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SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words
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Subjects
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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. Overcharge
gullible
austere
caustic
gouge
2. Trickery or subterfuge
chicanery
pithy
impervious
laud
3. Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs
repudiate
propriety
chary
exigency
4. Stubborn - unyielding
torpor
inherent
obstinate
savor
5. A contradiction or dilemma
connoisseur
paradox
eccentric
vacillate
6. Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
gouge
viscous
appropriate
euphemism
7. Deviating from the norm
inconsequential
soporific
aberrant
equanimity
8. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
acerbic
waver
unfeigned
impair
9. To plunge or drop straight down
quaff
astringent
plummet
abstemious
10. Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
disparate
adulterate
sage
impunity
11. Extreme boldness; presumptuousness
effrontery
irascible
disparate
denigrate
12. A superficial remark - esp. one offered as meaningful
digression
occlude
platitude
nebulous
13. Uprightness; incorruptibility
probity
impervious
lucid
insinuate
14. The willingness to comply with the wishes of others
complaisance
plummet
viscous
gregarious
15. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
waver
foment
arbitrate
sanction
16. Make thinner; weaken or lessen (in density - force - degree)
morose
attenuate
pith
impetuous
17. Alertly watchful
sublime
vigilant
diffident
ostentatious
18. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
imperturbable
adulterate
inured
disparate
19. To appease; to calm by making concessions
perennial
ambiguous
tout
placate
20. A mournful poem - esp. one lamenting the dead
exigency
fallacy
lament
elegy
21. To sooth or pacify
exculpate
placate
dissonance
propensity
22. Changing one's mind quickly and often
opaque
bolster
capricious
caustic
23. The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady - uninterrupted rhythm
oscillation
inveigle
ameliorate
phlegmatic
24. Ancient - old-fashioned
aver
deterrent
archaic
fortuitous
25. Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
viable
propensity
hackneyed
caustic
26. To dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
loquacious
insularity
preen
conundrum
27. Bitter scolding; invective
diatribe
onerous
delineate
prattle
28. Sticky - gluey
bombastic
inundate
viscous
plasticity
29. Precise and brief
pithy
squalid
ostentatious
equivocate
30. Of a similar kind
idolatry
homogenous
querulous
inundate
31. Intricate and complicated
prodigal
amenable
convoluted
didactic
32. Separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
extrapolation
discrete
exigency
squalid
33. Sad; sullen; melancholy
dissemble
morose
deference
sporadic
34. Trite remark; commonplace statement
prevaricate
soporific
phlegmatic
platitude
35. Predictable - cliched - boring
ephemeral
adulterate
banal
zeal
36. To reduce in strength
vacillate
enervate
levity
default
37. To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
halcyon
iconoclast
pristine
equivocate
38. Stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
pious
quiescence
diatribe
magnanimity
39. Droop; grow feeble
flag
impetuous
alchemy
presumptuous
40. Effectiveness
efficacy
dupe
static
erudite
41. Brief - comprehensive summary
iconoclast
compendium
indolent
quiescent
42. Hint; imply; creep in
antagonize
insinuate
plastic
spendthrift
43. Harmless; causing no damage
laconic
filibuster
innocuous
refute
44. Claim; thesis
mendacious
pirate
impassive
contention
45. Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
paragon
converge
efficacy
recalcitrant
46. To overlook - pardon - or disregard
paragon
inimical
eclectic
condone
47. Indifferent; free from self-interest
meticulous
disinterested
filibuster
rescind
48. Absence of governing body; state of disorder
morose
anarchy
disparage
goad
49. An overabundance; a surplus
welter
plethora
indifferent
occlude
50. Turmoil; bewildering jumble
banal
welter
occlude
sanction