SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
sat
,
english
,
vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A person or thing that causes change
propriety
sparse
catalyst
neophyte
2. Recent convert; beginner
obdurate
capricious
neophyte
fervor
3. Bright - brilliant - glowing
transitory
hyperbole
lament
luminous
4. Pompous speech or expression
warranted
synthesis
grandiloquence
sage
5. Stubborn; unmanageable
chary
analogous
refractory
grandiloquence
6. Something long-lasting
caustic
presumptuous
anomaly
perennial
7. One who feigns illness to escape duty
impervious
placate
relegate
malingerer
8. Intentional breach of faith; treachery
torque
perfidy
disparate
tenacity
9. To make better or more tolerable
harangue
exacerbate
ameliorate
intractable
10. Minor objection or complaint
resolution
parody
quibble
mundane
11. Bitter scolding; invective
pervasive
flout
eulogy
diatribe
12. Acquire; take possession of for one's own use
laud
viable
ebullience
appropriate
13. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
digression
explicit
amalgamate
waver
14. Speech in praise of someone
propriety
sparse
hyperbole
eulogy
15. An overabundance; a surplus
plethora
opprobrium
implacable
facilitate
16. Shining; issuing light
luminous
empirical
deference
vituperative
17. Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
adulation
adulterate
paucity
obtuse
18. Lasting a short time
ephemeral
fawning
platitude
dupe
19. Make unnecessary; get rid of
reticent
obviate
pithy
viscous
20. Harsh - jarring - discordant sound; dissonance
lavish
querulous
cacophony
perfunctory
21. Lie
prevaricate
admonish
inimical
subpoena
22. Pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language
partisan
grandiloquent
pedantic
audacious
23. Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
implacable
plummet
ambivalence
tractable
24. Hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
precipitate
inherent
impetuous
neophyte
25. Respectful; worshipful
reverent
prescience
platitude
malleable
26. Acting in an indifferent or slow - sluggish manner
eloquent
porous
discredit
lethargic
27. The combination of parts to make a whole
chauvinist
synthesis
incipient
sage
28. Docile; easily managed
discordant
eulogy
tractable
succinct
29. One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
transitory
perfunctory
recalcitrant
iconoclast
30. Thrift; economy
filibuster
frugality
obtuse
castigation
31. Rebel; nonconformist
pedantic
abate
futile
maverick
32. One who hates all other humans
strut
venerate
misanthrope
emulate
33. Not capable of being disturbed
placate
metaphor
catalyst
imperturbable
34. Pacify or soothe; relieve
eulogy
apathy
appease
predilection
35. Excessive showiness
rarefied
ostentation
terse
urbane
36. Thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
supplant
sparse
recondite
opaque
37. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
sanction
forestall
unfeigned
perspicacious
38. Colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism
soporific
spectrum
mendacity
articulate
39. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
dogmatic
onerous
variegated
assuage
40. Adorn; ornament; enhance - as a story
permeable
solvent
assuage
embellish
41. To make worse or more severe
exacerbate
burgeon
default
hyperbole
42. Arrogant presumption or pride
prosaic
hubris
immutable
deference
43. Concerning the appreciation of beauty
corroborate
perfidy
obsequious
aesthetic
44. Vibrate pendulumlike; waver
approbation
discretion
oscillate
quiescent
45. Introductory statement
ascetic
preamble
emulate
pristine
46. To punish or criticize harshly
castigate
adulterate
aberrant
endemic
47. Calm; placid
desultory
disseminate
imperturbable
noxious
48. Concerned and attentive; eager
diffuse
opaque
solicitous
extemporaneous
49. Vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
articulate
recalcitrant
ingenuous
nebulous
50. Lacking self-confidence
hackneyed
esoteric
diffident
predilection