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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Silly; senseless
inane
vilify
morose
acknowledge
2. Individual trait - usually odd in nature; eccentricity
exalt
anarchist
idiosyncrasy
pacifist
3. Wasteful; reckless with money
hypothetical
prodigal
articulate
pervasive
4. Subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will
pragmatic
authoritarian
sustain
artifact
5. Self-control; formal but distant manner
denounce
derivative
reserve
contend
6. Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
impair
disdain
ostentatious
corroborate
7. Lack of consistency; difference
discrepancy
rebuttal
disparage
brevity
8. Frankness; open honesty
candor
negate
repel
scanty
9. Cautious; careful
frugality
prudent
peripheral
incorrigible
10. Expression of praise - often on the occasion of someone's death
opportunist
eulogy
dismiss
delineate
11. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
glutton
articulate
relegate
advocate
12. Waver; fluctuate
vacillate
ironic
decorum
pessimism
13. Darken; make unclear
duplicity
recluse
lofty
obscure
14. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
predator
contract
volatile
repudiate
15. Gloomy; depressing; dark; drab
precocious
discount
repel
somber
16. Unchanging; lacking development
succinct
incite
static
reprimand
17. Extreme corruption; wickedness
dogmatic
repudiate
depravity
oblivion
18. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for
gratuitous
exhaustive
rigor
proximity
19. Scatter
digression
divergent
disperse
pervasive
20. Suitable; practical; politic
provincial
expedient
elated
impair
21. Casual; hastily done
cursory
artisan
obscure
verbose
22. Comparable
authoritarian
analogous
innate
recluse
23. Object made by human beings - either handmade or mass-produced
renounce
morose
exacerbate
artifact
24. Unfavorable fortune; hardship; a calamitous event
deprecate
inane
ascetic
adversity
25. Mocking
inclusive
discount
satirical
deride
26. Motionless; stale; dull
lethargic
stagnant
superficial
fastidious
27. Harmless
innocuous
calculated
endorse
ominous
28. Someone who eats too much
miserly
opaque
ironic
glutton
29. Dark; not transparent
contentious
detached
opaque
guile
30. Confirm; support
cryptic
corroborate
innocuous
tentative
31. One opposed to force; anti-militarist
pacifist
submissive
esoteric
ephemeral
32. Fearless
attribute
implement
restraint
intrepid
33. Think up; invent; plan
recount
extricate
corroborate
devise
34. Overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess
elusive
flagrant
reprehensible
profusion
35. Courteous regard for another's wish
deference
submissive
analogous
qualified
36. Unoriginal; derived from another source
ratify
derivative
rectify
prevalent
37. Positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
diminution
provincial
explicit
affirmation
38. Put into effect; supply with tools
temper
vilify
abstruse
implement
39. Frighten
intimidate
glutton
opaque
morose
40. Uprightness; wholeness
detrimental
brevity
integrity
censure
41. Short-lived; fleeting
ratify
ephemeral
detrimental
sporadic
42. Waste
squander
animosity
augment
profusion
43. Examine closely and critically
braggart
heresy
credulity
scrutinize
44. Grieve; express sorrow
integrity
composure
rectify
lament
45. Self-satisfaction; smugness
deterrent
complacency
scanty
depravity
46. Deceptive; not real
illusory
opulence
resigned
listless
47. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others
disdain
altruistic
virtuoso
perpetuate
48. Excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others
disperse
vacillate
egoism
archaic
49. Overwhelm; flood; submerge
inundate
affirmation
concur
proximity
50. Effective; distinct
articulate
inherent
conflagration
fallacious