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SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words
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sat
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english
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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. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
qualms
catalyst
neologism
mundane
2. Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
morose
distend
heretical
tacit
3. A recent convert; a beginner; novice
engender
deride
neophyte
imminent
4. Disprove
zealous
tenacity
impassive
refute
5. One who hates all other humans
misanthrope
strut
fortuitous
fervent
6. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
craven
surfeit
obsequious
7. Playful; humorous
satire
facetious
engender
pedant
8. Dictatorial in one's opinions
dogmatic
pervasive
rarefy
laud
9. Strong inclination; liking
diatribe
penchant
banal
eulogy
10. Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to
analogous
tangential
impassive
converge
11. Wordy
lament
spectrum
apathy
verbose
12. To fluctuate between choices
venerate
candid
flout
waver
13. To dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
preen
innocuous
impassive
indeterminate
14. Having a sour or bitter taste or character
advocate
ascetic
acerbic
banal
15. Narrow-mindedness; isolation
canon
insularity
quibble
invective
16. Unemotional; lacking sensitivity
convoluted
audacious
stolid
volatile
17. To satisfy fully or overindulge
pedant
frugality
satiate
anomaly
18. Practicing self-denial; austere
enumerate
aggrandize
levity
ascetic
19. Make express conditions - specify
fatuous
stipulate
ebullience
venerate
20. Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
eulogy
nascent
hackneyed
intransigent
21. Something long-lasting
perennial
axiomatic
abstemious
eccentric
22. Impartial and honest in speech
perennial
filibuster
bombast
candid
23. Overwhelm; flood; submerge
discrete
inundate
insinuate
diffuse
24. Justified; authorized
proliferate
warranted
pedagogy
paucity
25. Excess
plethora
impecunious
conundrum
approbation
26. Excess; overindulgence
fervent
esoteric
surfeit
abstain
27. Alertly watchful
striated
condone
vigilant
reverent
28. Trying to please by behaving obsequiously - flattering or cringing
prodigal
dearth
veracious
fawning
29. Of the same kind
laud
homogenous
verbose
variegated
30. Speech in praise of someone
belie
penury
eulogy
metamorphosis
31. To forcibly assign - esp. to a lower place or position
polemical
relegate
stoic
mitigate
32. Without guile; open and honest
artless
equivocate
supposition
ameliorate
33. Establish by evidence; verify; support
stupefy
precarious
mundane
substantiate
34. Incapable of being pacified
disparage
spendthrift
implacable
volatile
35. A force that causes rotation
profligate
torque
equivocate
advocate
36. Relieve
tirade
stint
veracious
alleviate
37. Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic
diatribe
obsequious
sparse
pedagogy
38. To respect deeply
venerate
axiom
tirade
assuage
39. Steadily increasing volume or force
crescendo
ostentation
fervent
dismiss
40. Without feeling; imperturbable; stoical
quiescence
impassive
ebullient
pine
41. Lacking coherence
alleviate
delineate
bucolic
disjointed
42. Arrogant presumption or pride
volatile
pine
hubris
precipitate
43. Burst inward
implode
beneficent
intransigent
pragmatic
44. Hard; strenuous
discrepancy
arduous
log
lucid
45. To give unsparingly (V); Extremely generous or extravagant (ADJ)
deference
pedantic
prodigal
lavish
46. Riddle; difficult problem
conundrum
stupefy
opprobrium
plasticity
47. Characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled
pristine
converge
pedantic
empirical
48. Earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
levee
apathy
rarefied
lethargic
49. A puzzle; a mystery
odious
enigma
dogmatic
irascible
50. A sorrowful poem or speech
chicanery
eclectic
variegated
elegy