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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. Fleeting; passing quickly; brief
renege
recondite
transient
idolatry
2. Joking (often inappropriately); humorous
quiescent
facetious
pragmatic
esoteric
3. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
opprobrium
probity
belie
aggrandize
4. Foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
quixotic
didactic
desiccate
sporadic
5. Extreme dislike
recalcitrant
derision
penchant
antipathy
6. Abnormal or deviant
delineate
castigation
aberrant
emulate
7. Lack of consistency; difference
fervor
luminous
dupe
discrepancy
8. Wordy
truculent
ameliorate
tangential
verbose
9. A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
axiom
subpoena
whimsical
satiate
10. Long - harsh speech or verbal attack
insipid
tirade
propitiate
substantiate
11. Capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
oscillation
malleable
rarefy
meticulous
12. To increase in intensity - power - or prestige
aggrandize
disseminate
disabuse
innocuous
13. Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
obtuse
compendium
recalcitrant
desultory
14. Hypothesis; surmise
ennui
desultory
ambiguous
supposition
15. Courteous regard for another's wish
deference
veracious
prudence
goad
16. To prevent; to make unnecessary
inured
obviate
enigmatic
goad
17. Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
erratic
ostentation
implacable
tirade
18. Attacking cherished traditions
iconoclast
diffident
pervasive
insularity
19. Departing from norms or conventions
eccentric
alchemy
perennial
pervasive
20. Winding; full of curves
flag
futile
tortuous
anachronism
21. Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to
analogous
strut
pedant
penury
22. Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
bombastic
boorish
disparage
decorum
23. Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
contentious
engender
superfluous
vacillate
24. Calmness of temperament; composure
deride
erudite
equanimity
iconoclast
25. The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
ebullience
quiescent
commensurate
fanatical
26. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
invective
penchant
filibuster
eloquent
27. Excessively decorated or embellished
obdurate
quixotic
platitude
florid
28. Violating accepted dogma or convention
heretical
obsequious
arbitrate
transitory
29. To penetrate
intrepid
implicit
laconic
permeate
30. To increase in power - influence - and reputation
condone
indifferent
aggrandize
saturate
31. Excess; overindulgence
diffuse
garrulous
surfeit
queries
32. Wisdom - caution - or restraint
waver
prudence
sedulous
occlude
33. Promoting health or well-being
alchemy
salubrious
laud
pernicious
34. Using few words
perspicacious
volatile
laconic
irascible
35. Lie - mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
furtive
equivocate
desiccate
sordid
36. Intimidate; frighten
pith
precipitate
dilate
daunt
37. Unruly; stubborn; unyielding
obviate
misanthrope
intractable
abyss
38. Droop; grow feeble
flag
dissolution
martial
misanthrope
39. Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
impervious
pungent
rescind
profuse
40. Incapable of being pacified
garrulous
approbation
idolatrous
implacable
41. To make worse
enhance
exacerbate
inveigle
homogenous
42. Truthful
cogent
desultory
veracious
futile
43. Lazy
irascible
elegy
craven
indolent
44. Stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
equivocate
repudiate
elicit
pungent
45. Characterized by bitter - long-lasting resentment
luminous
archaic
bolster
rancorous
46. An overabundance; a surplus
tacit
eclectic
obviate
plethora
47. Outgoing - sociable
gregarious
disseminate
obviate
inundate
48. Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
delineate
misanthrope
germane
strut
49. Able to be molded - altered - or bent
plastic
sedulous
chary
malinger
50. Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
voracious
whimsical
contrite
immutable