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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. Eager and enthusiastic willingness
eulogy
enervate
alacrity
esoteric
2. Disprove
axiomatic
volatile
precursor
refute
3. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
stint
pristine
alleviate
fawn
4. To conciliate; to appease
hedonism
propitiate
parody
equivocate
5. Associated with war and the armed forces
martial
stolid
plethora
craven
6. Full of pores; like a sieve
porous
obstinate
complaisance
misanthrope
7. To satisfy fully or overindulge
latent
surfeit
satiate
irascible
8. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
dormant
esoteric
abate
inert
9. One who hates all other humans
prohibitive
misanthrope
platitude
emollient
10. To reject the validity of
bombast
repudiate
zeal
infelicitous
11. A figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol
metaphor
prevaricate
acerbic
censure
12. Diligent; persistent; hard-working
sedulous
avarice
pirate
pedantic
13. Make unnecessary; get rid of
indifferent
misanthrope
obviate
ingenuous
14. To publicly praise or promote
arduous
whimsical
tout
pristine
15. Intended to delay
misanthrope
repudiate
dilatory
frugality
16. Urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
precursor
exigent
ebullient
desiccate
17. Eliminate from consideration; reject
obsequious
connoisseur
dismiss
magnanimity
18. Of a similar kind
impassive
deference
homogenous
inundate
19. Stubborn; unmanageable
refractory
diatribe
latent
polemical
20. Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
pathological
reticent
aver
exigent
21. One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
fledgling
idolatrous
dilettante
eclectic
22. Earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
attenuate
levee
repudiate
aggrandize
23. Acting in an indifferent or slow - sluggish manner
lethargic
obviate
complaisant
inert
24. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
strut
pragmatic
ambiguous
repudiate
25. Prevent by taking action in advance
vex
indifferent
hyperbole
forestall
26. Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
euphemism
aesthetic
disseminate
pious
27. To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
inchoate
equivocate
frugality
deride
28. Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to
analogous
guileless
perfidious
propensity
29. Sad; sullen; melancholy
plethora
immutable
morose
demur
30. Abstruse; profound; secret
obstinate
rhetoric
recondite
chaos
31. Excess; overabundance
quaff
mollify
disparate
plethora
32. Soothe
pernicious
mollify
mitigate
ameliorate
33. Adorn; ornament; enhance - as a story
anachronism
effrontery
embellish
subside
34. Steadfast and courageous
permeate
intrepid
convoluted
pragmatic
35. Reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence
burnish
reticent
bombastic
catalyst
36. Opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
dogmatic
cacophonous
accolade
alacrity
37. Calmness of temperament; composure
tangential
equanimity
penury
mollify
38. Ostracize; banish; outlaw
proscribe
discordant
metamorphosis
dupe
39. Concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that summarizes
idolatrous
divest
coda
impede
40. To make better or more tolerable
flag
amalgamate
trenchant
ameliorate
41. Forerunner; harbinger
avarice
precursor
compendium
cacophonous
42. Inform
veracious
relegate
apprise
effrontery
43. Unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
supersede
didactic
prudence
inert
44. Quarrelsome
savor
veracity
elicit
contentious
45. Base on experience
fawning
empirical
sparse
approbation
46. Causing sleep or lethargy
virulent
inchoate
soporific
catalyst
47. Easily understood; clear; intelligible
succinct
pungent
lucid
exculpate
48. Extremely talkative
apprise
loquacious
intransigence
endemic
49. Excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
cogent
strut
profligate
lament
50. Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
burgeon
gregarious
discerning
audacious