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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. Harsh - jarring noise
paragon
parody
abate
cacaphony
2. To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
equivocate
guileless
lucid
urbane
3. Sophisticated; refined; elegant
meticulous
enhance
urbane
proliferate
4. Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
specious
intransigent
cynicism
precipitate
5. Pompous; grandiloquent
erudite
ubiquitous
bombastic
catalyst
6. Predictable - cliched - boring
adulterate
banal
discrepancy
lucid
7. Brief; fleeting
disabuse
prodigal
reticent
ephemeral
8. Ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
perfidy
malleable
assuage
dilatory
9. Accustomed; hardened
penury
tenuous
inured
ennui
10. To annoy
assuage
vex
chauvinist
flag
11. Model of excellence or perfection
precipitate
lethargic
precarious
paragon
12. Recently begun; rudimentary; elementary
torpor
inchoate
antipathy
invective
13. Lacking in flavor; dull
discrepancy
tortuous
insipid
resolution
14. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
chicanery
archaic
enhance
fortuitous
15. Stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
germane
ameliorate
pungent
dissonance
16. Subside or moderate
inchoate
inert
impassive
abate
17. A person who dislikes others
laconic
hackneyed
misanthrope
exacerbate
18. Thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
enumerate
oscillation
sparse
cacaphony
19. Introductory statement
proscribe
magnanimity
preamble
austere
20. Doubter; person who suspends judgment until having examined the evidence supporting a point of view
skeptic
dirge
fervent
austere
21. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
intransigence
elegy
assuage
sporadic
22. Trying to please by behaving obsequiously - flattering or cringing
paradox
paragon
pungent
fawning
23. To deliver a pompous speech or tirade
guileless
harangue
convoluted
specious
24. Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
complaisance
contentious
impecunious
analogous
25. Suspended action
naive
recluse
fawn
abeyance
26. To satisfy fully or overindulge
subside
satiate
mitigate
intractable
27. Intense and passionate feeling
ardor
eclectic
idolatrous
subpoena
28. The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart - esp. in forgiving
divest
magnanimity
nebulous
loquacious
29. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
deference
intransigent
opprobrium
oscillate
30. Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to
analogous
sedulous
refute
gregarious
31. Brief - comprehensive summary
cogent
catalyst
plummet
compendium
32. Lasting a short time
ephemeral
impecunious
tirade
dogma
33. Thrift; economy
guile
frugality
fatuous
prudence
34. To invalidate; to repeal; to retract
diatribe
florid
rescind
arduous
35. Deception by means of craft or guile
gainsay
enigma
imperturbable
chicanery
36. To criticize severely; to officially rebuke
pervasive
censure
futile
tirade
37. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
efficacy
itinerary
obstinate
ameliorate
38. Done without using words
elegy
coagulate
tacit
torpid
39. Disintegration; looseness in morals
dissolution
enigmatic
articulate
morose
40. Not capable of change
immutable
deference
garrulous
desultory
41. Characterized by or given to pretentiousness
verbose
ostentatious
beneficent
magnanimity
42. To combine - to mix together
florid
austere
amalgamate
immutable
43. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
ascetic
prodigal
desiccate
opprobrium
44. Fragment; generally of pottery
shard
enigmatic
voracious
eclectic
45. Determination
diatribe
meticulous
resolution
taciturn
46. Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
hackneyed
homogenous
prevaricate
impermeable
47. Worship of idols; excessive admiration
disabuse
recalcitrant
idolatry
disingenuous
48. Burst inward
garrulous
opprobium
recant
implode
49. Brief; concise
capricious
mercurial
succinct
audacious
50. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
mendacity
tacit
obsequious
disparate