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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
equanimity
contemporary
impede
convoluted
2. Rudely abrupt
timorous
assimilation
arbiter
brusque
3. To cause to be doubted
cogent
spontaneous
discredit
impede
4. A collection of literary pieces
dilatory
narrative
frank
anthology
5. A widespread fire
obscure
haughty
austere
conflagration
6. Dine by secretive means
spontaneous
wily
flagrant
surreptitiously
7. Express grief for; mourn
brittle
assiduous
lament
putrid
8. Cunning
insolent
wily
theoretical
context
9. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
innate
propriety
cohesive
substantiated
10. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
mural
amenable
dictatorial
replete
11. To restrain; to hold back
subdue
hypocrisy
perception
imperious
12. A tremendously skilled artist
brittle
inveterate
virtuoso
biased
13. To calm or soothe
suppressed
mediocrity
incumbent
mollify
14. Not caring one way or the other
facetious
benign
indifferent
objectivity
15. Impulsive and unpredictable
prodigious
emphasize
capricious
spurious
16. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
transitory
frank
feral
imperious
17. A beginner
jurisprudence
pragmatic
profound
novice
18. Rotten
putrid
reprehensible
inveterate
patronizing
19. Biting sarcastic or witty
clandestine
medieval
caustic
eclectic
20. Kind and gentle
substantiated
propriety
benign
dilettante
21. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
meticulous
stratagem
discredit
sanction
22. A feeling about the future
ingrate
premonition
ostentatious
deleterious
23. To hide by blending in with surroundings
didactic
conflagration
diligent
camouflage
24. Large in scope or content
comprehensive
flagrant
didactic
misconception
25. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
facile
innovative
alleviate
opulent
26. Lacking application or practical application
listless
theoretical
arbitrary
impede
27. An occupation or profession
indolent
ponderous
penitent
vocation
28. Uncertainty; apprehension
timorous
superficial
ingrate
trepidation
29. An unusual - observable event
stoic
whimsical
malfeasance
phenomenon
30. To grow or increase rapidly
proliferate
spurious
conflagration
vitality
31. Lazy
disingenuous
vitality
indolent
hierarchy
32. All-powerful
omnipotent
genre
auspicious
ominous
33. Worthy of blame
surreptitiously
benevolent
disparage
reprehensible
34. Submissive; like a servant
servile
intuition
derived
lament
35. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
aesthetic
discourse
disparage
embellish
36. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
ruse
intuition
implication
omnipotent
37. To give official authorization or approval
embellish
sanction
pundit
innate
38. Intense enthusiasm
ominous
egregious
ebullience
asylum
39. Poisonous
ornate
asylum
toxic
dictatorial
40. Extreme ill will or spite
clarity
harbinger
derived
malice
41. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
diligent
objectivity
camaraderie
prudent
42. Unimaginative; dull
prosaic
cordial
misconception
poignant
43. Arrogant; vainly proud
servile
haughty
apprehension
obdurate
44. Having great depth or seriousness
superfluous
profound
quandary
opulent
45. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
convoluted
cryptic
mediocrity
trepidation
46. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
archaic
compelling
prosaic
biased
47. Unemotional; serious
futile
staid
catalog
fabricated
48. Plentiful; having a large quantity
copious
obdurate
incumbent
eloquence
49. Not applied to actual objects
affable
hackneyed
abstract
phenomenon
50. Introducing something new
dogmatic
innovative
clandestine
incumbent