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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. Worthy of blame
equivocate
austere
inconsequential
reprehensible
2. To give official authorization or approval
condemn
arid
sanction
convoluted
3. Closeness
proximity
proliferate
affable
emollient
4. Commendable; worthy of imitation
exemplary
spurious
fluid
acquired
5. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
cartographer
mural
servile
harbinger
6. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
plausible
integrity
realism
hypocrisy
7. An authority who expresses his/her opinions
malfeasance
pundit
discredit
suppressed
8. To grow or increase rapidly
surreptitiously
hackneyed
affable
proliferate
9. Extremely careful and precise
premonition
trepidation
meticulous
spurious
10. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
malfeasance
fastidious
malleable
innovative
11. Lacking sophistication
inconsequential
naive
compelling
tenacity
12. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
realism
putrid
torpor
vilify
13. Secretive
obdurate
florid
clandestine
venerated
14. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family or homeland)
alienated
incorrigible
discourse
ambiguous
15. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
truncated
impression
pundit
objectivity
16. Lacking application or practical application
theoretical
perspective
consensus
premonition
17. Goodwill between friends
sedentary
obstinate
camaraderie
clarity
18. Hatefully evil; abominable
heinous
assertion
conflagration
feral
19. No longer in use; old-fashioned
naive
contemptuous
obsolete
propriety
20. Freed from blame
inconsequential
biased
vindicated
ruse
21. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transient
coup
wary
acquired
22. A selected part of a passage or scene
conviction
sanction
excerpt
malfeasance
23. Rudely abrupt
dictatorial
toxic
arid
brusque
24. Not applied to actual objects
abstract
dilatory
emphasize
indolent
25. (v.) to make an itemized list of
melancholy
catalog
venerated
ornate
26. Arrogant; vainly proud
pejorative
rhetoric
venerated
haughty
27. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
condemn
disingenuous
fabricated
implication
28. To make vicious statements about
haughty
vilify
ambiguous
auspicious
29. Friendly; sincere
cordial
lucid
stratagem
candor
30. A widespread fire
mundane
conflagration
diligent
toxic
31. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
subdue
camouflage
austere
compelling
32. Large in scope or content
innate
comprehensive
penitent
insipid
33. To give special attention to something - to stress
dogmatic
emphasize
harbinger
diligent
34. Hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will
profound
perspective
rancorous
torpor
35. A union of two or more groups
assiduous
superficial
alliance
apprehension
36. Stubbornly persevering
dogged
brittle
reclamation
coherent
37. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
dubious
perception
dilatory
obdurate
38. Circumstances of a situation; environment
endure
inherent
ornate
context
39. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
discredit
archaic
integrity
plagiarism
40. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
harbinger
trivial
indifferent
obstinate
41. Of little importance or significance
profound
trivial
putrid
equivocate
42. Plentiful; having a large quantity
prodigious
copious
genre
wily
43. Worn-out through overuse; trite
propriety
plausible
hackneyed
cryptic
44. Habitually late
clandestine
omnipotent
torpor
dilatory
45. Logically connected
coherent
innovative
exculpate
phenomenon
46. Having great depth or seriousness
ambiguous
spurious
profound
ample
47. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
ingrate
florid
camouflage
medley
48. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
slander
biased
plausible
heinous
49. Impulsive and unpredictable
ornate
capricious
fluid
haughty
50. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
toxic
tenacity
truncated
archaic