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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. Something that brings about a change in something else
prodigal
catalyst
exculpate
neologism
2. Grow forth; send out buds
burgeon
itinerary
precipitate
ambiguous
3. Lie
coagulate
rancorous
prevaricate
stoic
4. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
subpoena
innocuous
proliferate
austere
5. Ridicule; make fun of
deride
fervor
lament
arduous
6. Daring; bold
quotidian
audacious
caustic
diverge
7. Opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
prodigal
dogmatic
venerate
attenuate
8. Approval
perennial
convoluted
approbation
embellish
9. To provide support or reinforcement
bolster
decorum
censure
explicit
10. To sooth or pacify
recondite
emollient
precarious
placate
11. Uprightness; incorruptibility
transient
zealous
chicanery
probity
12. A mark of shame or discredit
contentious
hyperbole
stigma
prattle
13. To question or oppose
eulogy
amalgamate
savor
demur
14. Shut; close
laconic
occlude
volatile
pedantic
15. Joking (often inappropriately); humorous
castigation
facetious
viscous
efficacy
16. Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
pedantic
subside
inchoate
felicitous
17. Easily deceived
empirical
exigent
condone
gullible
18. Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
ingenuous
alacrity
convoluted
opaque
19. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
recalcitrant
unfeigned
immutable
ephemeral
20. Causing sleep or lethargy
exigent
prattle
fortuitous
soporific
21. Wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
didactic
enigmatic
discrepancy
diffuse
22. Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
lassitude
caustic
vigilant
trenchant
23. Showing off learning; bookish
derivative
pedantic
assiduous
attenuate
24. To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
canon
abscond
grandiloquence
effrontery
25. Calm and peaceful
grandiloquence
halcyon
inundate
inert
26. Establish by evidence; verify; support
emulate
supposition
substantiate
queries
27. Lofty or grand
aver
sublime
catalyst
ambivalence
28. Warn; reprove
antagonize
subside
admonish
equivocate
29. Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
quaff
eclectic
convoluted
venerate
30. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
repudiate
occlude
volatile
implacable
31. To invalidate; to repeal; to retract
rescind
reticent
implacable
solvent
32. Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
discordant
relegate
homogenous
deference
33. Intense and passionate feeling
recondite
tenuous
ardor
perennial
34. Practical as opposed to idealistic
impermeable
pragmatic
paragon
sordid
35. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
cogent
implacable
wary
qualms
36. Long - harsh speech or verbal attack
assuage
soporific
tirade
ameliorate
37. Occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
propitiate
reverent
quotidian
gregarious
38. Doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted in several ways
specious
ingenuous
ambiguous
obviate
39. To criticize severely; to officially rebuke
censure
placate
stigma
penury
40. Strenuous; taxing; requiring significant effort
burgeon
perspicacious
arduous
dupe
41. Overcharge
explicit
deride
gouge
dilettante
42. Having or showing often vicious ill-will - spite - or hatred
extemporaneous
malevolent
axiomatic
vituperate
43. Effectiveness
efficacy
proliferate
porous
bucolic
44. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
precipitate
insipid
onerous
deference
45. Yielding; conforming to requirements
lucid
strut
reticent
compliant
46. Worried - concerned
deride
cacaphony
solicious
resolve
47. One who hates all other humans
gouge
misanthrope
eulogy
laconic
48. Recent convert; beginner
fulminate
vituperate
aesthetic
neophyte
49. Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
inchoate
desultory
eclectic
gullible
50. Departing from norms or conventions
ingenuous
eccentric
diverge
capricious