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SAT Vocab 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. Argumentative; fond of arguing
diminution
disputatious
elated
antiquated
2. Coax; wheedle
condone
cajole
negate
despondent
3. Mocking
enigma
resolve
detrimental
satirical
4. Hermit; loner
resigned
recluse
remorse
incongruous
5. Invigorating and refreshing; cheering
exhilarating
compile
taciturn
peripheral
6. Waver; fluctuate
vacillate
augment
contentious
repudiate
7. Inactive; lacking power to move
endorse
inert
miserly
antidote
8. Judgement that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
terse
conviction
invert
thrive
9. Advanced in development
vindicate
precocious
disperse
attribute
10. Difference; condition of inequality
superfluous
derivative
disparity
sycophant
11. Charge
detached
indict
somber
ambiguous
12. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
volatile
static
denounce
homogeneous
13. Unmoved or unconcerned by; mediocre
reticence
vacillate
indifferent
phenomena
14. Old-fashioned; obsolete
antiquated
adulation
intimidate
despondent
15. Lacking in flavor; dull
insipid
disdain
verbose
capricious
16. Unintentional; by oversight; careless
immutable
thrive
inadvertent
aloof
17. Lack of caring; indifference
apathy
piety
delineate
artisan
18. Easily approachable; warmly friendly
gravity
affable
dismiss
notoriety
19. Deceit; duplicity
enmity
execute
exploit
guile
20. Excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
artisan
autonomous
meticulous
homogeneous
21. Extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
opulence
impudence
prolific
reverent
22. Resulting in an unexpected and contrary outcome
appease
superfluous
ironic
pacifist
23. Slavish; cringing
mitigate
extol
enigma
servile
24. Hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
intimidate
euphemism
cursory
tentative
25. Vigorous; strong
abstemious
robust
composure
laud
26. Unchangeable
detached
immutable
esoteric
nonchalance
27. Regret; disapprove of
explicit
deplore
malicious
prudent
28. Relieve
recount
analogous
fanaticism
alleviate
29. Inborn
subside
innate
ambiguous
frivolous
30. Short account of an amusing or interesting event
abstruse
inclusive
anecdote
stagnant
31. Bitterness; hatred
exonerate
rancor
ascetic
terse
32. Shorten; reduce
derivative
linger
frugality
curtail
33. Propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
insularity
complacency
decorum
inadvertent
34. Pacify or sooth; relieve
ambivalence
ironic
appease
erudite
35. Firm dislike
volatile
sluggish
aversion
esoteric
36. Choosing at random; confused
antiquated
indiscriminate
arbitrary
augment
37. Weighty; unwieldy
compliance
ponderous
refute
anarchist
38. Extreme corruption; wickedness
augment
nurture
pervasive
depravity
39. Unpredictable; fickle; fanciful
derivative
lament
reprove
capricious
40. Questionable; filled with doubt
resigned
braggart
dubious
qualified
41. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
augment
incongruous
relegate
inherent
42. Threatening
opportunist
extraneous
invert
ominous
43. Narrate or tell; count over again
corroborate
recount
intrepid
resolution
44. Rapid growth; spread; multiplication
proliferation
derivative
disclose
enhance
45. Casual; hastily done
cursory
tranquility
endorse
innocuous
46. Recognize; admit
alleviate
cryptic
acknowledge
laud
47. Ascribe; explain
attribute
concede
haughtiness
garrulous
48. Support; reinforce
dubious
apathy
bolster
divergent
49. Conciseness
conviction
gratify
trite
brevity
50. Thorough; comprehensive
ratify
cursory
exhaustive
extricate