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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. To give official authorization or approval
ebullience
sanction
reclamation
innovative
2. Equipment; a group of machines
idealize
apparatus
inconsequential
nascent
3. Stubbornly persevering
proximity
penitent
sanction
dogged
4. Without decoration; strict
candor
superfluous
superficial
austere
5. Extremely dull
lucid
cartographer
ponderous
ample
6. Convincing; reasonable
surreptitiously
cogent
slander
prosaic
7. Stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
derived
florid
dogmatic
endure
8. Not caring one way or the other
indifferent
facetious
vitality
compelling
9. Playfully humorous
malleable
coherent
melancholy
facetious
10. Arrogant; vainly proud
narrative
brittle
propriety
haughty
11. Difficult to comprehend
ambiguous
stratagem
convoluted
cryptic
12. Referring to the Middle Ages - old-fashioned
profound
plausible
medieval
subdue
13. (n.) an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
sanction
cohesive
meticulous
disingenuous
14. Savage; untamed
contemptuous
context
feral
stratagem
15. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
inherent
emollient
omnipotent
facile
16. Describing a dry - rainless climate
amenable
arid
trivial
condemn
17. Closeness
caustic
mollify
ingrate
proximity
18. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
malfeasance
discourse
toxic
haughty
19. (adj.) softening and soothing (n.) something that softens or soothes
dictatorial
anthology
emollient
paramount
20. Intricate; complex
malice
diligent
capricious
convoluted
21. Energy; power to survive
brusque
ambiguous
vitality
medley
22. To restrain; to hold back
wary
eloquence
subdue
caustic
23. Rotten
ponderous
narrative
putrid
fractious
24. Habitually late
rational
fluid
dilatory
conviction
25. Easily understood; clear
lucid
permeated
intrepid
alienated
26. Easily flowing
affable
discredit
compelling
fluid
27. Hatefully evil; abominable
genre
discredit
servile
heinous
28. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
fractious
objectivity
consensus
replete
29. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
innate
imperious
coup
frank
30. Express grief for; mourn
disparage
patronizing
inveterate
lament
31. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
integrity
patronizing
harbinger
facetious
32. Feeling or showing little emotion
apathetic
disdain
transient
amenable
33. To absorb; to make similar
alienated
assimilation
stratagem
insipid
34. Lazy
integrity
toxic
malfeasance
indolent
35. To ease a pain or a burden
alleviate
pugnacious
facetious
whimsical
36. Extra; unnecessary
superfluous
obscure
mollify
pundit
37. Hard-working
assiduous
deleterious
lucid
emollient
38. Not applied to actual objects
abstract
discourse
apprehension
amenable
39. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
intuition
pragmatic
exemplary
torpor
40. Logically connected
parody
coherent
ample
egregious
41. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
notorious
alleviate
conviction
indolent
42. Not genuine; false - counterfeit
auspicious
condescending
spurious
lucid
43. Kind and gentle
incontrovertible
reclamation
toxic
benign
44. Indisputable; not open to question
nocturnal
slander
contemporary
incontrovertible
45. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
solvent
truncated
rhetoric
endure
46. Large in scope or content
comprehensive
consensus
servile
brusque
47. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
assiduous
embellish
inveterate
parody
48. Plentiful; having a large quantity
meticulous
permeated
copious
maverick
49. No longer in use; old-fashioned
modest
obsolete
candor
anthology
50. Short-lived or temporary
transitory
mediocrity
naive
alliance