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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. A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
empirical
axiomatic
prosaic
paean
2. Brief; concise
propitiate
dupe
succinct
astringent
3. Sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
corroborate
squalid
tacit
emollient
4. Kindly; doing good
garrulous
inured
bombastic
beneficent
5. Impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness
effrontery
incipient
cogent
diatribe
6. Provide written evidence
aver
propriety
impassive
document
7. Worship of idols; excessive admiration
decorum
idolatry
qualms
laud
8. Greed - esp. for wealth
onerous
virulent
exculpate
avarice
9. Aggressiveness; ferocity
capricious
incorporate
subpoena
truculence
10. Riddle; difficult problem
peruse
conundrum
neophyte
static
11. Hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
recondite
abstemious
obfuscate
gregarious
12. Token of disgrace; brand
apathy
stigma
iconoclast
analogous
13. A universally recognized principle
demur
astringent
archaic
axiom
14. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
opprobrium
equivocate
obstinate
desultory
15. Without deceit
chicanery
redoubtable
obtuse
guileless
16. One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
dilettante
vacillate
impassive
amalgamate
17. Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
sporadic
equivocate
hackneyed
plethora
18. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
luminous
incipient
diffident
fledgling
19. Deny
futile
aesthetic
quaff
gainsay
20. Acting in an indifferent or slow - sluggish manner
lethargic
discern
contrite
eclectic
21. To combine several elements into a whole
refractory
amalgamate
guileless
impunity
22. Gather; accumulate
diatribe
aggregate
vacillate
disparate
23. Causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
apathy
soporific
eloquent
guileless
24. To provide supporting evidence
discredit
corroborate
malevolent
recluse
25. Drowsy; dull
inert
proliferate
credulous
lethargic
26. Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
proliferate
enervate
confound
capricious
27. One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
iconoclast
digression
inimical
sparse
28. Forerunner; harbinger
precursor
acumen
connoisseur
dogmatic
29. Grow rapidly; spread; multiply
salubrious
proliferate
inundate
avarice
30. Diligent; persistent; hard-working
intractable
paradox
plummet
sedulous
31. Acquire; take possession of for one's own use
abscond
adulterate
inert
appropriate
32. Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
pervasive
bombast
torpor
salubrious
33. To plunge or drop straight down
plummet
quiescent
mundane
rarefy
34. Lament with music
dirge
approbation
vituperate
hegemony
35. Appease
repudiate
propitiate
vacillate
rhetoric
36. Introductory statement
placate
chauvinist
preamble
adulterate
37. Peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
axiomatic
propensity
antipathy
tangential
38. Pompous; grandiloquent
bombastic
truculence
homogenous
euphemism
39. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
paradox
rancorous
unfeigned
deride
40. To block; thwart
stymie
decorum
aesthetic
connoisseur
41. Bright - brilliant - glowing
luminous
fervent
perfidious
pious
42. Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
assiduous
subpoena
aver
impervious
43. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
diatribe
complaisance
itinerary
indifferent
44. Lasting a short time
prodigious
ephemeral
discordant
exacerbate
45. Strip; deprive
divest
opaque
perfunctory
ascetic
46. Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
aesthetic
amalgamate
recant
burgeon
47. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
savor
precursor
exigent
presumptuous
48. Using few words; terse
catalyst
exacerbate
aggrandize
laconic
49. Lying; habitually dishonest
mendacious
reprobate
predilection
mollify
50. Harmless; causing no damage
innocuous
plethora
tout
assuage