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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. One who opposes established beliefs - customs - and institutions
iconoclast
ostentatious
intransigent
assiduous
2. Given to intense or excessive devotion to something
impermeable
idolatrous
hackneyed
prodigal
3. Ostracize; banish; outlaw
proscribe
reprobate
convoluted
disjointed
4. To copy; to try to equal or excel
rancorous
ameliorate
emulate
approbation
5. Loquacious; wordy; talkative
reverent
garrulous
beneficent
disseminate
6. Injure; hurt
vituperative
impair
permeate
daunt
7. Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
anomalous
gregarious
eclectic
pervasive
8. To criticize severely; to officially rebuke
coagulate
elegy
imperturbable
censure
9. Deception by means of craft or guile
desultory
catalyst
chicanery
pristine
10. Promoting health or well-being
profligate
salubrious
volatile
elegy
11. Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
artless
anachronism
exonerate
audacious
12. Treacherous; disloyal
converge
dogmatic
precipitate
perfidious
13. Hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
impetuous
iconoclast
squalid
disparate
14. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
preamble
ambivalence
flout
inundate
15. Brainless; inane; foolish - yet smug
intrepid
zeal
obviate
fatuous
16. Lethargic; sluggish; dormant
harangue
mendacity
torpid
pristine
17. Not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern
repudiate
meticulous
subtle
vigilant
18. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
assiduous
aver
pervasive
connoisseur
19. One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
idolatrous
arbitrate
iconoclast
preamble
20. Urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention
inert
demur
reticent
exigency
21. Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
intransigent
plethora
vilify
perspicacious
22. The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
torpid
aberrant
ebullience
ostentation
23. To dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
pungent
plummet
preen
elegy
24. Impartial and honest in speech
candid
viscous
guileless
divest
25. Fierce and cruel; eager to fight
levee
enhance
occlude
truculent
26. To undeceive; to set right
vex
disabuse
attenuate
static
27. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive - time
stoic
effrontery
archaic
impervious
28. Deep; not superficial; complete
profound
lucid
alacrity
incorporate
29. Stubborn; unmanageable
refractory
inveigle
vacillate
onerous
30. Make unnecessary; get rid of
fanatical
obviate
proliferate
onerous
31. Strip; deprive
ameliorate
canon
divest
alacrity
32. Mentally quick and observant; having insight
impervious
ameliorate
ephemeral
discerning
33. Spread throughout
negate
pervasive
repudiate
enigmatic
34. Weaken
plummet
viable
enervate
ebullient
35. Long - passionate - and vehement speech
pragmatic
appropriate
emulate
harangue
36. Associated with war and the armed forces
loquacious
martial
convention
discordant
37. Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
ennui
placate
strut
prohibitive
38. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
connoisseur
esoteric
stigma
disinterested
39. To annoy
vex
disparate
transient
veracious
40. Dull; impassive
stolid
capricious
subtle
maverick
41. Causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
vituperate
soporific
immutable
discern
42. Fragment; generally of pottery
maverick
surfeit
shard
impervious
43. Urge on
goad
putrefy
immutable
implacable
44. Concerning the appreciation of beauty
presumptuous
aesthetic
impervious
tirade
45. Harsh - jarring noise
malleable
cacaphony
propensity
opprobium
46. One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
dilettante
impede
enervate
exacerbate
47. Token of disgrace; brand
convoluted
dissonance
stigma
imperturbable
48. A force that causes rotation
connoisseur
torque
inured
impecunious
49. Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
volatile
obstinate
terse
abscond
50. Determination
abscond
burgeon
resolution
renege