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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. Dictatorial in one's opinions
pith
dogmatic
caustic
pragmatic
2. Burning; sarcastically biting
caustic
presumptuous
hubris
imperturbable
3. Lacking genuine candor; insincere
disingenuous
venerate
preen
stolid
4. Not fully formed; disorganized
itinerary
diffuse
inimical
inchoate
5. Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
mendacious
effrontery
mercurial
stolid
6. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
ambiguous
eulogy
assuage
truculence
7. To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
precipitate
emulate
luminous
connoisseur
8. A mark of shame or discredit
stigma
dupe
terse
abstain
9. To overwhelm; to cover with water
inundate
stipulate
euphemism
exculpate
10. A speech honoring the dead
pragmatic
log
eulogy
inert
11. Urge on
implicit
goad
sporadic
intrepid
12. Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
frugality
capricious
caustic
dilettante
13. Playful; humorous
urbane
fulminate
facetious
derivative
14. Severe poverty; stinginess
endemic
malleable
lassitude
penury
15. Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
impede
germane
opaque
stigma
16. Based on observation or experiment
empirical
caustic
presumptuous
stolid
17. Drowsy; dull
dissemble
lethargic
prodigal
tacit
18. Docile; easily managed
chary
tractable
precipitate
diffuse
19. Generosity
magnanimity
apathy
cacophony
viscous
20. Easily deceived
prodigal
gullible
perfidy
squalid
21. Make express conditions - specify
obdurate
recant
stipulate
lavish
22. Intricate and complicated
enervate
convoluted
impassive
flag
23. Fearless and daring
audacious
plastic
coda
derivative
24. Be thrifty; set limits
dissonance
cynicism
incongruity
stint
25. Support; reinforce
pithy
presumptuous
pedantic
bolster
26. Supporting bar
discrepancy
strut
flag
vigilant
27. One who practices rigid self-denial - esp. as an act of religious devotion
profound
subpoena
ascetic
ennui
28. Dull; impassive
stolid
eclectic
specious
pungent
29. Easily deceived
gullible
austere
exigency
immutable
30. Overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
condone
compendium
probity
enigma
31. Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
adulterate
contiguous
insinuate
torpor
32. Waver; fluctuate
vilify
vacillate
impermeable
obsequious
33. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
esoteric
diverge
propensity
caustic
34. Bitter scolding; invective
perfunctory
diatribe
cacophony
acumen
35. Cowardly
stupefy
ameliorate
perfunctory
craven
36. Peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
reprobate
chicanery
tangential
accolade
37. Clear and easily understood
trenchant
mundane
lucid
distend
38. Thrift; economy
cogent
frugality
arduous
audacious
39. Disprove
cacaphony
meticulous
ambivalence
refute
40. Something long-lasting
endemic
luminous
perennial
immutable
41. Something that discourages; hindrance
elegy
document
antipathy
deterrent
42. Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
explicit
pervasive
disingenuous
infelicitous
43. Lessen in intensity; moderate; appease
innocuous
capricious
mitigate
dupe
44. Willing to betray one's trust
erudite
recondite
perfidious
homogenous
45. Causing sleep or lethargy
impecunious
abate
soporific
dissolution
46. Injure; hurt
deference
fortuitous
polemical
impair
47. To combine several elements into a whole
amalgamate
propensity
prevaricate
abyss
48. Having or showing often vicious ill-will - spite - or hatred
malevolent
dogmatic
viscous
inveigle
49. Polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
squander
decorum
astringent
ambivalence
50. Scarcity
qualms
frugality
paucity
discredit