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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. Unimaginative; dull
prosaic
astute
abstract
alienated
2. Lacking energy
disparage
dictatorial
putrid
listless
3. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
fractious
plagiarism
superficial
replete
4. (adj.) relatively unknown (v.) to conceal or make indistinct
impartial
coherent
obscure
idealize
5. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
egregious
notorious
premonition
mediocrity
6. Spread or flowing throughout
indolent
transitory
ominous
permeated
7. Feeling hatred; scornful
contemptuous
omnipotent
arid
pundit
8. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
substantiated
coup
equivocate
solvent
9. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
pugnacious
premonition
disingenuous
pejorative
10. Easily flowing
fluid
impinge
capricious
cogent
11. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
intuition
acquired
obstinate
inconsequential
12. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
ambivalent
stratagem
disingenuous
equivocate
13. Insulting in manner or speech
insolent
plausible
ostentatious
stratagem
14. Strikingly new or unusual
indifferent
notorious
novel
medieval
15. Hatefully evil; abominable
heinous
virtuoso
vindicated
stoic
16. Persistence
profound
conviction
proximity
tenacity
17. Appropriateness of behavior
parody
torpor
vindicated
propriety
18. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
prudent
brusque
facile
permeated
19. Treating people as weak or inferior
malice
sanction
condescending
ominous
20. Dine by secretive means
trepidation
incumbent
pugnacious
surreptitiously
21. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
premonition
clarity
eclectic
penitent
22. A widespread fire
obstinate
conflagration
harbinger
inevitable
23. Combative; belligerent
novel
vilify
pugnacious
sonorous
24. Coming into existence; emerging
condemn
emollient
discredit
nascent
25. Describing a showy or pretentious display
ostentatious
spurious
facile
austere
26. No longer in use; old-fashioned
laudatory
obsolete
premonition
camaraderie
27. To leave one country or region and settle in another
ambiguous
astute
caustic
emigrate
28. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
quandary
reclamation
ostentatious
replete
29. An occupation or profession
vocation
apathetic
apprehension
mundane
30. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
frenetic
plausible
stoic
rational
31. (n.) an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
insipid
sanction
novice
substantiated
32. Dispersed throughout
abstract
pervasive
stratagem
surreptitiously
33. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
tenacity
malleable
objectivity
mollify
34. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
imperious
eloquence
pugnacious
emphasize
35. To consider perfect
apathetic
ambivalent
putrid
idealize
36. Not migratory; settled
sedentary
plausible
harbinger
condemn
37. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
medley
hierarchy
trepidation
archaic
38. Lacking sophistication
naive
cordial
nocturnal
facile
39. Of little importance or significance
permeated
arid
trivial
obstinate
40. Short-lived or temporary
naive
affable
transitory
emollient
41. Exercising good judgment or common sense
prudent
impartial
aesthetic
spontaneous
42. Inborn; built-in
hypocrisy
inherent
dogged
frank
43. Describing a dry - rainless climate
hackneyed
gratuitous
archaic
arid
44. A judge who decides a disputed issue
intuition
decorous
aesthetic
arbiter
45. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
incumbent
equanimity
inherent
intrepid
46. Trustworthiness; completeness
integrity
florid
discredit
clarity
47. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
aesthetic
opulent
naive
maverick
48. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
decorous
whimsical
impression
nascent
49. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
vindicated
impede
eclectic
diligent
50. Submissive; like a servant
servile
acquired
ominous
ornate