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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. Deception by means of craft or guile
chicanery
neophyte
opaque
soporific
2. To slight or belittle
euphemism
disparage
discrete
desiccate
3. To weaken; to reduce in vitality
enervate
chicanery
ameliorate
abate
4. Disprove
infelicitous
refute
obtuse
coagulate
5. Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
voracious
irascible
esoteric
default
6. Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
abstain
desiccate
permeable
variegated
7. Steadily increasing volume or force
ingenuous
crescendo
zealous
fawn
8. To express sorrow; to grieve
obsequious
recant
lament
astringent
9. Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
irascible
intransigent
disparate
implacable
10. Lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity
pirate
adulterate
levity
rarefy
11. To make larger; to expand
pragmatic
dilate
esoteric
impervious
12. Wasteful; reckless with money
prolific
prodigal
precarious
torpor
13. Not capable of change
immutable
denigrate
problematic
impetuous
14. A contradiction or dilemma
parody
paradox
plasticity
burgeon
15. A mournful poem - esp. one lamenting the dead
perfidy
implacable
aver
elegy
16. Brief and to the point
emollient
laconic
propensity
dissonance
17. Hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
impetuous
flout
penury
eloquent
18. Greatly emotional or zealous
dissemble
hackneyed
fervent
recalcitrant
19. Cowardly
condone
craven
torpor
shard
20. Great disorder or confusion
penury
chaos
ennui
tirade
21. Uncertain how to act; weak
ameliorate
disparage
irresolute
indolent
22. Brief - comprehensive summary
obfuscate
compendium
resolution
craven
23. Impervious; not permitting passage through its substance
hyperbole
hyperbole
pathological
impermeable
24. Done in a routine way; indifferent
audacious
anomalous
perfunctory
halcyon
25. To increase in power - influence - and reputation
aesthetic
empirical
aggrandize
acumen
26. Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
noxious
prescience
transgression
attenuate
27. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
pristine
stoic
catalyst
insipid
28. Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
exacerbate
aesthetic
plethora
pious
29. To use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate
intransigence
shard
bucolic
vituperate
30. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
proliferate
mercurial
prevaricate
refulgent
31. Composed of elements drawn from various sources
permeate
eclectic
torque
profound
32. Thrift; economy
frugality
eclectic
mollify
aesthetic
33. Something long-lasting
pungent
vacillate
dogmatic
perennial
34. To support; to prop up
prevaricate
bolster
erudite
recant
35. Riddle; difficult problem
conundrum
chicanery
martial
precursor
36. Extended scolding; denunciation; harangue
tirade
striated
inchoate
caustic
37. To overwhelm; to cover with water
ubiquitous
veracity
euphemism
inundate
38. Abnormal; irregular
anomalous
tirade
whimsical
arduous
39. Projection; superfluous
fulminate
tacit
cogent
extrapolation
40. A firmly held opinion - often a religious belief
alacrity
intransigent
dogma
volatile
41. Thick; sticky
viscous
dilatory
recluse
repudiate
42. Truthful
pith
polemical
veracious
euphemism
43. Hypothesis; surmise
supposition
chicanery
empirical
tenuous
44. Lacking coherence
supplant
diffidence
discordant
disjointed
45. Scarcity
paucity
inimical
prevaricate
mollify
46. Admirable
inherent
succinct
inveigle
estimable
47. Sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
fortuitous
exonerate
dissemble
gregarious
48. Uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
diatribe
prescience
fatuous
indeterminate
49. Talkative
propitiate
philanthropy
fallacy
loquacious
50. Firmly established by nature or habit
inherent
verbose
veracious
soporific