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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. Greed - esp. for wealth
digression
erratic
iconoclast
avarice
2. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
levity
esoteric
surfeit
waver
3. Approach; tend to meet; come together
vituperative
converge
indifferent
sage
4. Composed of elements drawn from various sources
salubrious
eclectic
solicitous
insipid
5. A harsh and disagreeable combination - often of sounds
aver
eclectic
dissonance
austere
6. Bright - brilliant - glowing
abyss
dirge
endemic
luminous
7. Penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through
permeable
implacable
diatribe
admonish
8. Earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
capricious
levee
squander
efficacy
9. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
insipid
coagulate
deride
precursor
10. Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme - unquestioned devotion
abeyance
cacophony
fanatical
obsequious
11. Playful; humorous
hubris
quiescent
facetious
extrapolation
12. Drowsy; dull
morose
intractable
lethargic
inchoate
13. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
occlude
approbation
sanction
relegate
14. In an initial stage; not fully formed
chary
stint
probity
inchoate
15. Daring; bold
intractable
divest
gouge
audacious
16. Hard; strenuous
arduous
intrepid
supposition
quiescent
17. Discord; opposite of harmony
placate
dissonance
lethargic
noxious
18. A substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing
aver
catalyst
indigence
homogenous
19. Hostile - unfriendly
superfluous
vacillate
inimical
deride
20. Praise
emulate
laud
equivocate
refractory
21. Riddle; difficult problem
idolatry
dupe
quaff
conundrum
22. To slight or belittle
bolster
conciliatory
apathy
disparage
23. Person hardened by sin - devoid of a sense of decency
laud
adulterate
alleviate
reprobate
24. Insignificant; unimportant
inured
inconsequential
laud
plummet
25. Yielding; conforming to requirements
compliant
tenuous
incorporate
vacillate
26. Without guile; open and honest
abeyance
hyperbole
tacit
artless
27. Doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing
problematic
preen
corroborate
endemic
28. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
prevaricate
dissonance
corroborate
disparate
29. Having a sour or bitter taste or character
ostentation
ambivalence
mollify
acerbic
30. Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
intransigent
log
alleviate
ingenuous
31. Burdensome
onerous
profligate
diverge
eloquent
32. Appease
redoubtable
aberrant
propitiate
hedonism
33. A natural predisposition or inclination
stigma
abate
viscous
proclivity
34. Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
catalyst
complaisant
assuage
evanescent
35. To block; thwart
venerate
tirade
divest
stymie
36. Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
contention
audacious
dearth
pristine
37. To obstruct or block
abate
luminous
occlude
odious
38. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
enigma
opprobrium
intractable
discern
39. Draw out by discussion
amalgamate
elicit
prolific
dissonance
40. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
immutable
sage
precipitate
tout
41. Sleeping; lethargic; latent
enervate
insensible
bombast
dormant
42. Generosity
pedantic
polemical
extrapolation
magnanimity
43. Damaging; harmful; injurious
tacit
equanimity
philanthropy
inimical
44. Correct a false impression; undeceive
dirge
advocate
disabuse
dupe
45. To make impure
diatribe
adulterate
penury
venerate
46. To clear from blame; prove innocent
spendthrift
polemical
default
exculpate
47. Intense and passionate feeling
prosaic
ardor
credulous
reprobate
48. Shining; issuing light
salubrious
luminous
magnanimity
obsequious
49. Vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
deterrent
nebulous
archaic
penury
50. Disguise; pretend
dissemble
proliferate
imperturbable
zeal