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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. Awareness; insight
obsolete
disingenuous
perception
gratuitous
2. Combative; belligerent
pugnacious
laudatory
conflagration
astute
3. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
vindicated
replete
medley
disdain
4. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
abstract
superficial
disingenuous
notorious
5. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
effusive
obstinate
superfluous
insolent
6. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
conception
harbinger
mollify
arid
7. Informative; contributing the one's awareness
haughty
florid
enlightening
patronizing
8. Freed from blame
condemn
idealize
vindicated
prudent
9. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
equanimity
impartial
substantiated
frenetic
10. Unemotional; serious
rancorous
staid
capricious
eclectic
11. To make vicious statements about
mundane
derived
superfluous
vilify
12. Unimportant
putrid
inconsequential
indolent
ominous
13. Intended to instruct
didactic
impartial
conviction
harbinger
14. Intricate; complex
clandestine
elusive
convoluted
staid
15. Treating people as weak or inferior
plagiarism
integrity
condemn
condescending
16. Inborn; built-in
dilatory
vilify
inherent
imperious
17. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
astute
insolent
superficial
malleable
18. Having no useful purpose; pointless
serene
gratuitous
laudatory
futile
19. Large in scope or content
propriety
comprehensive
enmity
rhetoric
20. Unimaginative; dull
intrepid
ponderous
inherent
prosaic
21. A selected part of a passage or scene
mural
clarity
frank
excerpt
22. Dine by secretive means
convoluted
phenomenon
conflagration
surreptitiously
23. A widespread fire
ominous
implication
conflagration
servile
24. Point of view
perspective
emollient
sanction
medley
25. Stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
dogmatic
assimilation
conflagration
hypocrisy
26. The ability to form or understand an idea
exculpate
convoluted
realism
conception
27. Clearness in thought or expression
objectivity
didactic
clarity
exemplary
28. Anxiety or fear about the future
ominous
apprehension
meticulous
integrity
29. Lacking energy
hypocrisy
listless
reclamation
paramount
30. Possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
copious
fastidious
objectivity
lucid
31. Extremely careful and precise
serene
meticulous
misconception
assiduous
32. To consider perfect
dictatorial
idealize
ambivalent
premonition
33. An authority who expresses his/her opinions
perception
vitality
pundit
malice
34. Well-meaning; generous
benevolent
eloquence
fastidious
fabricated
35. A tremendously skilled artist
putrid
truncated
harbinger
virtuoso
36. Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure - weak
surreptitiously
florid
cryptic
tenuous
37. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
insipid
feral
penitent
theoretical
38. Express grief for; mourn
florid
narrative
lament
innovative
39. Intense enthusiasm
imperious
ebullience
staid
feral
40. Feeling hatred; scornful
penitent
virtuoso
contemptuous
exemplary
41. To grow or increase rapidly
solvent
insolent
proliferate
florid
42. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
ornate
intuition
obstinate
staid
43. Misconduct or wrongdoing - especially by a public official
frank
malfeasance
conflagration
rancorous
44. Lacking sophistication
wary
stoic
implication
naive
45. Unplanned; naturally occurring
spontaneous
phenomenon
maverick
penitent
46. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
dogmatic
malice
impression
rhetoric
47. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
medieval
opulent
proliferate
elusive
48. Describing a dry - rainless climate
pugnacious
emphasize
torpor
arid
49. Easily understood; clear
lucid
melancholy
vindicated
prudent
50. Elaborately decorated
obdurate
ornate
obstinate
benevolent