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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. To block; thwart
eloquent
stymie
repudiate
burgeon
2. Thin; rare; slim
dogmatic
tenuous
prodigal
empirical
3. To question or oppose
voracious
impassive
demur
foment
4. Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
refute
adulterate
amalgamate
immutable
5. A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
abate
tirade
taciturn
sordid
6. Lofty or grand
iconoclast
pious
gullible
sublime
7. Supporting bar
perennial
engender
strut
perfunctory
8. Deviation form what is normal
quixotic
capricious
anomaly
condone
9. Practical (as opposed to idealistic)
pragmatic
malleable
specious
emulate
10. Be thrifty; set limits
eclectic
negate
stint
exacerbate
11. Introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite
capricious
imperturbable
incorporate
insularity
12. Urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention
skeptic
exigency
levee
disabuse
13. Producing large volumes or amounts; productive
tacit
prolific
salubrious
volatile
14. The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart - esp. in forgiving
placate
fanatical
magnanimity
vigilant
15. Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
plastic
eclectic
stymie
apprise
16. Silent - not talkative
taciturn
morose
esoteric
contentious
17. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
alchemy
attenuate
discretion
chary
18. Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
abeyance
maverick
ennui
felicitous
19. A disposition in favor of something; preference
obviate
synthesis
exacerbate
predilection
20. Able to speak clearly and expressively
articulate
veracity
obviate
opprobium
21. Hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
catalyst
meticulous
indigence
recondite
22. Reconciling; soothing
diffident
relegate
conciliatory
obviate
23. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
aver
opaque
levee
garrulous
24. Something that brings about a change in something else
pirate
belie
catalyst
mendacious
25. Subside or moderate
abate
advocate
deterrent
insipid
26. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
zealot
deference
lethargic
innocuous
27. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule; abnormality
mundane
recalcitrant
approbation
anomaly
28. Reject; mock; show contempt for
inimical
euphemism
diffuse
flout
29. Sticky - gluey
viscous
castigation
disinterested
intractable
30. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
ambiguous
disparate
erudite
digression
31. Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme - unquestioned devotion
static
surfeit
fanatical
apprise
32. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
precursor
impunity
recant
complaisance
33. Respectful; worshipful
didactic
reverent
amalgamate
desiccate
34. Done in a routine way; indifferent
analogous
perfunctory
erudite
ostentatious
35. Capricious; fanciful
equivocate
whimsical
penchant
mitigate
36. Expand; swell out
distend
flout
waver
fervid
37. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
perfidious
probity
propensity
misanthrope
38. To stun - baffle - or amaze
stupefy
lavish
plethora
aver
39. Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
precursor
aver
mitigate
profuse
40. Settle down; descend; grow quiet
secrete
subside
innocuous
profligate
41. Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
anachronism
perfunctory
cynicism
gregarious
42. Truthful
nascent
odious
dilettante
veracious
43. To defame; to characterize harshly
vilify
dilettante
relegate
conciliatory
44. Sociable
aggrandize
disparate
gregarious
propensity
45. Of a similar kind
homogenous
whimsical
impair
propitiate
46. Extremely careful about details
obtuse
prevaricate
pious
meticulous
47. To reduce in amount - degree - or severity
abate
virulent
avarice
impetuous
48. To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
irascible
lassitude
adulterate
oscillation
49. Relieve
austere
meticulous
rarefy
alleviate
50. One who hates mankind
vituperate
misanthrope
plethora
mendacious