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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
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Changing one's mind quickly and often
florid
dissemble
paucity
capricious
2. Lethargic; sluggish; dormant
precursor
torpid
gouge
problematic
3. Complex or complicated
convoluted
pragmatic
catalyst
morose
4. Occurring irregularly
elicit
caustic
sporadic
abyss
5. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
dissemble
eloquent
exacerbate
fatuous
6. One who spends money wastefully
spendthrift
savor
facetious
contention
7. To provide support or reinforcement
stolid
exonerate
reverent
bolster
8. Immunity from punishment or penalty
banal
impunity
esoteric
indeterminate
9. Deserving blame
culpable
ephemeral
furtive
pungent
10. Confuse; puzzle
flag
confound
fatuous
arduous
11. To obstruct or block
canonical
occlude
secrete
prevaricate
12. Corresponding in extent - degree - amount - etc.; proportionate
commensurate
onerous
lucid
satire
13. Unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
mitigate
refulgent
inert
desultory
14. Biting in wit
caustic
prattle
heretical
crescendo
15. To deceive; a person who is easily deceived
coagulate
laconic
complaisant
dupe
16. Stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
pungent
precipitate
empirical
desiccate
17. To make worse
frugality
exacerbate
precursor
shard
18. To soften; to lessen
anachronism
gullible
mitigate
burgeon
19. Soothing - esp. to the skin; making less harsh
elegy
onerous
pedantic
emollient
20. One who hates all other humans
pathological
whimsical
pedant
misanthrope
21. Admirable
soporific
estimable
emulate
astringent
22. Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
ameliorate
dismiss
ephemeral
ingenuous
23. Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality - region - or people
felicitous
endemic
laconic
anomaly
24. To grow rapidly or flourish
laconic
burgeon
refute
dupe
25. Firmly established by nature or habit
elegy
complaisance
inherent
magnanimity
26. Improvised; done without preparation
denigrate
rarefied
extemporaneous
extrapolation
27. Greed - esp. for wealth
inveigle
avarice
disabuse
complaisance
28. Sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
audacious
abeyance
gregarious
endemic
29. Unoriginal; obtained from another source
cogent
derivative
decorum
sporadic
30. Strong inclination; liking
abstain
recondite
apathy
penchant
31. To undeceive; to set right
disabuse
repudiate
adulterate
monotony
32. A piece of broken pottery or glass
shard
parody
prolific
cogent
33. To invalidate; to repeal; to retract
dissemble
rescind
chaos
futile
34. Convincing
waver
inchoate
cogent
artless
35. Tending to talk a lot
meticulous
garrulous
aberrant
alchemy
36. Aversion; dislike
antipathy
fulminate
advocate
proclivity
37. Harsh - jarring - discordant sound; dissonance
inherent
cacophony
magnanimity
adulterate
38. Deviating from the norm
fervent
aberrant
recant
conundrum
39. Discordant; inharmonious
cacophonous
insipid
proliferate
pristine
40. Eliminate from consideration; reject
pedantic
lassitude
dismiss
esoteric
41. Shining; issuing light
caustic
inimical
bolster
luminous
42. Quarrelsome
discredit
contentious
audacious
eulogy
43. Arrogant presumption or pride
appropriate
hubris
idolatry
proliferate
44. Poverty; destitution
divest
penury
malleable
erudite
45. To retract - esp. a previously held belief
luminous
iconoclast
onerous
recant
46. Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
obdurate
onerous
cacophonous
peruse
47. Ostracize; banish; outlaw
parody
proscribe
pervade
prolific
48. To disprove; to successfully argue against
dichotomy
sporadic
viable
refute
49. Concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that summarizes
coda
garrulous
facetious
exigent
50. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
proliferate
canonical
bombast
garrulous