SAT Essay Vocabulary
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SAT Essay Vocabulary
Group 1 - Matching Quizzes
ascendancy 
1
 | wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease |
| superiority or decisive advantage; domination |
| difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind |
| supported by two opposing parties |
barrage
2
| blameworthy |
| artificial obstruction; heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles |
| diligent; responsible; reliable |
| free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved |
byzantine
3
| willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect |
| convoluted, complex |
| completely lacking; barren or empty |
| modest and reserved in manner or behavior |
deference
4
| ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
| blameworthy |
| willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect |
| puzzle; difficult problem |
demonstrative
5
| responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable |
| superiority or decisive advantage; domination |
| limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle |
| openly emotional |
derogatory
6
| convoluted, complex |
| urgent, dreadful |
| expressing low opinion; disparaging; belittling |
| quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy |
despot
7
| tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; eastern Orthodox bishop |
| modest and reserved in manner or behavior |
| puzzle; difficult problem |
| rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing |
disheartening
8
| discouraging |
| shy |
| deliberately deceptive |
| set forth; set out to public view |
distaste
9
| dislike, aversion |
| ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
| set forth; set out to public view |
| hard to understand; known only in a particular group |
duplicitous
10
| greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain |
| deliberately deceptive |
| difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind |
| done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent |