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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. Minor objection or complaint
quibble
ambiguous
malleable
obdurate
2. Unoriginal; obtained from another source
eulogy
admonish
derivative
engender
3. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
eloquent
luminous
chary
plethora
4. To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
facilitate
precipitate
arduous
contrite
5. Something that brings about a change in something else
pervasive
catalyst
transgression
tirade
6. In an initial stage; not fully formed
mollify
viscous
inchoate
metamorphosis
7. Greed - esp. for wealth
avarice
inchoate
laud
resolve
8. Something long-lasting
antipathy
perennial
disparate
efficacy
9. Practicing self-denial; austere
ascetic
satiate
chary
emollient
10. Support; prop up
esoteric
zeal
buttress
bolster
11. Waver; fluctuate
perennial
squander
vacillate
obsequious
12. To undeceive; to set right
filibuster
dissonance
disabuse
stoic
13. Ridicule; make fun of
austere
deride
aver
partisan
14. Excess
hedonism
admonish
plethora
plastic
15. Controversial; argumentative
reticent
ephemeral
repudiate
polemical
16. Brief and concise in wording
pervasive
terse
connoisseur
lucid
17. Deceit or trickery
monotony
redoubtable
fatuous
guile
18. Cancel out; nullify; deny
inadvertently
frugality
terse
negate
19. A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
prohibitive
substantiate
paean
ardor
20. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine
emulate
rarefy
convoluted
enervate
21. Base on experience
refractory
zeal
caustic
empirical
22. Harmful; injurious
noxious
impassive
esoteric
resolution
23. Inclined to prevent or forbid
propitiate
ephemeral
prohibitive
foment
24. Understood but not stated
alacrity
implicit
dismiss
disabuse
25. Fearless and daring
audacious
conciliatory
inherent
vacillate
26. To sooth or pacify
pragmatic
euphemism
placate
obviate
27. Someone easily fooled
pirate
dupe
shard
assuage
28. Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
extemporaneous
contentious
mollify
tractable
29. To make thinner or sparser
bolster
ephemeral
rancorous
rarefy
30. Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
mercurial
proliferate
subpoena
aver
31. An established set of principles or code of laws - often religious in nature
fervor
transgression
chaos
canon
32. Uprightness; incorruptibility
ameliorate
probity
sporadic
propensity
33. Brief; fleeting
ephemeral
wary
morose
indeterminate
34. Intricate and complicated
voracious
cogent
mercurial
convoluted
35. A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
transient
subpoena
stymie
pungent
36. Make express conditions - specify
stipulate
confound
deference
furtive
37. Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
contiguous
prohibitive
voracious
redoubtable
38. Tending to believe too readily; gullible
credulous
catalyst
repudiate
deride
39. Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
caustic
enumerate
quiescent
irascible
40. Concerning the appreciation of beauty
pungent
conciliatory
aesthetic
qualified
41. Using few words; terse
resolve
irresolute
laconic
virulent
42. Thick; sticky
decorum
acerbic
viscous
dissonance
43. Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality - region - or people
disparate
approbation
precipitate
endemic
44. Intentional obstruction - esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
disjointed
spendthrift
opprobrium
filibuster
45. Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
ephemeral
adulterate
waver
solvent
46. To flatter or praise excessively
fawn
relegate
euphemism
equivocate
47. Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
meticulous
discredit
occlude
desultory
48. To obtain by deception or flattery
inveigle
compendium
placate
paragon
49. Foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
reverent
subtle
quixotic
caustic
50. Stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
quiescence
deride
bombast
exculpate