. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
disparity
vocation
emigrate
rancorous
22. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family or homeland)
reprehensible
disingenuous
alienated
sonorous
23. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
opulent
permeated
alliance
dogmatic
24. An example or model
paradigm
putrid
consensus
lament
25. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
aesthetic
vindicated
dictatorial
equivocate
26. Rudely abrupt
intuition
brusque
melancholy
wily
27. Calm
dilatory
serene
enmity
toxic
28. Circumstances of a situation; environment
trepidation
misconception
catalog
context
29. Lacking sophistication
impression
naive
plagiarism
whimsical
30. Goodwill between friends
camaraderie
transitory
facile
pugnacious
31. (adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (n.) a story
notorious
assiduous
indolent
narrative
32. Unimportant
conception
intrepid
inconsequential
trivial
33. Poisonous
toxic
wily
asylum
putrid
34. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
anthology
pejorative
hierarchy
obstinate
35. Hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will
emigrate
rancorous
paradigm
reclamation
36. Large in scope or content
superfluous
clandestine
phenomenon
comprehensive
37. The philosophy or science of law
hackneyed
austere
brittle
jurisprudence
38. Courageous; fearless
alliance
alleviate
dictatorial
intrepid
39. Timid; fearful about the future
alienated
tenacity
perspective
timorous
40. To free from guilt or blame
dubious
exculpate
compelling
nocturnal
41. Profoundly moving; touching
cryptic
incontrovertible
poignant
genre
42. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
compelling
brittle
cartographer
endure
43. Difficult to comprehend
laudatory
cryptic
endure
candor
44. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
deleterious
flagrant
serene
malice
45. (adj.) softening and soothing (n.) something that softens or soothes
eloquence
timorous
emollient
nocturnal
46. To avoid making a definite statement
genre
misconception
equivocate
sanction
47. Rotten
incontrovertible
auspicious
putrid
notorious
48. Anxiety or fear about the future
prudent
stratagem
apprehension
incumbent
49. Copied or adapted from a source
derived
copious
poignant
dilettante
50. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
harbinger
abstract
astute
equanimity