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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. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
amenable
meticulous
derision
adulterate
2. Sticky - gluey
onerous
verbose
disabuse
viscous
3. Without feeling; imperturbable; stoical
impassive
ambiguous
estimable
fanatical
4. Disguise; pretend
incongruity
dilate
austere
dissemble
5. Convincing
pedantic
diffidence
torpor
cogent
6. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
paean
reticent
eloquent
prodigal
7. Dull; unimaginative
estimable
assuage
assuage
prosaic
8. To speak in favor of
disabuse
astringent
advocate
assiduous
9. Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
discern
fervent
derivative
germane
10. To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
insipid
malinger
cacophony
divulge
11. Lack of consistency; difference
discrepancy
cogent
ephemeral
euphemism
12. Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
prescience
loquacious
idolatrous
erudite
13. To set right; to free from error
ameliorate
intransigence
laud
disabuse
14. Pompous in speech and manner
bombastic
querulous
apathy
adulterate
15. To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
esoteric
prattle
filibuster
strut
16. Something out of place in time
connoisseur
dissemble
anachronism
derivative
17. Dealing with - appreciative of - or responsive to art or the beautiful
sporadic
ebullient
impunity
aesthetic
18. Daring; bold
audacious
gouge
tenacity
catalyst
19. Droop; grow feeble
tenacity
abyss
ostentatious
flag
20. Make express conditions - specify
fledgling
meticulous
neophyte
stipulate
21. To make worse or more severe
mendacity
disparate
rescind
exacerbate
22. Immunity from punishment or penalty
impunity
oscillate
effrontery
divest
23. Cancel out; nullify; deny
didactic
negate
idolatrous
exculpate
24. Of a similar kind
subtle
felicitous
homogenous
abscond
25. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted
homogenous
spendthrift
derivative
pristine
26. Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
precursor
contentious
oscillate
document
27. Capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
malleable
inundate
variegated
luminous
28. To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
obdurate
prevaricate
ascetic
ambivalence
29. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine
precursor
rescind
obdurate
rarefy
30. In an initial stage; not fully formed
mollify
inchoate
implacable
bolster
31. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
opaque
abstemious
obviate
permeate
32. Mentally quick and observant; having insight
approbation
discerning
perspicacious
desultory
33. Long - harsh speech or verbal attack
tirade
exonerate
derision
erudite
34. Settle down; descend; grow quiet
subside
oscillation
recondite
discordant
35. Temporary - lasting a brief time
transitory
bombast
approbation
mundane
36. Quick to act without thinking
reticent
viscous
misanthrope
impetuous
37. Natural inclination
anomaly
coda
propensity
esoteric
38. Worried - concerned
perfidious
solicious
ostentatious
malingerer
39. Not fully formed; disorganized
inchoate
perfunctory
sporadic
appease
40. Intimidate; frighten
connoisseur
daunt
solicious
inadvertently
41. Evoking intense aversion or dislike
beneficent
diatribe
convoluted
odious
42. Smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
dearth
fawn
evanescent
salubrious
43. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity and steadiness
tractable
laconic
diffuse
imperturbable
44. A firmly held opinion - often a religious belief
irresolute
gregarious
dogma
penurious
45. Effective writing or speaking
placate
onerous
rhetoric
erudite
46. Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
avarice
satiate
perspicacious
deference
47. To increase in intensity - power - or prestige
caustic
porous
misanthrope
aggrandize
48. To invalidate; to repeal; to retract
philanthropy
malingerer
rescind
occlude
49. To examine with great care
peruse
dogmatic
chary
eulogy
50. Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
enervate
insularity
inchoate
volatile