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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. Eliminate from consideration; reject
venerate
placate
prodigal
dismiss
2. Soothe
taciturn
peruse
opprobrium
mollify
3. Convincing
striated
prodigal
cogent
eulogy
4. The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady - uninterrupted rhythm
oscillation
obfuscate
tenacity
erudite
5. Easily understood; clear; intelligible
metaphor
lucid
disseminate
spurious
6. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
nascent
sanction
pedantic
florid
7. Able to be molded - altered - or bent
plastic
adulterate
substantiate
static
8. Trying to please; overly polite; obliging
complaisant
opaque
monotony
refulgent
9. To slight or belittle
dogmatic
disparage
morose
esoteric
10. A speech honoring the dead
fallacy
elegy
eulogy
salubrious
11. One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
iconoclast
pirate
boorish
catalyst
12. Extreme dislike
antipathy
ascetic
catalyst
malevolent
13. To reject the validity of
inert
lucid
repudiate
tirade
14. To produce - cause - or bring about
disparate
engender
dismiss
mitigate
15. Make unnecessary; get rid of
coagulate
placate
innocuous
obviate
16. Adherence to highest principles; uprightness
abscond
quibble
probity
obdurate
17. Extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion
reticent
pious
negate
magnanimity
18. Basically different; unrelated
placate
odious
disparate
imperturbable
19. Dull; unimaginative
prosaic
subtle
esoteric
cacophonous
20. A firmly held opinion - often a religious belief
dogma
impecunious
mundane
innocuous
21. Lack of interest or emotion
antagonize
apathy
inadvertently
vacillate
22. Unchangeable
immutable
anarchy
negate
repudiate
23. Lacking funds; without money
impecunious
facilitate
fortuitous
irresolute
24. Vibrate pendulumlike; waver
recalcitrant
rarefy
oscillate
lethargic
25. Talkative
partisan
loquacious
enigma
luminous
26. Extended scolding; denunciation; harangue
tirade
lethargic
occlude
homogenous
27. Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
intractable
pine
austere
eccentric
28. Excess
welter
impede
obviate
plethora
29. Silent - not talkative
abate
ingenuous
taciturn
bombastic
30. Burdensome
prodigal
repudiate
pedantic
onerous
31. Marked with parallel bands; grooved
synthesis
ebullience
striated
perfunctory
32. Showing innocence or childlike simplicity
ingenuous
neophyte
adulterate
eclectic
33. Support; reinforce
derision
bolster
tractable
propriety
34. Hint; imply; creep in
apprise
insinuate
ambiguous
recant
35. Excessively decorated or embellished
florid
mendacity
eclectic
impassive
36. Suspended action
spurious
diffident
pedagogy
abeyance
37. To soften; to lessen
lucid
mitigate
mollify
capricious
38. Acting in an indifferent or slow - sluggish manner
lethargic
trenchant
converge
lucid
39. To fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
renege
inured
solicious
obfuscate
40. To reduce in strength
enervate
veracious
desiccate
artless
41. To choose not to do something
deference
abstain
platitude
precursor
42. To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
variegated
exigent
antipathy
deride
43. Impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
ambiguous
avarice
impervious
onerous
44. Concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that summarizes
coda
innocuous
culpable
diffident
45. An established set of principles or code of laws - often religious in nature
incongruity
castigate
canon
disseminate
46. Eager and enthusiastic willingness
alacrity
desiccate
eulogy
proliferate
47. Shut; close
occlude
discordant
itinerary
analogous
48. To appease; to calm by making concessions
inimical
propitiate
exonerate
placate
49. To give unsparingly (V); Extremely generous or extravagant (ADJ)
anomaly
discern
catalyst
lavish
50. To cause or happen before anticipated or required
disparage
canon
enervate
precipitate