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SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify






2. A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision






3. Earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding






4. Clear; easily understood






5. Potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden






6. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate






7. Wasteful; reckless with money






8. Cause; produce






9. Urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention






10. To annoy or provoke to anger






11. Poem or song expressing lamentation






12. Incapable of being pacified






13. Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy






14. Learned - scholarly - bookish






15. Hint; imply; creep in






16. Excess; overabundance






17. Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious






18. Learned; scholarly






19. Lie - mislead; attempt to conceal the truth






20. Uncertain how to act; weak






21. Poverty






22. Fundamentally different; entirely unlike






23. Not moving - active - or in motion; at rest






24. Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable






25. About to happen; impending






26. To lie or deviate from the truth






27. To combine several elements into a whole






28. Something that brings about a change in something else






29. Soothe






30. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine






31. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising






32. The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued






33. Greed - esp. for wealth






34. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown






35. Reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence






36. Impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed






37. Arrogant; taking liberties






38. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar






39. Tending to talk a lot






40. Extreme boldness; presumptuousness






41. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few






42. Vibrate pendulumlike; waver






43. Convincing and well reasoned






44. Public disgrace






45. One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions






46. Intended to delay






47. To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock






48. To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent






49. To prevent; to make unnecessary






50. Model of perfection