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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. Propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
rigor
decorum
substantiate
anarchist
2. Use of force to get someone to obey
coercion
reticence
ascendancy
contend
3. Unintentional; by oversight; careless
inadvertent
hypothetical
meticulous
immutable
4. Increase; add to
impede
augment
fallacious
pessimism
5. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances
marred
equivocal
appease
opportunist
6. Damaged; disfigured
marred
hardy
illusory
tranquility
7. Think up; invent; plan
antiquated
hierarchy
authoritarian
devise
8. Praise
somber
novelty
laud
capricious
9. Support; reinforce
credulity
redundant
bolster
impede
10. Evasive; baffling; hard to grasp
conviction
elusive
censure
adversity
11. Make impossible; eliminate
resolution
unwarranted
preclude
conflagration
12. Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
euphemism
transient
discerning
stagnant
13. Overconfident; impertinently bold; taking liberties
presumptuous
optimist
aloof
advocate
14. Pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language
obstinate
rhetorical
lofty
proximity
15. Teachings - in general; particular principle (religious - legal - etc.) taught
apprehension
prudent
doctrine
lofty
16. Make use of - sometimes unjustly
pacifist
lofty
extricate
exploit
17. Comparable
opaque
analogous
stagnant
corroborate
18. Practical
feasible
precocious
esoteric
nurture
19. Momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
transient
decorum
affable
fervor
20. Injure; hurt
abstract
impair
refute
homogeneous
21. Relieve
miserly
dissent
bolster
alleviate
22. Gracious; heartfelt
enmity
cordial
endorse
vilify
23. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
detached
piety
fervor
reprimand
24. Motionless; stale; dull
contract
deference
stagnant
proliferation
25. Help bring about; make less difficult
vacillate
aspire
incongruous
facilitate
26. Choosing at random; confused
indiscriminate
reverent
opportunist
idiosyncrasy
27. Conciseness
discount
brevity
tentative
impair
28. Belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess
negate
pessimism
retract
analogous
29. Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful
submissive
piety
aesthetic
profound
30. View with scorn or contempt
erroneous
gravity
disdain
innocuous
31. Threatening
squander
ominous
illusory
lament
32. Overwhelm; flood; submerge
inundate
aversion
bolster
constraint
33. Hostility; active resistance
hamper
static
antagonism
aesthetic
34. yielding; timid
fervor
explicit
submissive
vacillate
35. Disown; disavow
repudiate
dubious
temper
abridge
36. Deserving blame
affable
reprehensible
cordial
conciliatory
37. Determination; resolve
feasible
precocious
resolution
whimsical
38. Deliberately planned; likely
calculated
acknowledge
glutton
eclectic
39. Self-control; formal but distant manner
relegate
diminution
reserve
lofty
40. Indifference; lack of concern; composure
profane
nonchalance
qualified
thrive
41. Bitterness; hatred
condone
rancor
belie
calculated
42. Unoriginal; derived from another source
illusory
derivative
ascetic
exacerbate
43. General agreement
augment
consensus
integrity
expedient
44. Manually skilled worker; craftsman - as opposed to artist
whimsical
artisan
discordant
turbulence
45. Put into effect; supply with tools
hypocritical
alleviate
implement
mitigate
46. Readiness to yield - conformity in fulfilling requirements
candor
preclude
incite
compliance
47. Mocking
novelty
satirical
trite
reprehensible
48. Moderation of self-control; controlling force; restriction
integrity
expedite
skeptic
restraint
49. Isolation; solitude
apprehension
seclusion
lament
arbitrary
50. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things
virtuoso
subordinate
discordant
materialism