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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. Hypothesis; surmise
dilatory
supposition
immutable
assuage
2. Abnormal; irregular
anomalous
strut
insipid
convention
3. Quick to act without thinking
impetuous
inchoate
commensurate
truculent
4. Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
burnish
innocuous
obdurate
antipathy
5. Severe criticism or punishment
spectrum
reticent
fanatical
castigation
6. Hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism
obviate
obviate
secrete
pungent
7. Model of excellence or perfection
penury
disparate
paragon
condone
8. Hint; imply; creep in
stupefy
erudite
insinuate
quibble
9. To reduce in force or degree; to weaken
attenuate
piety
laconic
caustic
10. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
intractable
officious
fervor
transgression
11. Lazy
loquacious
indolent
morose
paucity
12. Deviating from the norm
malinger
rescind
analogous
aberrant
13. Convincing and well reasoned
supersede
audacious
cogent
solicitous
14. To judge a dispute between two opposing parties
discrepancy
arbitrate
profuse
onerous
15. Depart secretly and hide
eclectic
obfuscate
credulous
abscond
16. Not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern
desiccate
salubrious
immutable
subtle
17. To remove blame
metamorphosis
emulate
disabuse
exonerate
18. Overwhelm; flood; submerge
reverent
inundate
capricious
permeable
19. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity and steadiness
imperturbable
solicitous
profound
chicanery
20. Trying to please by behaving obsequiously - flattering or cringing
gregarious
pirate
fawning
perfidy
21. To deliver a pompous speech or tirade
burnish
prevaricate
hyperbole
harangue
22. Uncertain; risky
proliferate
pathological
precarious
negate
23. Rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
eclectic
bucolic
antipathy
eclectic
24. A harsh denunciation
banal
deride
refulgent
diatribe
25. Immunity from punishment or penalty
impunity
subtle
grandiloquent
eccentric
26. Seeming true - but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
terse
exonerate
endemic
specious
27. Supporting bar
preen
obsequious
impermeable
strut
28. The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady - uninterrupted rhythm
oscillation
euphemism
emulate
derision
29. Truthful
pedagogy
fervid
veracious
mundane
30. Overcharge
ennui
gouge
esoteric
ascetic
31. Radiant; shiny; brilliant
plummet
exigent
refulgent
onerous
32. Comparable
prescience
analogous
savor
laconic
33. Incapable of being pacified
tenuous
amenable
perfidy
implacable
34. Practical as opposed to idealistic
pragmatic
beneficent
inchoate
impede
35. Determination; firmness of purpose
parody
desiccate
ardor
resolve
36. Inexperienced
impermeable
tacit
fledgling
strut
37. To anticipate and make unnecessary
neophyte
obviate
penury
boorish
38. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
abstemious
peruse
salubrious
audacious
39. Calm and peaceful
paragon
attenuate
maverick
halcyon
40. Obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly
strut
garrulous
oscillation
recalcitrant
41. Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
trenchant
zeal
inherent
goad
42. To express sorrow; to grieve
exacerbate
insipid
lament
inherent
43. Something out of place in time
shard
rhetoric
prodigious
anachronism
44. Prevailing among a specific group of people or an area
endemic
dogmatic
laud
embellish
45. Easily understood; clear; intelligible
plummet
lucid
anachronism
qualified
46. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
prolific
discretion
discordant
quiescence
47. Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
fawn
deride
lassitude
ingenuous
48. Lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
torpor
onerous
dilate
supplant
49. Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
subpoena
volatile
savor
gainsay
50. Using few words; terse
euphemism
inundate
disparate
laconic