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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. Causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
axiomatic
pedantic
soporific
placate
2. Distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)
disseminate
reproach
propitiate
soporific
3. Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
cogent
variegated
elegy
alleviate
4. Not capable of being disturbed
imperturbable
tractable
iconoclast
insipid
5. Talkative
laconic
luminous
loquacious
pervasive
6. Occurring irregularly
hyperbole
cogent
sporadic
bolster
7. To sway physically; to be indecisive
tacit
squander
converge
vacillate
8. Truthfulness; honesty
phlegmatic
transient
ephemeral
veracity
9. A speech honoring the dead
opprobium
dissonance
eulogy
efficacy
10. Diligent; persistent; hard-working
sedulous
adulterate
laud
morose
11. Stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
squalid
quiescence
sporadic
homogenous
12. Fall sharply
obdurate
pristine
exculpate
plummet
13. Minor objection or complaint
quibble
misanthrope
viable
bombastic
14. Lying; habitually dishonest
tenuous
mendacious
strut
partisan
15. Record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities
exculpate
opprobrium
log
discordant
16. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
obstinate
lassitude
aberrant
recluse
17. Wandering away from the subject
desiccate
platitude
digression
invective
18. Establish by evidence; verify; support
beneficent
substantiate
iconoclast
stint
19. Bright - brilliant - glowing
luminous
relegate
indeterminate
precipitate
20. Attacking cherished traditions
obviate
iconoclast
approbation
convoluted
21. Cowardly
nascent
synthesis
disabuse
craven
22. Healthful
repudiate
anachronism
salubrious
fanatical
23. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
whimsical
maverick
lucid
pedagogy
24. Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
disparage
stoic
eloquent
amalgamate
25. Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
inimical
redoubtable
zealot
coagulate
26. Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
strut
viable
dilettante
desiccate
27. Narrow-mindedness; isolation
innocuous
pragmatic
magnanimity
insularity
28. Not fully formed; disorganized
prosaic
eulogy
estimable
inchoate
29. Something or someone misplaced in time
static
monotony
anachronism
subtle
30. Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
facilitate
furtive
mitigate
enigmatic
31. Long - passionate - and vehement speech
static
harangue
whimsical
confound
32. Silent - reserved
eulogy
apathy
reticent
mendacity
33. Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
irascible
eulogy
heretical
quixotic
34. Harsh - jarring noise
erudite
distend
germane
cacaphony
35. Express disapproval or disappointment
stipulate
reproach
felicitous
prodigal
36. To make thinner or sparser
irascible
reverent
paradox
rarefy
37. Vary; go in different directions from the same point
diverge
austere
innocuous
laconic
38. Weaken
decorum
enervate
negate
intrepid
39. To publicly praise or promote
opaque
indeterminate
sedulous
tout
40. Pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language
contentious
grandiloquent
obstinate
lavish
41. The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady - uninterrupted rhythm
resolution
disingenuous
oscillation
luminous
42. Drowsy; dull
decorum
onerous
lethargic
didactic
43. To yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
pine
fulminate
mitigate
gouge
44. Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic
germane
satiate
iconoclast
obsequious
45. Learned; scholarly
erudite
pervasive
sublime
catalyst
46. Worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
officious
ameliorate
assuage
mundane
47. Warn; reprove
chaos
prohibitive
caustic
admonish
48. Supporting bar
solicitous
strut
laud
plethora
49. Brief; fleeting
substantiate
discrepancy
discordant
ephemeral
50. A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
nascent
rhetoric
anomaly
convention