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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 sway physically; to be indecisive
abate
vacillate
diverge
pirate
2. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
problematic
flout
iconoclast
superfluous
3. Lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
mundane
bolster
laud
torpor
4. Unfortunate; inappropriate
cynicism
infelicitous
apathy
aggrandize
5. Confuse; puzzle
decorum
gullible
canonical
confound
6. A harsh denunciation
precursor
diatribe
mollify
obdurate
7. Abnormal or deviant
abstain
aberrant
plummet
anomalous
8. Hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality
exacerbate
banal
capricious
stoic
9. Without deceit
unfeigned
guileless
esoteric
filibuster
10. To undeceive; to set right
bombastic
disabuse
tout
parody
11. Peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
coda
adulation
tangential
skeptic
12. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
imminent
inured
synthesis
fortuitous
13. Stubbornly opinionated
dogmatic
neophyte
bombastic
homogenous
14. To fluctuate between choices
partisan
waver
tacit
pious
15. To dry out thoroughly
relegate
tractable
desiccate
pragmatic
16. Hinder - block
belie
fawning
diverge
impede
17. Coiled around; involved; intricate
apathy
convoluted
prudence
wary
18. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
esoteric
diffident
pedant
profuse
19. A contradiction or dilemma
waver
denigrate
paradox
catalyst
20. To use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate
vituperate
reticent
anachronism
laconic
21. Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
occlude
tacit
obtuse
morose
22. Respect - courtesy
deference
axiom
bombast
mundane
23. Accustomed; hardened
precipitate
reticent
cogent
inured
24. Biting in wit
caustic
impassive
cacaphony
reticent
25. Tending to believe too readily; gullible
credulous
soporific
halcyon
propriety
26. To weaken; to reduce in vitality
paean
enervate
hubris
platitude
27. Using few words; terse
axiomatic
probity
laconic
probity
28. To cause or happen before anticipated or required
enumerate
precipitate
alacrity
opprobrium
29. Given to intense or excessive devotion to something
fanatical
accolade
idolatrous
querulous
30. A funeral hymn or mournful speech
recalcitrant
neophyte
gregarious
dirge
31. Aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
stolid
enervate
desultory
metaphor
32. Cause; produce
engender
propensity
shard
ostentation
33. Something or someone misplaced in time
pungent
anachronism
plastic
recalcitrant
34. Lack of interest or emotion
quaff
abeyance
rarefy
apathy
35. Infamy; vilification
shard
taciturn
cogent
opprobium
36. Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
inchoate
audacious
explicit
malinger
37. Regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
attenuate
contrite
preen
transitory
38. Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
whimsical
refute
lucid
bolster
39. Model of perfection
paragon
amalgamate
whimsical
dupe
40. Extremely talkative
wary
loquacious
exacerbate
ephemeral
41. The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued
tenacity
philanthropy
negate
stolid
42. Quick - keen - or accurate knowledge or insight
rhetoric
misanthrope
onerous
acumen
43. To increase in power - influence - and reputation
aggrandize
negate
heretical
torpor
44. Earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
insipid
harangue
levee
diffuse
45. Silent - not talkative
lethargic
truculent
specious
taciturn
46. Strip; deprive
qualms
impermeable
opprobrium
divest
47. Urgent; requiring immediate action
diatribe
corroborate
squander
exigent
48. Intended to teach or instruct
didactic
pristine
implacable
vilify
49. Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
inured
desultory
coda
profuse
50. Lacking interest or flavor
dichotomy
esoteric
ingenuous
insipid