SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
sat
,
english
,
vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Fall sharply
plummet
coagulate
metaphor
propriety
2. Cheerful promptness; eagerness
misanthrope
converge
mundane
alacrity
3. Abnormal or deviant
stoic
incorporate
insipid
aberrant
4. Easily made angry
probity
irascible
salubrious
efficacy
5. Without guile; open and honest
artless
wary
ameliorate
obtuse
6. Lacking genuine candor; insincere
stoic
disingenuous
efficacy
onerous
7. To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
rescind
prevaricate
engender
fervid
8. Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
corroborate
explicit
torpid
hubris
9. To invalidate; to repeal; to retract
didactic
rescind
satire
exacerbate
10. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
relegate
amalgamate
quotidian
archaic
11. An overabundance; a surplus
plethora
evanescent
satiate
aggregate
12. Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
prohibitive
vexation
dogmatic
implacable
13. Doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted in several ways
paragon
coagulate
enervate
ambiguous
14. To obtain by deception or flattery
saturate
ameliorate
inveigle
cogent
15. Greatly emotional or zealous
fervent
engender
neophyte
alchemy
16. Brief and concise in wording
veracity
austere
pernicious
terse
17. To make thinner or sparser
placate
rarefy
tortuous
inured
18. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentional)
stymie
specious
gregarious
demur
19. Joking (often inappropriately); humorous
facetious
candid
obfuscate
eulogy
20. Full of pores; like a sieve
porous
quiescent
aesthetic
whimsical
21. A piece of broken pottery or glass
shard
intractable
pirate
pith
22. Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
insipid
tirade
platitude
axiomatic
23. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
irascible
nascent
ebullience
perfunctory
24. Shyness
diffidence
rarefy
veracious
insipid
25. Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
abscond
austere
hackneyed
malleable
26. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
disingenuous
luminous
voracious
nebulous
27. To combine several elements into a whole
amalgamate
profuse
inchoate
effrontery
28. Stubborn; unmanageable
divulge
explicit
austere
refractory
29. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
deference
meticulous
anachronism
paucity
30. Pompous walk
rhetoric
lavish
relegate
strut
31. Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
desultory
penury
refractory
indolent
32. Soothing - esp. to the skin; making less harsh
platitude
emollient
fawning
discerning
33. Stubbornly opinionated
dogmatic
dissemble
prudence
exacerbate
34. Fragment; generally of pottery
shard
lucid
esoteric
soporific
35. Thrift; economy
chicanery
probity
veracious
frugality
36. Prone to complaining or grumbling; quarrelsome
digression
pirate
stolid
querulous
37. Concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that summarizes
contrite
coda
welter
canonical
38. Agreeable; responsive to suggestion
ambiguous
assuage
amenable
acerbic
39. Dictatorial in one's opinions
intransigence
dogmatic
disparate
cacophonous
40. A recent convert; a beginner; novice
gregarious
neophyte
adulterate
proclivity
41. The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued
quiescence
diffidence
caustic
tenacity
42. Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
prattle
eclectic
laconic
propensity
43. To satisfy fully or overindulge
discerning
inherent
satiate
truculent
44. Potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden
assuage
latent
intractable
transient
45. Split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)
erudite
dichotomy
cacophony
flag
46. To take the place of; supersede
erratic
opaque
pernicious
supplant
47. To combine - to mix together
empirical
veracity
amalgamate
sublime
48. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
prodigal
audacious
amalgamate
phlegmatic
49. Lack of variation
synthesis
impetuous
monotony
martial
50. To speak in favor of
advocate
caustic
pedagogy
pungent