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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. Timid; fearful about the future
timorous
mural
hypocrisy
insipid
2. A widespread fire
assimilation
conflagration
vilify
apathetic
3. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
mediocrity
dictatorial
objectivity
paradigm
4. Shortened; cut off
truncated
obstinate
convoluted
disdain
5. Enormous
serene
ample
ruse
prodigious
6. Unimaginative; dull
ominous
prosaic
idealize
replete
7. Extremely careful and precise
emigrate
meticulous
indifferent
slander
8. (n.) an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
rational
truncated
consensus
sanction
9. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
assertion
innovative
arbiter
superficial
10. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
abstract
transient
despotic
trepidation
11. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
facetious
premonition
penitent
transitory
12. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
solvent
effusive
theoretical
harbinger
13. Sadness; depression
indolent
melancholy
intrepid
integrity
14. Having great depth or seriousness
opulent
profound
obsolete
candor
15. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
malleable
quandary
modest
tenuous
16. Playfully humorous
ambiguous
nascent
facetious
harbinger
17. Exercising good judgment or common sense
transient
novel
prudent
cartographer
18. Lacking application or practical application
theoretical
torpor
vilify
mediocrity
19. Of or occurring in the night
gratuitous
integrity
inconsequential
nocturnal
20. Plentiful; having a large quantity
copious
fractious
ambiguous
dogged
21. A judge who decides a disputed issue
condescending
arbiter
dubious
tenuous
22. Shrewd; clever
modest
catalog
astute
ample
23. Equipment; a group of machines
apparatus
feral
laudatory
propriety
24. Express grief for; mourn
eclectic
lament
superficial
obscure
25. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
transient
harbinger
premonition
intrepid
26. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
parody
exculpate
affable
staid
27. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
imperious
frank
florid
idealize
28. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
archaic
ample
maverick
rational
29. Having no useful purpose; pointless
futile
prodigious
prosaic
enmity
30. To make vicious statements about
vilify
fluid
insipid
putrid
31. Extremely dull
torpor
equanimity
ponderous
impression
32. Rotten
putrid
contemporary
capricious
eloquence
33. Sincerity; openness
intuition
benign
candor
convoluted
34. Dispersed throughout
pervasive
obdurate
quandary
staid
35. Not straightforward; crafty
biased
arbitrary
disingenuous
condescending
36. Clearness in thought or expression
clarity
heinous
exculpate
hypocrisy
37. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
disparity
mural
haughty
opulent
38. Quarrelsome; unruly
fractious
facile
profound
trivial
39. A union of two or more groups
whimsical
comprehensive
hypocrisy
alliance
40. Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure - weak
alliance
cohesive
tenuous
acquired
41. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
flagrant
whimsical
arbiter
ornate
42. An unusual - observable event
disparage
ample
phenomenon
astute
43. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
impression
incorrigible
modest
florid
44. Easily flowing
conviction
trivial
fluid
facile
45. The philosophy or science of law
malfeasance
vindicated
medieval
jurisprudence
46. Logically connected
melancholy
coherent
didactic
emigrate
47. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
gratuitous
disparity
compelling
candor
48. To give special attention to something - to stress
narrative
dictatorial
penitent
emphasize
49. Commonplace; ordinary
enmity
laudatory
transient
mundane
50. No longer in use; old-fashioned
patronizing
obsolete
conviction
arid