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SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Pompous in speech and manner






2. To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead






3. To defame; to characterize harshly






4. Peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing






5. Make unnecessary; get rid of






6. Disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error






7. Soothe






8. A medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals - esp. base metals into gold






9. Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected






10. Intensely emotional; feverish






11. Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs






12. Someone easily fooled






13. Support; prop up






14. To make larger; to expand






15. The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart - esp. in forgiving






16. Failure to act






17. Alertly watchful






18. Excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant






19. Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly






20. To deliver a pompous speech or tirade






21. Supporting bar






22. Overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties






23. Unprejudiced






24. Hypothesis; surmise






25. To give unsparingly (V); Extremely generous or extravagant (ADJ)






26. Deserving blame






27. Obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly






28. To stun - baffle - or amaze






29. Naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated






30. Bitter scolding; invective






31. Recently begun; rudimentary; elementary






32. Happening by fortunate accident or chance






33. To judge a dispute between two opposing parties






34. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal






35. Exaggeration; overstatement






36. Thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals






37. Dealing with - appreciative of - or responsive to art or the beautiful






38. Coiled around; involved; intricate






39. Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention






40. To increase in intensity - power - or prestige






41. Brief; fleeting






42. Sad; sullen; melancholy






43. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted






44. Made less dense (of a gas)






45. To obtain by deception or flattery






46. Person hardened by sin - devoid of a sense of decency






47. Wandering away from the subject






48. Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful






49. Unmoving; lethargic; sluggish






50. Yielding; conforming to requirements