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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. Discord; opposite of harmony
whimsical
spurious
plummet
dissonance
2. An abusive - condemnatory speech
diatribe
exonerate
erudite
luminous
3. To lie or deviate from the truth
laud
prevaricate
cacophony
banal
4. Unpredictable; fickle
capricious
elegy
ephemeral
dichotomy
5. To obstruct or block
prescience
occlude
preamble
tortuous
6. Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality - region - or people
torpid
endemic
supposition
assuage
7. Wordy
inundate
derivative
connoisseur
verbose
8. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
pervasive
discretion
arduous
viscous
9. To remove blame
plummet
exonerate
supposition
disparate
10. Devotion to pleasurable pursuits - esp. to the pleasures of the senses
hedonism
viscous
deride
intractable
11. Understood; not put into words
impunity
fatuous
tacit
idolatry
12. Sharp and irritating to the senses
obviate
pungent
inimical
squalid
13. Excessive praise; intense adoration
laconic
disparate
adulation
implode
14. Cowardly
prodigal
craven
lassitude
chary
15. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
sanction
eccentric
caustic
culpable
16. Dealing with - appreciative of - or responsive to art or the beautiful
eloquent
vacillate
paucity
aesthetic
17. Accustomed; hardened
pedant
inured
solicious
inherent
18. To deliberately obscure; to make confusing
audacious
obfuscate
futile
prevaricate
19. Appease
obfuscate
propitiate
obviate
pervasive
20. Quick - keen - or accurate knowledge or insight
convoluted
dilate
static
acumen
21. Agent that stimulates or precipitates a reaction - development - or change
sedulous
discrete
catalyst
dissolution
22. Speech in praise of someone
eulogy
pedantic
variegated
fortuitous
23. Understood but not stated
opaque
diverge
implicit
eloquent
24. Public disgrace
laud
opprobrium
viable
gregarious
25. Cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete
inert
decorum
anarchy
supersede
26. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
connoisseur
alleviate
emulate
caustic
27. Wisdom - caution - or restraint
proclivity
prudence
onerous
deterrent
28. Irritable; easily angered
irascible
chicanery
aberrant
malinger
29. Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
obviate
diatribe
capricious
catalyst
30. Lie
disabuse
opprobium
obstinate
prevaricate
31. Disintegration; looseness in morals
dissolution
convoluted
tout
analogous
32. To disprove; to successfully argue against
refute
piety
prevaricate
veracious
33. Approach; tend to meet; come together
pristine
converge
rescind
stoic
34. Talkative
loquacious
static
abate
pungent
35. Claim; thesis
peruse
problematic
contention
contrite
36. Vibrate pendulumlike; waver
filibuster
welter
impervious
oscillate
37. To stop up; to prevent the passage of
pedagogy
exculpate
occlude
refute
38. Brief and to the point
laconic
attenuate
misanthrope
quiescent
39. An extremely deep hole
anomaly
abyss
disparage
eclectic
40. Hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
squalid
recondite
voracious
perfunctory
41. Greed - esp. for wealth
exacerbate
avarice
tout
naive
42. To waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; to waver
pathological
sordid
polemical
vacillate
43. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
shard
dissemble
fortuitous
viscous
44. Uprightness; incorruptibility
probity
abstemious
desultory
perfunctory
45. Absence of governing body; state of disorder
enhance
chicanery
impunity
anarchy
46. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine
eulogy
supersede
gullible
rarefy
47. Make unnecessary; get rid of
diffident
quaff
chicanery
obviate
48. Intended to teach or instruct
sordid
didactic
assuage
prodigal
49. Soothing - esp. to the skin; making less harsh
emollient
disabuse
audacious
audacious
50. Radiant; shiny; brilliant
queries
refulgent
ameliorate
plastic