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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. Disguise; pretend
precarious
loquacious
reticent
dissemble
2. Biting in wit
intrepid
elegy
caustic
querulous
3. Thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
sparse
decorum
lucid
evanescent
4. To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
ebullience
opprobrium
spectrum
adulterate
5. Draw out by discussion
elicit
diffident
hegemony
dilettante
6. Lack of harmony; absurdity
inured
incongruity
cogent
fortuitous
7. Expression of praise - often on the occasion of someone's death
paradox
penury
eulogy
tacit
8. Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
esoteric
obdurate
esoteric
aggregate
9. Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
gullible
obtuse
mollify
contentious
10. Radiant; shiny; brilliant
propriety
arbitrate
refulgent
paucity
11. Drowsy; dull
bombastic
admonish
lethargic
presumptuous
12. Separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
audacious
quixotic
discrete
discordant
13. Irritable; easily angered
filibuster
sporadic
irascible
desiccate
14. Pacify; conciliate
austere
aggrandize
placate
innocuous
15. Belittle
disparage
neophyte
compliant
transitory
16. To make more bearable
innocuous
alleviate
converge
exigency
17. To make worse
erudite
enervate
exacerbate
strut
18. Talkative
irascible
preamble
loquacious
imperturbable
19. To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
squander
spurious
profound
ameliorate
20. Public disgrace
intrepid
opprobrium
gainsay
hubris
21. To set right; to free from error
metamorphosis
irascible
disabuse
obtuse
22. Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
castigate
eclectic
empirical
synthesis
23. Cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete
caustic
incipient
maverick
supersede
24. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
fatuous
prodigal
pristine
veracity
25. Enjoy; have a distinctive flavor - smell - or quality
opprobrium
savor
disparage
pragmatic
26. Potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden
pedantic
porous
efficacy
latent
27. Changing one's mind quickly and often
vacillate
default
capricious
maverick
28. Having a sour or bitter taste or character
disingenuous
pungent
transgression
acerbic
29. Scarcity
paucity
dissonance
guileless
harangue
30. To use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate
adulterate
bombast
vituperate
castigate
31. Lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity
eclectic
rancorous
levity
amalgamate
32. Shyness
indolent
ascetic
diffidence
plethora
33. Strong inclination; liking
penchant
tacit
ephemeral
diffidence
34. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
eulogy
dupe
intransigent
zealot
35. One who spends money wastefully
commensurate
implacable
spendthrift
glib
36. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
euphemism
qualms
qualified
urbane
37. Lazy
indolent
eclectic
eccentric
assuage
38. Admirable
audacious
deride
confound
estimable
39. Mentally quick and observant; having insight
discerning
mendacity
vex
extrapolation
40. Made less dense (of a gas)
rarefied
permeate
contrite
fortuitous
41. Vibrate pendulumlike; waver
disinterested
oscillate
plethora
recalcitrant
42. Lacking coherence
polemical
bombast
disjointed
evanescent
43. Dull; impassive
stolid
philanthropy
dogma
proliferate
44. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
fallacious
pragmatic
tacit
sanction
45. To waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; to waver
vacillate
onerous
emulate
preen
46. Peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
anomalous
disseminate
tangential
propensity
47. Sticky - gluey
discordant
bombast
viscous
discrepancy
48. Abuse
laconic
invective
homogenous
esoteric
49. Establish by evidence; verify; support
chicanery
derision
axiomatic
substantiate
50. Clear; easily understood
derision
lucid
ostentatious
antipathy