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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. Make use of - sometimes unjustly
exploit
hierarchy
induce
dogmatic
2. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for
gratuitous
ephemeral
lofty
inadvertent
3. Mysterious; hidden; secret
precocious
mitigate
cryptic
emulate
4. Unchanging; lacking development
cordial
acclaim
profusion
static
5. Slavish; cringing
servile
inadvertent
cryptic
fastidious
6. Capricious; fanciful
criterion
whimsical
incite
devise
7. Standard used in judging
concede
eloquence
comprehensive
criterion
8. Deliberately planned; likely
frivolous
calculated
exhaustive
lavish
9. View with scorn or contempt
disdain
elated
obscure
abstruse
10. Suitable; practical; politic
aesthetic
ingenious
trite
expedient
11. Positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
undermine
taciturn
affirmation
somber
12. Silly; senseless
hedonist
appease
prudent
inane
13. Pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
peripheral
provincial
qualified
prodigal
14. Unpredictable; fickle; fanciful
frugality
hamper
bolster
capricious
15. Guilt; self-reproach
undermine
sporadic
remorse
servile
16. Lack of seriousness; lightness
levity
artisan
austere
presumptuous
17. Seize another power or rank
affirmation
inadvertent
usurp
inconsequential
18. Bitterness; hatred
degradation
integrity
disparage
rancor
19. Help bring about; make less difficult
turmoil
levity
seclusion
facilitate
20. Narrate or tell; count over again
recount
derivative
indifferent
obliterate
21. Seek to attain; long for
deplore
aspire
nonchalance
affirmation
22. Unintentional; by oversight; careless
listless
adversary
inadvertent
philanthropist
23. Lacking in spirit or energy
vilify
embellish
confound
listless
24. Pride; haughtiness
philanthropist
arrogance
sage
discount
25. Wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
homogeneous
diffuse
reticence
rhetorical
26. Damaged; disfigured
exploit
deride
marred
notoriety
27. Limited; restricted
hypocritical
discount
hierarchy
qualified
28. Subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will
reprove
expedient
repel
authoritarian
29. Impertinence; insolence
vilify
frugality
ephemeral
impudence
30. Please
gratify
vacillate
disputatious
refute
31. Something that discourages; hindrance
deterrent
scrupulous
criterion
analogous
32. Disagree
cryptic
disclose
dissent
ascendancy
33. Servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man
retract
sycophant
disparity
expedite
34. Overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness
stagnant
exuberance
unwarranted
analogous
35. Struggle; compete; assert earnestly
contend
eclectic
impeccable
curtail
36. Something new; newness
extol
novelty
mundane
opulence
37. Faultless
incorrigible
impeccable
arrogance
lethargic
38. Contradict; give a false impression
inconsequential
perpetuate
analogous
belie
39. Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful
prodigal
confound
mundane
aesthetic
40. Confuse; puzzle
deplore
delineate
confound
meticulous
41. Slow; lazy; lethargic
proliferation
sluggish
disparage
recluse
42. Pervading; spread throughout every part
bolster
superfluous
impeccable
pervasive
43. Lacking in flavor; dull
insipid
capricious
vigor
extol
44. Hackneyed; commonplace
opaque
disdain
trite
quandary
45. Scatter
criterion
disperse
lavish
susceptible
46. Nearness
turbulence
terse
proximity
superfluous
47. Excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
meticulous
disinclination
turmoil
composure
48. Applaud; announce with great approval
acclaim
belie
embellish
expedient
49. Argumentative; fond of arguing
dissent
digression
coercion
disputatious
50. Examine closely and critically
scrutinize
arrogance
presumptuous
temper