Test your basic knowledge |

SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness






2. Worried - concerned






3. Poem or song expressing lamentation






4. Characterized by a strong - sharp smell or taste






5. A piece of broken pottery or glass






6. To court favor by a flattering manner






7. To defame; to characterize harshly






8. Damaging; harmful; injurious






9. Impervious; not permitting passage through its substance






10. Extremely careful about details






11. Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful






12. To forcibly assign - esp. to a lower place or position






13. To make worse or more severe






14. To sway physically; to be indecisive






15. Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety






16. Precise and brief






17. To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead






18. Abnormal; irregular






19. Excessive showiness






20. Able to speak clearly and expressively






21. To conciliate; to appease






22. Talkative






23. Strip; deprive






24. To deceive; a person who is easily deceived






25. Turmoil; bewildering jumble






26. Change of form






27. Thick; sticky






28. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine






29. Extremely talkative






30. Forerunner; harbinger






31. Of a similar kind






32. Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage






33. A harsh and disagreeable combination - often of sounds






34. To grow rapidly or flourish






35. Scarcity






36. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert






37. Wandering and unpredictable






38. Winding; full of curves






39. Wasteful; reckless with money






40. Corresponding in extent - degree - amount - etc.; proportionate






41. Effective writing or speaking






42. One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge






43. Excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant






44. Practicing self-denial; austere






45. Exonerate; to clear of blame






46. Seeming true - but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive






47. Introductory statement






48. Thicken; congeal; clot






49. Cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete






50. Extended scolding; denunciation; harangue