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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. Friendly; sincere
premonition
intrepid
mundane
cordial
2. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
ambivalent
inveterate
staid
integrity
3. Impulsive and unpredictable
quandary
pugnacious
prudent
capricious
4. An ungrateful person
listless
diligent
malice
ingrate
5. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
enlightening
dogged
paramount
brittle
6. To absorb; to make similar
vitality
equanimity
assimilation
surreptitiously
7. To ease a pain or a burden
lament
disdain
alleviate
effusive
8. An occupation or profession
vocation
pugnacious
melancholy
conflagration
9. To consider perfect
idealize
propriety
ominous
mediocrity
10. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
dubious
exculpate
florid
rational
11. Habitually late
ambivalent
brittle
dilatory
effusive
12. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
slander
consensus
obdurate
equanimity
13. Dispersed throughout
pervasive
impartial
sanction
sanction
14. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
maverick
virtuoso
jurisprudence
biased
15. The ability to form or understand an idea
paradigm
harbinger
disparity
conception
16. Feeling hatred; scornful
ornate
timorous
egregious
contemptuous
17. Not straightforward; crafty
obdurate
frank
disingenuous
indolent
18. Treating in a condescending manner
endure
conviction
patronizing
discredit
19. Shortened; cut off
perspective
truncated
impinge
inherent
20. Large in scope or content
staid
proliferate
condescending
comprehensive
21. Worthy of blame
spontaneous
lament
wary
reprehensible
22. A declaration or statement
vitality
assertion
dogged
coup
23. Unplanned; naturally occurring
spontaneous
notorious
clandestine
implication
24. Spread or flowing throughout
staid
permeated
stratagem
solvent
25. An unusual - observable event
hypocrisy
assimilation
phenomenon
florid
26. One who designs or makes maps
lucid
propriety
penitent
cartographer
27. To free from guilt or blame
anthology
exculpate
enmity
conception
28. Unimportant
inconsequential
camouflage
reclamation
spontaneous
29. Insulting in manner or speech
insolent
impartial
hackneyed
mural
30. Certain to happen - unavoidable
inherent
comprehensive
inevitable
disparity
31. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
incumbent
intuition
hypocrisy
hackneyed
32. Extremely careful and precise
meticulous
superficial
transitory
substantiated
33. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
enlightening
opulent
imperious
biased
34. Unimaginative; dull
comprehensive
prosaic
flagrant
ominous
35. Proper; marked by good taste
diligent
decorous
vocation
suppressed
36. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
sedentary
arid
gratuitous
poignant
37. Difficult to comprehend
staid
consensus
cryptic
stratagem
38. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
exculpate
vitality
realism
comprehensive
39. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
cohesive
archaic
brusque
ponderous
40. Strikingly new or unusual
obdurate
apathetic
prosaic
novel
41. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
caustic
affable
vilify
transient
42. Mutual hatred or ill-will
tenuous
enmity
pundit
dubious
43. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
cogent
penitent
trivial
impartial
44. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
notorious
obstinate
torpor
naive
45. On guard; watchful
pervasive
emphasize
wary
arbiter
46. No longer in use; old-fashioned
timorous
medley
propriety
obsolete
47. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
mollify
harbinger
substantiated
misconception
48. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
narrative
suppressed
equanimity
impartial
49. Made; concocted in order to deceive
truncated
novice
fabricated
lucid
50. Informative; contributing the one's awareness
apparatus
enlightening
elusive
archaic