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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. The act of making something useful again
arid
slander
eloquence
reclamation
2. Extra; unnecessary
ingrate
acquired
superfluous
aesthetic
3. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
eclectic
auspicious
tenuous
elusive
4. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
acquired
jurisprudence
cogent
vocation
5. Shortened; cut off
caustic
assiduous
truncated
plagiarism
6. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
melancholy
substantiated
condescending
insipid
7. Uninteresting; unchallenging
timorous
imperious
insipid
misconception
8. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
lucid
austere
plagiarism
despotic
9. To cause to be doubted
quandary
coup
cartographer
discredit
10. Not applied to actual objects
modest
permeated
theoretical
abstract
11. Practical
haughty
diligent
pragmatic
stratagem
12. Convincing; reasonable
cogent
disparity
candor
obscure
13. Having a harmful effect; injurious
deleterious
whimsical
harbinger
arid
14. All-powerful
abstract
affable
omnipotent
impartial
15. Sadness; depression
medieval
apprehension
melancholy
insipid
16. Treating in a condescending manner
servile
biased
patronizing
context
17. An authority who expresses his/her opinions
stratagem
consensus
superficial
pundit
18. Uncertainty; apprehension
novel
ostentatious
exculpate
trepidation
19. Calm
toxic
serene
sanction
enmity
20. Wildly excited or active
trivial
malfeasance
frenetic
decorous
21. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
patronizing
staid
emollient
modest
22. Condition of sticking together
apprehension
dilettante
cohesive
patronizing
23. Quarrelsome; unruly
timorous
spontaneous
fractious
pervasive
24. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
substantiated
realism
incorrigible
medley
25. A fixed or strong belief
conviction
whimsical
indifferent
omnipotent
26. Of chief concern or importance
paramount
disparage
perception
pugnacious
27. Dine by secretive means
benevolent
inevitable
surreptitiously
eloquence
28. Possessed at birth; inborn
innate
derived
idealize
dubious
29. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
permeated
nascent
stoic
obstinate
30. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
spurious
perception
hackneyed
dubious
31. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
heinous
assiduous
disingenuous
malleable
32. To consider perfect
lament
idealize
medley
vilify
33. Prejudiced
torpor
vilify
biased
embellish
34. To give special attention to something - to stress
acquired
emphasize
dilatory
nocturnal
35. Courageous; fearless
transient
pundit
intrepid
clarity
36. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
pejorative
paramount
copious
sedentary
37. One who designs or makes maps
cartographer
auspicious
vindicated
lament
38. Hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will
mundane
solvent
jurisprudence
rancorous
39. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
enlightening
brusque
notorious
nocturnal
40. Combative; belligerent
pugnacious
cartographer
assiduous
assertion
41. An example or model
obsolete
astute
conflagration
paradigm
42. Rotten
nascent
putrid
innate
hierarchy
43. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
incumbent
disparity
prodigious
cohesive
44. Not straightforward; crafty
assiduous
disingenuous
objectivity
insolent
45. Shrewd; clever
medieval
nascent
equivocate
astute
46. Trustworthiness; completeness
ample
excerpt
integrity
cohesive
47. Dispersed throughout
inveterate
pervasive
idealize
emphasize
48. Goodwill between friends
proliferate
discredit
camaraderie
coherent
49. Proper; marked by good taste
decorous
implication
transitory
stratagem
50. Feeling or showing little emotion
melancholy
apathetic
malfeasance
capricious