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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. Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
dismiss
insipid
prescience
superfluous
2. Strong inclination; liking
fallacy
metaphor
penchant
credulous
3. Able to speak clearly and expressively
articulate
transitory
proclivity
tirade
4. To reduce in force or degree; to weaken
dormant
inveigle
attenuate
polemical
5. Steadfast and courageous
intrepid
vilify
convoluted
inimical
6. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
fatuous
spurious
synthesis
bombastic
7. To conciliate; to appease
misanthrope
predilection
propitiate
anomaly
8. Intensely emotional; feverish
fervid
inchoate
exacerbate
adulterate
9. To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
magnanimity
deride
fervid
probity
10. To lessen in intensity or degree
mundane
mitigate
metamorphosis
abate
11. A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
satire
exacerbate
disparate
ambivalence
12. Drowsy; dull
lethargic
castigation
satire
stigma
13. Dull; unimaginative
prosaic
torpor
paragon
exigent
14. Claim; thesis
levity
contention
obdurate
discretion
15. Unoriginal; obtained from another source
propitiate
soporific
frugality
derivative
16. Practical as opposed to idealistic
anachronism
paragon
eulogy
pragmatic
17. Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
placate
repudiate
opaque
volatile
18. Reconciling; soothing
obdurate
monotony
conciliatory
aggrandize
19. Brief and concise in wording
terse
obstinate
contrite
tangential
20. Departing from norms or conventions
pine
disparate
transient
eccentric
21. One who feigns illness to escape duty
contention
malingerer
hedonism
austere
22. Incapable of being pacified
virulent
eloquent
perfidious
implacable
23. Hint; imply; creep in
impassive
prodigal
insinuate
refute
24. Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
sordid
recalcitrant
inundate
catalyst
25. Cancel
fulminate
contrite
rescind
exculpate
26. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
negate
prohibitive
proliferate
welter
27. Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
audacious
perspicacious
mitigate
luminous
28. Courteous regard for another's wish
refute
reticent
embellish
deference
29. The art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
ingenuous
elegy
zeal
rhetoric
30. Disintegration; looseness in morals
dissolution
disabuse
caustic
enigmatic
31. A puzzle; a mystery
mollify
ephemeral
enigma
diatribe
32. To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
equivocate
disinterested
prudence
solicious
33. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
discrete
fulminate
viable
tortuous
34. Severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
vituperate
austere
anomalous
exculpate
35. Waver; fluctuate
intransigent
implicit
vacillate
discrete
36. Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
aberrant
recalcitrant
recondite
discordant
37. Brainless; inane; foolish - yet smug
disparate
tacit
anachronism
fatuous
38. Made less dense (of a gas)
dupe
rarefied
pragmatic
meticulous
39. Natural inclination
propensity
intransigence
contrite
dissolution
40. To block; thwart
stymie
dogmatic
diverge
porous
41. Having a sour or bitter taste or character
obsequious
lucid
tractable
acerbic
42. Urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention
divulge
exigency
halcyon
indigence
43. Pompous in speech and manner
placate
pedantic
flout
bombastic
44. To remove blame
aggrandize
ascetic
prosaic
exonerate
45. Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme - unquestioned devotion
accolade
quotidian
catalyst
fanatical
46. To provide support or reinforcement
platitude
diatribe
pragmatic
bolster
47. One who hates all other humans
ostentatious
sporadic
equivocate
misanthrope
48. Long - harsh speech or verbal attack
onerous
tirade
abate
subtle
49. One who opposes established beliefs - customs - and institutions
prodigal
iconoclast
proclivity
intractable
50. Unruly; stubborn; unyielding
rarefied
reticent
intractable
perfidious