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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. Unimaginative; dull
prosaic
arid
endure
facile
2. An example or model
omnipotent
paradigm
assimilation
benevolent
3. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
eclectic
pejorative
plagiarism
asylum
4. Sadness; depression
impinge
ostentatious
narrative
melancholy
5. Awareness; insight
obdurate
torpor
idealize
perception
6. Freed from blame
vindicated
rational
cryptic
eclectic
7. Conspicuously bad or offensive
stoic
egregious
arid
cohesive
8. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
obstinate
ruse
elusive
astute
9. Having a harmful effect; injurious
deleterious
paradigm
dilettante
novice
10. (adj.) relatively unknown (v.) to conceal or make indistinct
naive
nocturnal
profound
obscure
11. Misconduct or wrongdoing - especially by a public official
malfeasance
assertion
ambivalent
plausible
12. Subdued; kept from being circulated
trepidation
suppressed
venerated
subdue
13. Hinder; interfere with
context
incontrovertible
facile
impinge
14. Not caring one way or the other
paradigm
timorous
indifferent
insolent
15. To consider perfect
derived
wily
impede
idealize
16. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
diligent
idealize
servile
stratagem
17. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
obstinate
mural
coup
assertion
18. Logically connected
clarity
coherent
mollify
exemplary
19. To make vicious statements about
gratuitous
assiduous
vilify
insipid
20. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
replete
obsolete
biased
rancorous
21. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
compelling
clarity
superficial
22. A tremendously skilled artist
assimilation
ambivalent
diligent
virtuoso
23. To give special attention to something - to stress
proximity
proliferate
emphasize
ambivalent
24. Well-meaning; generous
toxic
copious
caustic
benevolent
25. Proper; marked by good taste
discredit
decorous
contemptuous
cordial
26. Cunning
meticulous
wily
spurious
diligent
27. A judge who decides a disputed issue
vindicated
hierarchy
enlightening
arbiter
28. Mutual hatred or ill-will
ruse
prodigious
enmity
fastidious
29. A group organized by rank
penitent
mural
incorrigible
hierarchy
30. To avoid making a definite statement
spurious
equivocate
aesthetic
melancholy
31. Worn-out through overuse; trite
facile
hackneyed
surreptitiously
brusque
32. Appropriateness of behavior
austere
propriety
contemporary
assertion
33. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
malleable
trepidation
aesthetic
disparage
34. Short-lived or temporary
transitory
serene
austere
innovative
35. Unimportant
haughty
inconsequential
incorrigible
sedentary
36. Habitually late
impartial
dilatory
elusive
equivocate
37. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
toxic
trepidation
incumbent
fractious
38. To free from guilt or blame
alleviate
context
exculpate
condescending
39. To slow the progress of
impede
facetious
jurisprudence
superfluous
40. Uncertainty; apprehension
feral
trepidation
arid
perception
41. Informative; contributing the one's awareness
spontaneous
clandestine
intrepid
enlightening
42. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
inevitable
rational
contemptuous
superfluous
43. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transient
eloquence
dictatorial
intrepid
44. Feeling or showing little emotion
lament
plagiarism
apathetic
alleviate
45. Profoundly moving; touching
apathetic
effusive
benevolent
poignant
46. Favorable; promising
auspicious
pervasive
flagrant
permeated
47. Impulsive and unpredictable
vindicated
capricious
haughty
didactic
48. Unable to be reformed
incorrigible
substantiated
disparity
integrity
49. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
malfeasance
conviction
premonition
equanimity
50. Practical
embellish
candor
archaic
pragmatic