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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. Improvised; done without preparation
pirate
extemporaneous
opaque
eloquent
2. Supporting bar
presumptuous
subpoena
paean
strut
3. Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
forestall
opprobrium
impervious
waver
4. Intentional breach of faith; treachery
austere
prolific
inconsequential
perfidy
5. Hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality
exculpate
stigma
banal
stolid
6. To clear from blame; prove innocent
complaisance
effrontery
exculpate
metaphor
7. Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
refute
grandiloquent
endemic
euphemism
8. To court favor by a flattering manner
fawn
satiate
amalgamate
embellish
9. Fervent; ardent; impassioned
torpor
discrete
amalgamate
zealous
10. Corresponding in extent - degree - amount - etc.; proportionate
approbation
caustic
commensurate
perfidy
11. Sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
precipitate
deference
squalid
surfeit
12. One who opposes established beliefs - customs - and institutions
plethora
iconoclast
artless
reproach
13. Urge on
eclectic
goad
shard
impassive
14. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
meticulous
anomaly
laconic
fanatical
15. Bitter scolding; invective
incorporate
extrapolation
tacit
diatribe
16. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
disparage
prodigal
magnanimity
connoisseur
17. Suspended action
effrontery
halcyon
loquacious
abeyance
18. Draw out by discussion
proscribe
condone
elicit
disjointed
19. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
obsequious
propitiate
mollify
antipathy
20. Burst inward
gregarious
implode
prevaricate
effrontery
21. Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
impermeable
aver
disabuse
mundane
22. To forcibly assign - esp. to a lower place or position
relegate
equivocate
precipitate
fervid
23. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
proliferate
repudiate
bombastic
obstinate
24. Treacherous; disloyal
diatribe
taciturn
pedagogy
perfidious
25. Not harmonious; conflicting
fervent
obdurate
discordant
tacit
26. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
dirge
precarious
esoteric
corroborate
27. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
implicit
tirade
astringent
insipid
28. Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
adulterate
pedant
catalyst
daunt
29. Purify; refine; concentrate
distill
divest
amalgamate
empirical
30. Very learned; scholarly
cogent
sage
erudite
cogent
31. Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
equivocate
stint
dilettante
didactic
32. Abundant in size - force - or extent; extraordinary
prodigious
onerous
subpoena
perennial
33. Drowsy; dull
castigation
lethargic
contiguous
amenable
34. Potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden
latent
welter
recant
nebulous
35. Winding; full of curves
tortuous
innocuous
invective
euphemism
36. Intended to delay
profligate
oscillation
ubiquitous
dilatory
37. Deep; not superficial; complete
diffuse
pernicious
profound
veracity
38. Learned - scholarly - bookish
prolific
hyperbole
heretical
erudite
39. Disown; disavow
inundate
repudiate
boorish
chicanery
40. Dull; impassive
gainsay
censure
stolid
fledgling
41. To leave secretly
exonerate
dilatory
abscond
mitigate
42. A funeral hymn or mournful speech
dirge
veracity
lethargic
placate
43. Overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties
dirge
vexation
presumptuous
pathological
44. Fragment; generally of pottery
obviate
reverent
shard
misanthrope
45. Lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
effrontery
convention
torpor
penury
46. Contradict; give a false impression
chary
pervade
belie
neologism
47. Outgoing - sociable
gregarious
incorporate
germane
imperturbable
48. Lie - mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
confound
connoisseur
innocuous
equivocate
49. To combine - to mix together
amalgamate
castigation
nascent
elegy
50. Deceit or trickery
laconic
guile
adulterate
reprobate