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SAT Vocab Most Important Words
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sat
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english
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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. An example or model
wily
camaraderie
paradigm
conception
2. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
impinge
alliance
obscure
substantiated
3. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
opulent
quandary
anthology
acquired
4. Point of view
inconsequential
abstract
perspective
contemptuous
5. Elaborately decorated
eclectic
imperious
intuition
ornate
6. Feeling or showing little emotion
premonition
austere
apathetic
perspective
7. Difficult to comprehend
stoic
haughty
cryptic
didactic
8. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
indolent
emigrate
malleable
obstinate
9. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
excerpt
nascent
parody
hierarchy
10. Of or occurring in the night
arbiter
substantiated
nocturnal
patronizing
11. Well-meaning; generous
emphasize
benevolent
brusque
embellish
12. Certain to happen - unavoidable
wily
prosaic
alliance
inevitable
13. Unimportant
assertion
benevolent
inconsequential
caustic
14. Of chief concern or importance
fastidious
obsolete
servile
paramount
15. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
serene
emollient
obscure
realism
16. Highly respected
venerated
pejorative
pervasive
trivial
17. A beginner
lucid
disdain
novice
mundane
18. Mutual hatred or ill-will
toxic
innovative
enmity
obsolete
19. Unemotional; serious
staid
torpor
propriety
ambiguous
20. The philosophy or science of law
jurisprudence
conflagration
prosaic
apathetic
21. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
impression
arbiter
alleviate
quandary
22. Describing a dry - rainless climate
plausible
pervasive
paradigm
arid
23. Uninteresting; unchallenging
biased
insipid
caustic
cordial
24. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
stoic
transitory
acquired
camouflage
25. A collection of literary pieces
indifferent
consensus
anthology
maverick
26. Calm
timorous
trivial
archaic
serene
27. Equipment; a group of machines
medieval
embellish
apparatus
indifferent
28. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
mollify
plausible
eclectic
indolent
29. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
diligent
melancholy
patronizing
spurious
30. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
staid
maverick
florid
contemptuous
31. Responsive; agreeable
amenable
misconception
realism
malfeasance
32. The ability to form or understand an idea
brittle
plausible
reprehensible
conception
33. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
opulent
rational
listless
wily
34. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
objectivity
incorrigible
medley
deleterious
35. Sadness; depression
vindicated
suppressed
solvent
melancholy
36. Easily flowing
alliance
fluid
hierarchy
camaraderie
37. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
impartial
serene
suppressed
ambivalent
38. Worthy of blame
reprehensible
medieval
conflagration
comprehensive
39. Of little importance or significance
listless
replete
trivial
slander
40. Exercising good judgment or common sense
mediocrity
prudent
arid
lucid
41. Commendable; worthy of imitation
exemplary
abstract
didactic
vindicated
42. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
benign
cogent
rational
fabricated
43. Prejudiced
biased
cryptic
permeated
condemn
44. Biting sarcastic or witty
mural
stoic
caustic
emollient
45. Circumstances of a situation; environment
paramount
proliferate
exemplary
context
46. (v.) to make an itemized list of
impede
substantiated
arid
catalog
47. Referring to the Middle Ages - old-fashioned
medley
substantiated
impinge
medieval
48. Intricate; complex
asylum
haughty
staid
convoluted
49. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
putrid
anthology
disparage
aesthetic
50. Anxiety or fear about the future
solvent
impression
apprehension
cartographer