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SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words
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Subjects
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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 disclose something secret
itinerary
complaisance
placate
divulge
2. Calm; not easily disturbed
philanthropy
phlegmatic
dissonance
convention
3. Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
pervade
abate
capricious
banal
4. A recent convert; a beginner; novice
tirade
tenuous
neophyte
waver
5. Introductory statement
infelicitous
preamble
disabuse
prolific
6. The willingness to comply with the wishes of others
morose
complaisance
bombastic
ameliorate
7. To sway physically; to be indecisive
quixotic
imperturbable
vacillate
audacious
8. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
lucid
anomaly
eloquent
ambiguous
9. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
phlegmatic
stoic
infelicitous
garrulous
10. Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
abscond
inimical
impervious
officious
11. To make worse or more severe
magnanimity
exacerbate
lucid
squander
12. To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
caustic
supposition
anarchy
equivocate
13. To increase in number quickly
discrete
bucolic
proliferate
esoteric
14. Make thinner; weaken or lessen (in density - force - degree)
inveigle
proscribe
attenuate
solvent
15. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
qualms
enumerate
trenchant
dogmatic
16. Plan of a trip
iconoclast
itinerary
felicitous
aggrandize
17. Rude; insensitive
accolade
diatribe
neologism
boorish
18. Sleeping; lethargic; latent
cogent
redoubtable
dormant
connoisseur
19. Lethargic; sluggish; dormant
culpable
pedantic
apathy
torpid
20. To plunge or drop straight down
aesthetic
emollient
plummet
cogent
21. Split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)
diffuse
dichotomy
plethora
platitude
22. To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
meticulous
occlude
disinterested
prattle
23. To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
equivocate
convoluted
malinger
pernicious
24. Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
implacable
impetuous
mollify
inchoate
25. Peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
elegy
misanthrope
conundrum
tangential
26. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
surfeit
culpable
derision
transitory
27. Intended to teach or instruct
oscillation
sanction
didactic
torpor
28. Causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
lucid
relegate
elegy
soporific
29. Something that discourages; hindrance
irascible
discretion
deterrent
malleable
30. Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
intransigence
irascible
veracious
obfuscate
31. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
fervor
salubrious
fortuitous
reverent
32. Promoting health or well-being
luminous
supplant
salubrious
decorum
33. Strong inclination; liking
artless
penchant
solvent
pedant
34. Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
stint
aesthetic
prescience
onerous
35. Hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
aberrant
impede
recondite
attenuate
36. Settle down; descend; grow quiet
obsequious
disparate
subside
supersede
37. Impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
plethora
opaque
lucid
untenable
38. Ridicule; make fun of
insipid
dilettante
obdurate
deride
39. Revere
venerate
gregarious
aesthetic
dogmatic
40. Poverty; destitution
magnanimity
penury
intransigent
volatile
41. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
denigrate
connoisseur
precarious
repudiate
42. To set right; to free from error
impetuous
disabuse
alleviate
harangue
43. To clear from blame; prove innocent
equanimity
exculpate
default
castigate
44. Exonerate; to clear of blame
frugality
penurious
sporadic
exculpate
45. Contradict; give a false impression
belie
penurious
philanthropy
plethora
46. Hint; imply; creep in
insinuate
refute
problematic
deference
47. Eliminate from consideration; reject
waver
dismiss
garrulous
innocuous
48. Lacking in flavor; dull
truculence
insipid
intransigent
emollient
49. Extremely careful about details
morose
paean
inadvertently
meticulous
50. Stubbornly opinionated
waver
quotidian
desultory
dogmatic