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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. Intricate; complex
convoluted
replete
conviction
dubious
2. An unusual - observable event
consensus
phenomenon
indifferent
notorious
3. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
innate
naive
disparage
ambivalent
4. Poisonous
toxic
maverick
haughty
discourse
5. Not genuine; false - counterfeit
spurious
clarity
proximity
indolent
6. Having great depth or seriousness
profound
deleterious
replete
transient
7. A feeling about the future
intrepid
premonition
perception
notorious
8. Trustworthiness; completeness
patronizing
incumbent
enlightening
integrity
9. Describing a dry - rainless climate
discourse
arid
wary
opulent
10. Copied or adapted from a source
subdue
derived
equanimity
candor
11. To ease a pain or a burden
despotic
cryptic
eloquence
alleviate
12. Rudely abrupt
brusque
cogent
eloquence
condemn
13. Not straightforward; crafty
ample
clandestine
disingenuous
idealize
14. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
sanction
plagiarism
brittle
misconception
15. Treating people as weak or inferior
condescending
incorrigible
effusive
servile
16. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
facile
servile
obdurate
obstinate
17. Elaborately decorated
eloquence
exculpate
sanction
ornate
18. Stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
meticulous
parody
mediocrity
dogmatic
19. Stubborn; inflexible
decorous
gratuitous
obdurate
permeated
20. Easily understood; clear
prodigious
lucid
coherent
frank
21. Producing a deep or full sound
patronizing
sonorous
convoluted
subdue
22. The act of making something useful again
brittle
objectivity
reclamation
enmity
23. To grow or increase rapidly
intrepid
proliferate
fluid
ruse
24. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
camaraderie
plausible
consensus
propriety
25. Having a harmful effect; injurious
cordial
alleviate
feral
deleterious
26. To restrain; to hold back
tenuous
stoic
subdue
benevolent
27. Commendable; worthy of imitation
dictatorial
conception
exemplary
proximity
28. Extremely careful and precise
meticulous
elusive
acquired
emphasize
29. Difficult to comprehend
narrative
capricious
discourse
cryptic
30. A judge who decides a disputed issue
arbiter
fabricated
incontrovertible
quandary
31. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
serene
disparity
incumbent
conviction
32. Indisputable; not open to question
enmity
biased
benign
incontrovertible
33. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
sonorous
ample
eclectic
rational
34. Lacking sophistication
embellish
biased
egregious
naive
35. To hide by blending in with surroundings
disdain
prosaic
transient
camouflage
36. Giving praise
pugnacious
laudatory
context
theoretical
37. A crafty trick
ruse
dilettante
alleviate
frenetic
38. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
slander
perception
egregious
assiduous
39. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
frank
theoretical
disdain
impression
40. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
medley
sonorous
auspicious
disdain
41. Anxiety or fear about the future
spontaneous
enlightening
conception
apprehension
42. A collection of literary pieces
substantiated
melancholy
conflagration
anthology
43. To absorb; to make similar
intrepid
gratuitous
rational
assimilation
44. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
equanimity
parody
sonorous
alliance
45. Express grief for; mourn
wary
penitent
flagrant
lament
46. To put up with to survive a hardship
vitality
endure
mural
impinge
47. Describing a large amount of something
inherent
nocturnal
assertion
ample
48. Practical
malfeasance
pragmatic
perspective
propriety
49. Responsive; agreeable
mollify
amenable
anthology
ornate
50. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
condemn
cryptic
diligent
fluid