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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. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect - esp. in literature and art
prodigal
reprobate
parody
reticent
2. Following or in agreement with accepted - traditional standards
rhetoric
canonical
amalgamate
volatile
3. Overcharge
daunt
prescience
intractable
gouge
4. Claim; thesis
tenuous
contention
chicanery
luminous
5. A natural predisposition or inclination
artless
proclivity
squalid
discredit
6. Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
shard
crescendo
perspicacious
obsequious
7. Prevailing among a specific group of people or an area
noxious
static
endemic
ambiguous
8. Confuse; puzzle
imperturbable
aesthetic
tirade
confound
9. Improvised; done without preparation
pervasive
ephemeral
dissemble
extemporaneous
10. Troubling; burdensome
verbose
tout
onerous
discerning
11. Occurring irregularly
fanatical
pine
eulogy
sporadic
12. Dictatorial in one's opinions
dogmatic
insipid
insinuate
neophyte
13. To sway physically; to be indecisive
cogent
impermeable
aver
vacillate
14. Introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite
incorporate
resolve
discretion
alacrity
15. Draw out by discussion
acerbic
elicit
viable
foment
16. To disguise or conceal; to mislead
dissemble
reprobate
misanthrope
fatuous
17. Enjoy; have a distinctive flavor - smell - or quality
precipitate
savor
flout
castigation
18. Split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)
dichotomy
complaisance
discerning
ebullient
19. At rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
nascent
stint
quiescent
endemic
20. A universally recognized principle
dissemble
resolve
axiom
enigmatic
21. Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic
obsequious
vigilant
germane
loquacious
22. Ostracize; banish; outlaw
discretion
proscribe
flout
glib
23. Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
dissonance
spurious
pervasive
obsequious
24. To obstruct or block
emulate
occlude
abeyance
verbose
25. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
innocuous
aesthetic
equivocate
mitigate
26. Lacking sophistication or experience
venerate
irascible
naive
refractory
27. Pompous speech or expression
impunity
grandiloquence
misanthrope
paragon
28. Wandering and unpredictable
erratic
pernicious
mollify
incongruity
29. To block; thwart
stymie
refulgent
capricious
anachronism
30. Evoking intense aversion or dislike
intransigence
insinuate
odious
veracity
31. Correct a false impression; undeceive
disabuse
inured
metaphor
inchoate
32. One who hates all other humans
abscond
misanthrope
laconic
impassive
33. Languor; weariness
decorum
lassitude
aesthetic
transient
34. Stubborn - unyielding
obstinate
zealot
anachronism
mollify
35. Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
contrite
germane
euphemism
decorum
36. Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
enigmatic
elegy
garrulous
piety
37. Prevent by taking action in advance
recluse
pedantic
forestall
paucity
38. Aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
pristine
desultory
garrulous
advocate
39. One-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
partisan
paean
venerate
discrete
40. Overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties
plummet
presumptuous
qualified
reverent
41. The art or profession of training - teaching - or instructing
malleable
pedagogy
eulogy
equivocate
42. Settle down; descend; grow quiet
urbane
meticulous
subside
aberrant
43. Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
furtive
abstain
canonical
levee
44. To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
catalyst
precipitate
equivocate
salubrious
45. The art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
rhetoric
propitiate
eulogy
apprise
46. Stubborn
ameliorate
obdurate
deride
pristine
47. Biting in wit
banal
disparate
caustic
tenuous
48. Depart secretly and hide
obsequious
abscond
incongruity
garrulous
49. Not capable of change
indeterminate
lavish
immutable
hackneyed
50. Regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
elegy
engender
lucid
contrite