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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. Change; introduction of something new
extraneous
innovation
succinct
commemorate
2. Public speaker
lethargic
orator
expedite
bolster
3. Not fitting; absurd
incongruous
intervene
advocate
superfluous
4. Seek to attain; long for
gullible
exemplary
aspire
antidote
5. Increase; improve
enhance
affable
deride
aesthetic
6. One who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
tranquility
hedonist
elusive
retract
7. Someone who eats too much
volatile
thrive
glutton
phenomena
8. Scatter
stagnant
dissent
disperse
trite
9. Praise
lofty
nonchalance
meticulous
laud
10. Nourish; educate; foster
contract
nurture
sustain
refute
11. Something new; newness
orator
novelty
capricious
elusive
12. Emotionally removed; calm and objective; physically unconnected
detached
disputatious
instigate
presumptuous
13. Destroy completely
contend
profusion
obliterate
authoritarian
14. Condense or shorten
abridge
impede
inundate
complacency
15. Fear
nurture
apprehension
erudite
calculated
16. Totally clear; definite; outspoken
mitigate
superfluous
explicit
prevalent
17. Very high
hedonist
sluggish
dogmatic
lofty
18. Wasteful; reckless with money
abridge
flagrant
prodigal
glutton
19. Person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority
deprecate
oblivion
anarchist
peripheral
20. Deep; not superficial; complete
predator
profound
pervasive
instigate
21. Inactive; lacking power to move
philanthropist
inert
confound
extraneous
22. Puzzle; mystery
precocious
discrepancy
enigma
discount
23. Hermit; loner
expedient
recluse
criterion
optimist
24. Evasive; baffling; hard to grasp
elusive
hamper
rectify
satirical
25. Unchangeable
immutable
recount
disseminate
obscure
26. Weighty; unwieldy
ponderous
opaque
innocuous
skeptic
27. Come between
pacifist
intervene
frivolous
guile
28. Conciseness
brevity
cursory
refute
transient
29. Drive away; disgust
trite
inconsequential
degradation
repel
30. Ridicule; make fun of
contend
dismiss
deride
conviction
31. Person who looks on the good side
optimist
explicit
insularity
opportunist
32. Urge; plead for
vacillate
illusory
advocate
doctrine
33. Obscurity; forgetfulness
recount
fanaticism
oblivion
nonchalance
34. Abandon; disown; repudiate
cordial
renounce
conciliatory
euphemism
35. Mental calmness
frivolous
hamper
composure
dismiss
36. Belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete
exemplify
credulity
discount
inclusive
37. Serve as an example of; embody
ascetic
exemplify
resolution
artisan
38. Occurring irregularly
deterrent
contract
sporadic
incorrigible
39. Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
decorum
ostentatious
altruistic
apathy
40. Harmful; damaging
mitigate
detrimental
gullible
exacerbate
41. Opponent
placate
adversary
turbulence
phenomena
42. Examine closely and critically
scrutinize
malicious
indict
inert
43. Deserving blame
sanction
repel
reprehensible
tranquility
44. Experience; support; nourish
sustain
apathy
notoriety
document
45. Unlikely; unbelievable
impeccable
implausible
ominous
ostentatious
46. Coax; wheedle
cajole
augment
astute
opaque
47. Systematic
disdain
facilitate
obliterate
methodical
48. Marginal; outer
peripheral
affable
temper
censorious
49. Reconciling; soothing
resolution
conciliatory
uniformity
reticence
50. Provide written evidence
profusion
document
corroborate
concise