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SAT Vocab Most Important Words
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sat
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english
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1. (adj.) softening and soothing (n.) something that softens or soothes
capricious
emollient
implication
eloquence
2. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
intrepid
transient
diligent
slander
3. Not migratory; settled
sedentary
frenetic
didactic
staid
4. To cause to be doubted
endure
discredit
obsolete
affable
5. Condition of sticking together
heinous
cohesive
equivocate
poignant
6. Sincerity; openness
obscure
candor
obdurate
ominous
7. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
narrative
enlightening
gratuitous
abstract
8. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
torpor
discredit
archaic
obstinate
9. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
elusive
dogged
cryptic
conviction
10. The ability to form or understand an idea
pejorative
dilatory
conception
slander
11. On guard; watchful
impartial
wary
eloquence
prodigious
12. Intended to instruct
ebullience
abstract
superficial
didactic
13. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
brittle
anthology
permeated
jurisprudence
14. Not caring one way or the other
indifferent
conviction
egregious
hackneyed
15. Impulsive and unpredictable
candor
capricious
whimsical
harbinger
16. Kind and gentle
benign
virtuoso
mural
impede
17. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
apprehension
catalog
mediocrity
insolent
18. To slow the progress of
impede
clandestine
dubious
facile
19. Wildly excited or active
theoretical
malfeasance
frenetic
consensus
20. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
exemplary
impinge
haughty
slander
21. Prejudiced
ruse
biased
objectivity
eloquence
22. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
equanimity
reclamation
exemplary
superficial
23. Feeling hatred; scornful
disdain
enmity
ebullience
contemptuous
24. To make vicious statements about
vilify
discredit
profound
feral
25. An ungrateful person
ingrate
superficial
coherent
endure
26. A widespread fire
medieval
conflagration
replete
patronizing
27. Convincing; reasonable
cogent
malfeasance
emollient
catalog
28. Unimportant
harbinger
inconsequential
brittle
embellish
29. Describing a showy or pretentious display
emphasize
paradigm
jurisprudence
ostentatious
30. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
indolent
plausible
tenuous
maverick
31. Lacking sophistication
rational
naive
capricious
sonorous
32. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
florid
sanction
impression
cartographer
33. Arrogant; vainly proud
disingenuous
mundane
conviction
haughty
34. Worthy of blame
reprehensible
parody
innate
catalog
35. Habitually late
propriety
replete
pejorative
dilatory
36. Informative; contributing the one's awareness
benign
nocturnal
enlightening
rational
37. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
affable
arbitrary
rancorous
38. Rotten
putrid
harbinger
theoretical
vocation
39. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
vocation
discredit
whimsical
40. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
impinge
transitory
discourse
pugnacious
41. Shrewd; clever
astute
alienated
frank
novice
42. An occupation or profession
vocation
futile
surreptitiously
alleviate
43. An example or model
trivial
transitory
paradigm
transient
44. Large in scope or content
clarity
insipid
benevolent
comprehensive
45. The act of making something useful again
reclamation
staid
cohesive
pragmatic
46. (n.) an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
suppressed
hackneyed
abstract
sanction
47. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
mundane
superficial
assimilation
discredit
48. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
dogmatic
fastidious
intuition
deleterious
49. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
coherent
opulent
ornate
substantiated
50. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
poignant
alliance
plausible
aesthetic