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SAT - TOEFL High Frequency 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. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
repudiate
bombastic
probity
spectrum
2. Causing sleep or lethargy
untenable
soporific
discretion
predilection
3. Expression of praise - often on the occasion of someone's death
aesthetic
eulogy
soporific
opprobium
4. Fervent; ardent; impassioned
vexation
porous
zealous
subpoena
5. Deny
venerate
gainsay
dismiss
goad
6. Settle down; descend; grow quiet
torpor
reprobate
subside
luminous
7. Stubborn - unyielding
ardor
inconsequential
derivative
obstinate
8. Penitent
contrite
torpor
magnanimity
officious
9. Hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality
recant
banal
itinerary
intransigent
10. To plunge or drop straight down
plummet
iconoclast
dearth
pungent
11. An established set of principles or code of laws - often religious in nature
diatribe
mercurial
canon
philanthropy
12. Revealing no emotion
inundate
discordant
impassive
gregarious
13. Ancient - old-fashioned
inert
discordant
stymie
archaic
14. Greed - esp. for wealth
misanthrope
luminous
avarice
iconoclast
15. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
spurious
bolster
skeptic
subside
16. Stubbornly opinionated
anachronism
dogmatic
erudite
diffidence
17. To produce - cause - or bring about
recluse
engender
enumerate
paean
18. Greatly emotional or zealous
divulge
stolid
fervent
facetious
19. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
complaisant
relegate
pristine
volatile
20. Dictatorial in one's opinions
viscous
dogmatic
prescience
dismiss
21. An abusive - condemnatory speech
antagonize
occlude
diatribe
malingerer
22. Filled with truth and accuracy
veracity
apathy
hegemony
vex
23. Not harmonious; conflicting
discordant
luminous
felicitous
boorish
24. Lacking interest or flavor
insipid
anachronism
enervate
inundate
25. Diligent
assiduous
convoluted
pragmatic
veracious
26. Departing from norms or conventions
eccentric
connoisseur
indeterminate
divest
27. Earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
rarefy
exacerbate
meticulous
levee
28. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
insipid
whimsical
fervor
plethora
29. Severe poverty; stinginess
penury
virulent
tacit
reverent
30. Lacking funds; without money
impecunious
crescendo
problematic
catalyst
31. Questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
queries
opprobrium
germane
vacillate
32. Disintegration; looseness in morals
verbose
exacerbate
intractable
dissolution
33. Forerunner; harbinger
precursor
monotony
alleviate
apathy
34. Token of disgrace; brand
stigma
sanction
problematic
inimical
35. Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
aesthetic
innocuous
fawn
mundane
36. Trying to please by behaving obsequiously - flattering or cringing
relegate
fawn
fawning
ubiquitous
37. To provide support or reinforcement
attenuate
hackneyed
bolster
disingenuous
38. Intended to teach or instruct
inured
didactic
pithy
assuage
39. Lie - mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
irascible
rhetoric
stolid
equivocate
40. Violating accepted dogma or convention
facilitate
heretical
aver
opprobrium
41. To present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character
reticent
audacious
dissemble
viscous
42. Relieve
desultory
mercurial
elegy
alleviate
43. Beginning to come into being or to become apparent
tenuous
incipient
gregarious
inchoate
44. Arrogant presumption or pride
impunity
hubris
castigation
tangential
45. Overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
ameliorate
condone
audacious
obviate
46. Clear from blame
exculpate
irresolute
lament
cogent
47. The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart - esp. in forgiving
magnanimity
evanescent
harangue
lament
48. Showing innocence or childlike simplicity
ingenuous
ubiquitous
enigma
repudiate
49. One-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
partisan
explicit
flag
abscond
50. A puzzle; a mystery
mollify
trenchant
enigma
erudite