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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. Praise
cacaphony
bolster
laud
enervate
2. To support; to prop up
efficacy
probity
bolster
conundrum
3. Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
irascible
disabuse
variegated
condone
4. To stun - baffle - or amaze
enervate
stupefy
lavish
inveigle
5. Agent that stimulates or precipitates a reaction - development - or change
catalyst
anachronism
banal
phlegmatic
6. Silent - not talkative
putrefy
preamble
taciturn
aver
7. To punish or criticize harshly
discordant
castigate
fervor
intransigent
8. Dealing with - appreciative of - or responsive to art or the beautiful
aesthetic
approbation
oscillation
filibuster
9. Hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
hedonism
impetuous
hackneyed
ameliorate
10. To anticipate and make unnecessary
sublime
iconoclast
obviate
acumen
11. Following or in agreement with accepted - traditional standards
satire
indigence
gainsay
canonical
12. Settle down; descend; grow quiet
foment
flout
ingenuous
subside
13. To give unsparingly (V); Extremely generous or extravagant (ADJ)
lavish
tractable
relegate
dogmatic
14. Thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
harangue
prescience
sparse
heretical
15. Scarcity
meticulous
paucity
negate
equivocate
16. Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic
derivative
salubrious
bucolic
obsequious
17. Uncertain how to act; weak
precursor
profound
irresolute
sanction
18. Hinder - block
pungent
ephemeral
impede
prolific
19. Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
adulterate
conciliatory
antagonize
convention
20. Hypothesis; surmise
sparse
florid
tortuous
supposition
21. Introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite
perfunctory
equivocate
incorporate
antipathy
22. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
proliferate
ingenuous
dearth
placate
23. Joking (often inappropriately); humorous
impervious
facetious
intransigent
chicanery
24. Introductory statement
exigent
variegated
ambiguous
preamble
25. Rebel; nonconformist
dissemble
beneficent
maverick
vituperate
26. Corresponding in extent - degree - amount - etc.; proportionate
commensurate
truculence
grandiloquent
chauvinist
27. Lacking self-confidence
enigmatic
maverick
discordant
diffident
28. Not capable of change
laconic
supplant
immutable
pirate
29. Overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
alacrity
opaque
sparse
condone
30. Draw out by discussion
conundrum
elicit
plastic
shard
31. Limited; restricted
specious
coagulate
exigent
qualified
32. A mournful poem - esp. one lamenting the dead
elegy
hubris
fervent
hyperbole
33. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity
infelicitous
mollify
prattle
soporific
34. To prevent; to make unnecessary
obviate
equanimity
abstemious
mendacious
35. Not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern
disparate
saturate
lassitude
subtle
36. Comparable
onerous
dissonance
analogous
frugality
37. Deserving blame
plethora
culpable
magnanimity
inured
38. A funeral hymn or mournful speech
solvent
bolster
dirge
obstinate
39. To question or oppose
demur
immutable
relegate
impunity
40. Respectful; worshipful
reverent
inert
ostentatious
dogmatic
41. Appease
propitiate
buttress
attenuate
alleviate
42. Easily made angry
eclectic
irascible
propriety
exonerate
43. Model of perfection
prattle
precarious
paragon
urbane
44. Superficial; not thorough; lacking interest - care - or enthusiasm
esoteric
perfunctory
emulate
equivocate
45. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
maverick
dichotomy
attenuate
convention
46. To court favor by a flattering manner
fawn
insinuate
misanthrope
canonical
47. Treacherous; disloyal
perfidious
discredit
vacillate
hegemony
48. Separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
grandiloquence
discrete
propitiate
paragon
49. Bright - brilliant - glowing
subpoena
rancorous
abate
luminous
50. An invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
fallacy
grandiloquent
insipid
quiescence