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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. Expand; swell out
enigmatic
distend
prodigal
porous
2. Deep; not superficial; complete
obstinate
profound
capricious
innocuous
3. Reconciling; soothing
conciliatory
obviate
garrulous
inchoate
4. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
catalyst
inured
insipid
dupe
5. Lavish - wasteful
propriety
tirade
irascible
prodigal
6. Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
nascent
obdurate
euphemism
secrete
7. Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
mercurial
disparate
maverick
aggrandize
8. Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
implode
unfeigned
perfunctory
furtive
9. Implied; not explicitly stated
engender
specious
archaic
tacit
10. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
phlegmatic
iconoclast
ingenuous
profligate
11. Stubborn; unmanageable
digression
banal
refractory
loquacious
12. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive - time
archaic
disparate
antagonize
alleviate
13. Excessively decorated or embellished
florid
specious
inured
satiate
14. Sophisticated; refined; elegant
ephemeral
urbane
incipient
strut
15. To make worse
disabuse
exacerbate
ameliorate
derision
16. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
gainsay
peruse
adulation
ambiguous
17. Thin; rare; slim
eclectic
abyss
oscillation
tenuous
18. Clear; easily understood
propensity
eloquent
lucid
malinger
19. Calm and peaceful
lucid
fatuous
halcyon
enumerate
20. Lack of interest or emotion
apathy
opprobium
dissonance
antagonize
21. To combine several elements into a whole
explicit
garrulous
plummet
amalgamate
22. Lacking in flavor; dull
specious
insipid
proclivity
innocuous
23. Introductory statement
inchoate
demur
pithy
preamble
24. Support; reinforce
bolster
propensity
volatile
amalgamate
25. Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
embellish
quibble
euphemism
recant
26. To undeceive; to set right
disabuse
cacaphony
succinct
grandiloquent
27. To express sorrow; to grieve
lament
rarefied
engender
sublime
28. Impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
conundrum
opaque
emulate
prattle
29. Abnormal or deviant
aberrant
qualms
endemic
qualified
30. Vary; go in different directions from the same point
diverge
tenuous
peruse
quotidian
31. A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
fervor
reticent
subpoena
malinger
32. Change of form
decorum
exacerbate
metamorphosis
onerous
33. Subside or moderate
impair
abate
levee
convention
34. Acquire; take possession of for one's own use
placate
propriety
recant
appropriate
35. Intensely emotional; feverish
morose
fervid
pristine
chaos
36. One who spends money wastefully
spendthrift
volatile
ameliorate
truculence
37. Able to speak clearly and expressively
mollify
articulate
didactic
magnanimity
38. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity and steadiness
penchant
lethargic
imperturbable
equivocate
39. To stun - baffle - or amaze
commensurate
obtuse
spectrum
stupefy
40. Worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
mundane
trenchant
refulgent
disabuse
41. Exonerate; to clear of blame
luminous
loquacious
converge
exculpate
42. Immunity from punishment or penalty
impunity
pirate
precarious
solicious
43. Lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity
precipitate
whimsical
levity
erudite
44. Narrow-mindedness; isolation
convoluted
insularity
inherent
disparage
45. Enjoy; have a distinctive flavor - smell - or quality
dissonance
maverick
heretical
savor
46. Opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
transgression
efficacy
fervent
dogmatic
47. Split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)
endemic
specious
dichotomy
esoteric
48. Fervent; ardent; impassioned
pernicious
facetious
zealous
propriety
49. A universally recognized principle
axiom
truculence
parody
audacious
50. Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
euphemism
anachronism
obviate
anomaly