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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. Dry up
desiccate
erudite
intrepid
pith
2. To increase in power - influence - and reputation
aggrandize
aberrant
imminent
obviate
3. Practicing self-denial; austere
prolific
static
propriety
ascetic
4. A substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing
terse
audacious
catalyst
elegy
5. Done without using words
prodigious
warranted
desultory
tacit
6. Promoting health or well-being
catalyst
salubrious
iconoclast
inadvertently
7. Severe criticism or punishment
engender
neophyte
castigation
transient
8. Foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
divulge
stolid
quixotic
ubiquitous
9. Determination
fortuitous
homogenous
resolution
mitigate
10. Pacify or soothe; relieve
predilection
salubrious
iconoclast
appease
11. Satisfy fully
efficacy
arduous
satiate
cynicism
12. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
assuage
aberrant
impervious
mundane
13. Not capable of change
dissonance
ephemeral
immutable
aver
14. Dealing with - appreciative of - or responsive to art or the beautiful
aesthetic
arbitrate
precursor
maverick
15. Expression of praise - often on the occasion of someone's death
eulogy
pervasive
bolster
condone
16. Thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
aesthetic
sparse
welter
transgression
17. Fundamentally different; entirely unlike
viscous
opaque
mundane
disparate
18. To reject the validity of
intransigence
repudiate
exculpate
divest
19. One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
levity
laconic
iconoclast
contiguous
20. The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady - uninterrupted rhythm
specious
oscillation
implacable
adulation
21. To speak in favor of
occlude
loquacious
placate
advocate
22. Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
invective
volatile
ardor
inured
23. Superficial; not thorough; lacking interest - care - or enthusiasm
squander
dilate
perfunctory
aberrant
24. To give unsparingly (V); Extremely generous or extravagant (ADJ)
lavish
voracious
synthesis
zeal
25. Shyness
mundane
stupefy
diffidence
convoluted
26. To remove blame
subpoena
exonerate
esoteric
eclectic
27. Urgent; requiring immediate action
pungent
digression
exigent
abscond
28. Able to be molded - altered - or bent
elegy
plastic
inimical
didactic
29. Trickery; deception
penury
chicanery
viscous
chaos
30. Given to intense or excessive devotion to something
idolatrous
soporific
porous
tenacity
31. Lacking self-confidence
alacrity
diffident
impede
foment
32. Alertly watchful
decorum
pragmatic
vigilant
torpor
33. Intended for or understood by a small - specific group
obdurate
esoteric
zealous
rescind
34. Something that discourages; hindrance
deterrent
homogenous
reverent
bombastic
35. Make thinner; weaken or lessen (in density - force - degree)
attenuate
archaic
apprise
abate
36. An invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
inundate
fallacy
insipid
pervasive
37. Short-lived; fleeting
mundane
viscous
volatile
ephemeral
38. Playful; humorous
veracity
aberrant
facetious
disingenuous
39. Lie - mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
equivocate
artless
volatile
culpable
40. Calm; not easily disturbed
ascetic
rancorous
intractable
phlegmatic
41. Stubborn; unmanageable
tacit
dirge
refractory
connoisseur
42. Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme - unquestioned devotion
equivocate
enervate
fanatical
propitiate
43. Something long-lasting
rarefy
apathy
elegy
perennial
44. Thick; sticky
exacerbate
viscous
loquacious
voracious
45. Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
trenchant
enigmatic
vituperative
occlude
46. A harsh denunciation
iconoclast
ingenuous
exigent
diatribe
47. Colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism
striated
spectrum
virulent
denigrate
48. Hint; imply; creep in
maverick
vex
insinuate
efficacy
49. Defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve
derivative
discredit
diffuse
halcyon
50. One who hates all other humans
monotony
occlude
contention
misanthrope