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SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Lavish - wasteful






2. Colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism






3. To stun - baffle - or amaze






4. Easily deceived






5. To make larger; to expand






6. Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness






7. Causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep






8. Trying to please; overly polite; obliging






9. Concerning the appreciation of beauty






10. To make something unpleasant less sever






11. To conciliate; to appease






12. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal






13. To weaken; to reduce in vitality






14. To choose not to do something






15. To permeate throughout






16. Eager and enthusiastic willingness






17. Lack of harmony; absurdity






18. Lethargic; sluggish; dormant






19. Rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants






20. Acquire; take possession of for one's own use






21. Irritable; easily angered






22. Assert confidently or declare; as used in law - state formally as a fact






23. Generosity






24. Excessive showiness






25. Clear from blame






26. To provide supporting evidence






27. Soothe






28. Improve






29. Loquacious; wordy; talkative






30. Sharing a border; touching; adjacent






31. Characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled






32. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate






33. Praise






34. Obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly






35. Silent - not talkative






36. To perceive; to recognize






37. Deserving blame






38. Lofty or grand






39. Known or understood by only a few






40. To give unsparingly (V); Extremely generous or extravagant (ADJ)






41. Enjoy; have a distinctive flavor - smell - or quality






42. Thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals






43. Harmless






44. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing






45. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish






46. Easily made angry






47. Fierce and cruel; eager to fight






48. Stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest






49. Calm; placid






50. Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one