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SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Talkative
transient
spectrum
loquacious
specious
2. Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
obfuscate
problematic
profuse
indolent
3. Great disorder or confusion
diffuse
ameliorate
chaos
eclectic
4. Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light
meticulous
axiom
anarchy
opaque
5. Urgent; requiring immediate action
soporific
exigent
specious
canon
6. Languor; weariness
veracious
pristine
elicit
lassitude
7. Impervious; not permitting passage through its substance
discerning
impermeable
noxious
fanatical
8. Smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
oscillate
pragmatic
dearth
frugality
9. Assert confidently or declare; as used in law - state formally as a fact
spendthrift
precarious
flout
aver
10. Make thinner; weaken or lessen (in density - force - degree)
prescience
attenuate
qualified
perennial
11. Sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
soporific
pedant
zealous
untenable
12. Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
antipathy
chaos
capricious
perspicacious
13. Departing from norms or conventions
eccentric
obstinate
desiccate
insularity
14. A contradiction or dilemma
morose
whimsical
savor
paradox
15. Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
impervious
pragmatic
morose
converge
16. Convincing
eulogy
cogent
subpoena
malinger
17. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect - esp. in literature and art
pragmatic
prevaricate
parody
recluse
18. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
pirate
emulate
meticulous
enigma
19. Eager and enthusiastic willingness
exculpate
strut
misanthrope
alacrity
20. Discordant; inharmonious
anachronism
cacophonous
filibuster
plethora
21. Outgoing - sociable
gregarious
tractable
fallacy
delineate
22. Urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
exigent
quaff
ostentatious
flag
23. An expression of praise
laconic
precarious
naive
accolade
24. A universally recognized principle
axiom
contention
paragon
intransigent
25. Distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)
disseminate
mitigate
eloquent
perfunctory
26. Approval
didactic
innocuous
spurious
approbation
27. Deceit or trickery
enumerate
exigent
pungent
guile
28. Disown; disavow
solvent
repudiate
foment
probity
29. Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic
efficacy
dearth
castigation
obsequious
30. To overwhelm; to cover with water
lavish
inundate
impecunious
effrontery
31. Practicing self-denial; austere
specious
preen
ascetic
magnanimity
32. Sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
gregarious
intrepid
convention
perfidious
33. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
derision
solvent
anomaly
porous
34. Propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
decorum
rancorous
attenuate
vacillate
35. Learned; scholarly
erudite
dissemble
perfunctory
trenchant
36. Thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
archaic
sparse
striated
embellish
37. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
extrapolation
recondite
candid
esoteric
38. An abusive - condemnatory speech
diatribe
approbation
obtuse
pungent
39. Daring; bold
anomaly
abscond
implacable
audacious
40. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentional)
appease
disparage
apathy
specious
41. Worsen; embitter
fanatical
archaic
exacerbate
venerate
42. Cheerful promptness; eagerness
voracious
alacrity
odious
pious
43. To make impure
abstemious
hyperbole
adulterate
avarice
44. Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
bolster
malingerer
chauvinist
phlegmatic
45. To invalidate; to repeal; to retract
relegate
rescind
mollify
supersede
46. Strip; deprive
prodigal
divest
tacit
tacit
47. To appease; to calm by making concessions
esoteric
amenable
placate
inchoate
48. Not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern
adulterate
cogent
subtle
acumen
49. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine
eloquent
rarefy
vexation
inured
50. Violating accepted dogma or convention
heretical
sporadic
ambivalence
vilify