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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. Fitness; correct conduct
propriety
complaisance
fawn
deride
2. Forerunner; harbinger
precursor
hedonism
alacrity
plastic
3. Agreeable; responsive to suggestion
impair
zealot
taciturn
amenable
4. Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality - region - or people
predilection
paragon
endemic
banal
5. Person celebrated for wisdom
lethargic
recalcitrant
adulterate
sage
6. To defame; to characterize harshly
tacit
vituperative
arduous
vilify
7. Doubter; person who suspends judgment until having examined the evidence supporting a point of view
diatribe
prolific
skeptic
ephemeral
8. Healthful
dearth
enigma
salubrious
solicitous
9. To slight or belittle
belie
impervious
inveigle
disparage
10. A superficial remark - esp. one offered as meaningful
elegy
platitude
endemic
deride
11. To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
adulterate
prattle
precursor
cacaphony
12. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
philanthropy
bolster
admonish
garrulous
13. Clear from blame
exculpate
vituperative
aggrandize
peruse
14. Not moving - active - or in motion; at rest
misanthrope
static
facetious
sordid
15. Intentional breach of faith; treachery
converge
cacophony
exigent
perfidy
16. To take the place of; supersede
pervasive
oscillation
supplant
dismiss
17. Approve; ratify
facilitate
ambiguous
skeptic
sanction
18. Easily deceived
platitude
gullible
quixotic
disingenuous
19. Excessive showiness
belie
ostentation
aesthetic
enervate
20. Excess; overindulgence
mitigate
axiomatic
austere
surfeit
21. A mournful poem - esp. one lamenting the dead
abate
elegy
pithy
whimsical
22. Deceit or trickery
appease
guile
coagulate
aesthetic
23. Brief - comprehensive summary
infelicitous
salubrious
compendium
solvent
24. To dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
foment
arduous
dichotomy
desiccate
25. Effective writing or speaking
probity
precipitate
abate
rhetoric
26. Overwhelm; flood; submerge
inundate
innocuous
mercurial
propensity
27. Soothe
propriety
reticent
mollify
nebulous
28. Hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
esoteric
convoluted
impetuous
perspicacious
29. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
tout
abyss
imperturbable
proliferate
30. Outgoing - sociable
derision
gregarious
stipulate
analogous
31. The essential or central part
eloquent
sparse
antagonize
pith
32. The art or profession of training - teaching - or instructing
contrite
pedagogy
elegy
malevolent
33. Belittle
pirate
empirical
disparage
fulminate
34. Approval
archaic
approbation
document
volatile
35. Support; prop up
intransigent
buttress
vituperate
diffidence
36. Of a similar kind
homogenous
oscillate
imminent
tenuous
37. Implied; not explicitly stated
tacit
elicit
predilection
proliferate
38. The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued
pristine
abscond
tenacity
opaque
39. Cursory; done without care or interest
perfunctory
contentious
misanthrope
efficacy
40. To annoy or provoke to anger
pedantic
caustic
antagonize
morose
41. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
opprobrium
insipid
resolve
inert
42. To penetrate
permeate
gainsay
erratic
castigation
43. Devoutness; reverence for God
prohibitive
piety
satire
intractable
44. To overlook - pardon - or disregard
anachronism
condone
eulogy
censure
45. Having or showing often vicious ill-will - spite - or hatred
converge
incongruity
inadvertently
malevolent
46. Treacherous; disloyal
advocate
effrontery
torpor
perfidious
47. Capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
attenuate
permeable
malleable
predilection
48. To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
equivocate
dilatory
qualms
abstemious
49. Propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
chicanery
exigent
anachronism
decorum
50. Urge on
attenuate
profuse
goad
luminous