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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. Current - modern; from the same time
theoretical
medley
emigrate
contemporary
2. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
impinge
dubious
elusive
truncated
3. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
despotic
benign
ambivalent
venerated
4. Courageous; fearless
nascent
intrepid
excerpt
trivial
5. Not straightforward; crafty
disingenuous
obstinate
frank
cohesive
6. Possessed at birth; inborn
intuition
prosaic
listless
innate
7. Impulsive and unpredictable
superfluous
capricious
benevolent
camaraderie
8. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
comprehensive
prudent
disparage
acquired
9. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
despotic
ambiguous
contemptuous
objectivity
10. A group organized by rank
inherent
excerpt
hierarchy
truncated
11. Sincerity; openness
vindicated
candor
enlightening
whimsical
12. Calm
serene
tenuous
convoluted
paramount
13. To free from guilt or blame
exculpate
trivial
reprehensible
diligent
14. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
inevitable
malleable
nascent
15. Giving praise
conviction
laudatory
coup
slander
16. Feeling hatred; scornful
cryptic
contemptuous
quandary
innovative
17. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
gratuitous
pugnacious
spontaneous
toxic
18. Dine by secretive means
camouflage
fastidious
imperious
surreptitiously
19. Appropriateness of behavior
alleviate
torpor
propriety
novice
20. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
stoic
florid
perspective
mural
21. Treating people as weak or inferior
condescending
obdurate
spontaneous
replete
22. Open to more than one interpretation
laudatory
ambiguous
maverick
assiduous
23. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
flagrant
implication
facile
superficial
24. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
equanimity
alliance
capricious
sanction
25. A feeling about the future
premonition
pundit
rhetoric
lucid
26. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
superficial
capricious
dilatory
naive
27. Having a harmful effect; injurious
acquired
deleterious
objectivity
mollify
28. Circumstances of a situation; environment
context
disingenuous
plausible
despotic
29. Large in scope or content
malice
auspicious
misconception
comprehensive
30. Biting sarcastic or witty
embellish
maverick
caustic
prosaic
31. Shrewd; clever
pragmatic
obdurate
astute
feral
32. Describing a showy or pretentious display
egregious
equanimity
ostentatious
insipid
33. A declaration or statement
enmity
lucid
benign
assertion
34. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
egregious
imperious
mediocrity
coherent
35. Submissive; like a servant
servile
astute
proximity
propriety
36. Uninteresting; unchallenging
insipid
contemporary
intrepid
meticulous
37. To avoid making a definite statement
condemn
narrative
equivocate
jurisprudence
38. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
pragmatic
impartial
facile
gratuitous
39. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
misconception
putrid
rational
obdurate
40. Clearness in thought or expression
mollify
equanimity
clarity
discourse
41. The ability to form or understand an idea
conception
inevitable
trivial
conviction
42. (adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (n.) a story
insipid
coup
disdain
narrative
43. (n.) an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
sanction
inevitable
facile
intuition
44. Habitually late
ponderous
dilatory
novice
propriety
45. Intense enthusiasm
affable
ebullience
mural
innovative
46. Stubborn; inflexible
apathetic
obdurate
malfeasance
perception
47. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
feral
cogent
effusive
impinge
48. To ease a pain or a burden
hackneyed
disdain
alleviate
ominous
49. Short-lived or temporary
dilettante
disingenuous
transitory
spurious
50. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
rhetoric
coherent
egregious
ambiguous