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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. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
veracious
quiescent
divest
unfeigned
2. Worship of idols; excessive admiration
idolatry
quaff
eulogy
mendacious
3. Ostracize; banish; outlaw
metaphor
phlegmatic
relegate
proscribe
4. Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
eloquent
volatile
ambiguous
castigation
5. Stubborn
profound
reverent
obdurate
grandiloquent
6. Defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve
onerous
discredit
imperturbable
efficacy
7. Riddle; difficult problem
opaque
abate
fervent
conundrum
8. To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
squander
propriety
implacable
engender
9. Lack of harmony; absurdity
filibuster
incongruity
placate
abscond
10. Approval
approbation
plummet
hackneyed
fervid
11. Revere
gregarious
intractable
monotony
venerate
12. Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
lavish
urbane
ebullient
hegemony
13. Sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
catalyst
problematic
squalid
rancorous
14. Soothing - esp. to the skin; making less harsh
condone
emollient
furtive
obtuse
15. Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
hackneyed
truculent
disinterested
contrite
16. To perceive; to recognize
discern
impair
indifferent
plummet
17. Deviating from the norm
savor
aberrant
luminous
ambiguous
18. Ability to be molded
exculpate
solicious
burgeon
plasticity
19. Increase; improve
abstemious
mundane
enhance
foment
20. To fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
stymie
malingerer
renege
rarefy
21. Short-lived; fleeting
admonish
indifferent
quixotic
ephemeral
22. Exaggeration; overstatement
hyperbole
permeate
sanction
neophyte
23. To obtain by deception or flattery
inveigle
officious
connoisseur
irascible
24. Cause; produce
engender
desiccate
idolatry
volatile
25. Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
voracious
obsequious
supersede
vigilant
26. Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
prescience
onerous
inveigle
resolve
27. Characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled
facilitate
intrepid
pristine
archaic
28. To waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; to waver
vacillate
catalyst
implacable
coda
29. Impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness
gullible
idolatrous
corroborate
effrontery
30. Made less dense (of a gas)
intrepid
rarefied
philanthropy
homogenous
31. Abstruse; profound; secret
inured
recalcitrant
dilettante
recondite
32. Kindly; doing good
pristine
zealous
infelicitous
beneficent
33. Confuse; puzzle
chauvinist
confound
volatile
proliferate
34. Trying to please by behaving obsequiously - flattering or cringing
mitigate
fawning
stupefy
conundrum
35. Lacking funds; without money
impecunious
stolid
torpor
embellish
36. Truthful
disparage
paucity
subpoena
veracious
37. Gather; accumulate
insularity
whimsical
incongruity
aggregate
38. Rash; premature; hasty; sudden
advocate
precipitate
compendium
dismiss
39. Wisdom - caution - or restraint
sanction
prudence
dismiss
quixotic
40. Disown; disavow
euphemism
repudiate
satire
diatribe
41. Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
eclectic
pristine
garrulous
ingenuous
42. Calmness of temperament; composure
equivocate
prescience
equanimity
sanction
43. Infamy; vilification
proliferate
opprobium
perfunctory
chauvinist
44. Improvised; done without preparation
perennial
tacit
extemporaneous
quiescent
45. Able to be molded - altered - or bent
vigilant
diffuse
austere
plastic
46. To illegally use or reproduce
pirate
equivocate
trenchant
prodigious
47. Not moving - active - or in motion; at rest
ascetic
goad
exacerbate
static
48. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
equivocate
prevaricate
incorporate
prodigal
49. To retract - esp. a previously held belief
recant
homogenous
abstain
innocuous
50. Doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing
viscous
problematic
catalyst
didactic