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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. Of or occurring in the night
mediocrity
nocturnal
equanimity
melancholy
2. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
coherent
despotic
cartographer
gratuitous
3. Intended to instruct
ostentatious
didactic
inherent
permeated
4. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
feral
opulent
prudent
maverick
5. Having great depth or seriousness
profound
brusque
inveterate
condescending
6. Referring to the Middle Ages - old-fashioned
endure
arbiter
medieval
quandary
7. Feeling or showing little emotion
inconsequential
convoluted
apathetic
amenable
8. Shrewd; clever
cryptic
integrity
ominous
astute
9. To give special attention to something - to stress
emphasize
prudent
disparage
abstract
10. Indisputable; not open to question
biased
incontrovertible
timorous
dogged
11. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
asylum
gratuitous
perspective
tenacity
12. Circumstances of a situation; environment
florid
brittle
context
effusive
13. All-powerful
omnipotent
mediocrity
maverick
malleable
14. Not applied to actual objects
conception
substantiated
abstract
ornate
15. Not genuine; false - counterfeit
laudatory
spurious
substantiated
ambivalent
16. To grow or increase rapidly
proliferate
mundane
contemptuous
heinous
17. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
deleterious
florid
malleable
ample
18. An occupation or profession
vocation
fastidious
florid
abstract
19. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
frank
emollient
feral
medieval
20. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
facetious
apparatus
acquired
ample
21. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
ambivalent
rhetoric
plagiarism
penitent
22. Unable to be reformed
incorrigible
cohesive
ambivalent
replete
23. Unplanned; naturally occurring
spontaneous
conviction
sanction
inherent
24. Easily understood; clear
dogmatic
arid
rancorous
lucid
25. To put up with to survive a hardship
exculpate
proximity
conviction
endure
26. Subdued; kept from being circulated
equivocate
elusive
premonition
suppressed
27. (adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (n.) a story
narrative
dubious
pervasive
premonition
28. To slow the progress of
elusive
impede
superficial
aesthetic
29. Condition of sticking together
listless
cohesive
acquired
astute
30. No longer in use; old-fashioned
ambiguous
anthology
obsolete
assimilation
31. To consider perfect
disparage
candor
idealize
transitory
32. An ungrateful person
auspicious
tenacity
ingrate
novice
33. (adj.) relatively unknown (v.) to conceal or make indistinct
lament
context
meticulous
obscure
34. Hard-working
assiduous
profound
vilify
acquired
35. A selected part of a passage or scene
sedentary
emphasize
excerpt
misconception
36. A widespread fire
enlightening
insolent
conflagration
sedentary
37. An example or model
consensus
tenacity
paradigm
truncated
38. Of chief concern or importance
paramount
imperious
venerated
opulent
39. Convincing; reasonable
innate
cogent
coherent
context
40. Mutual hatred or ill-will
enmity
prodigious
medley
malleable
41. Plentiful; having a large quantity
naive
copious
vilify
pervasive
42. Misconduct or wrongdoing - especially by a public official
malfeasance
arbiter
listless
wily
43. Sincerity; openness
inconsequential
candor
putrid
servile
44. A crafty trick
idealize
alienated
impede
ruse
45. Point of view
propriety
perspective
discourse
malfeasance
46. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
conviction
equanimity
spontaneous
impression
47. Of little importance or significance
archaic
trivial
whimsical
medieval
48. To avoid making a definite statement
ebullience
cogent
equivocate
conception
49. To leave one country or region and settle in another
misconception
idealize
perception
emigrate
50. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
apprehension
objectivity
brittle
fractious