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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. Copied or adapted from a source
incontrovertible
derived
haughty
vindicated
2. Proper; marked by good taste
decorous
auspicious
profound
condemn
3. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
clarity
haughty
anthology
parody
4. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
facetious
replete
quandary
hackneyed
5. To ease a pain or a burden
alleviate
incontrovertible
dilatory
derived
6. Of or occurring in the night
nocturnal
alienated
melancholy
phenomenon
7. On guard; watchful
implication
omnipotent
nocturnal
wary
8. Worn-out through overuse; trite
prosaic
hackneyed
conflagration
brusque
9. Treating people as weak or inferior
transitory
melancholy
clandestine
condescending
10. (adj.) relatively unknown (v.) to conceal or make indistinct
anthology
dubious
ominous
obscure
11. Possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
integrity
capricious
biased
fastidious
12. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
equanimity
omnipotent
virtuoso
pundit
13. To consider perfect
idealize
camouflage
florid
futile
14. Dine by secretive means
sedentary
surreptitiously
incumbent
hypocrisy
15. Coming into existence; emerging
aesthetic
copious
nascent
condescending
16. A judge who decides a disputed issue
arbiter
ominous
mediocrity
deleterious
17. (adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (n.) a story
compelling
inherent
narrative
capricious
18. Stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
sedentary
dogmatic
copious
assertion
19. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
idealize
embellish
perspective
prodigious
20. Hatefully evil; abominable
cohesive
ebullience
parody
heinous
21. Sadness; depression
heinous
melancholy
caustic
prodigious
22. To leave one country or region and settle in another
perception
diligent
emigrate
realism
23. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
perspective
diligent
meticulous
stratagem
24. Easily understood; clear
lucid
obstinate
coherent
exculpate
25. Certain to happen - unavoidable
compelling
inevitable
perspective
impede
26. Prejudiced
novice
biased
incorrigible
austere
27. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
exemplary
integrity
disparage
rancorous
28. (adj.) softening and soothing (n.) something that softens or soothes
emollient
disdain
ornate
candor
29. Insulting in manner or speech
excerpt
staid
insolent
phenomenon
30. Kind and gentle
harbinger
equivocate
permeated
benign
31. Calm
narrative
mural
mediocrity
serene
32. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
gratuitous
ruse
plausible
brusque
33. A feeling about the future
dictatorial
discredit
premonition
alliance
34. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
compelling
ornate
impartial
dilatory
35. Dispersed throughout
arbitrary
facetious
inveterate
pervasive
36. Point of view
perspective
perception
contemptuous
hierarchy
37. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
acquired
fabricated
reprehensible
auspicious
38. To calm or soothe
convoluted
mollify
medley
impartial
39. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
candor
truncated
notorious
40. The ability to form or understand an idea
spurious
conception
comprehensive
alliance
41. Well-meaning; generous
lucid
benevolent
transitory
lament
42. A group organized by rank
fabricated
reclamation
hierarchy
rancorous
43. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
vilify
inveterate
coherent
whimsical
44. Rudely abrupt
innate
prudent
genre
brusque
45. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
medley
harbinger
archaic
malleable
46. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
parody
candor
florid
exemplary
47. Friendly; sincere
cordial
replete
transitory
benevolent
48. Unplanned; naturally occurring
emphasize
spontaneous
putrid
pejorative
49. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
assertion
disparity
indolent
haughty
50. Misconduct or wrongdoing - especially by a public official
solvent
malfeasance
deleterious
laudatory