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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. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
conviction
hedonist
reticence
abstemious
2. Determination; resolve
cursory
resolution
reticence
rigor
3. Threatening
ominous
adversity
gregarious
recluse
4. Shorten; reduce
idiosyncrasy
curtail
depravity
incorrigible
5. Deserving blame
discrepancy
terse
concise
reprehensible
6. Impertinence; insolence
impudence
reverent
instigate
venerate
7. Uprightness; wholeness
integrity
methodical
taciturn
disinclination
8. Boaster
induce
braggart
glutton
equivocal
9. Provide written evidence
conviction
lofty
document
commemorate
10. Honor the memory of
commemorate
notoriety
renounce
exalt
11. Steadiness of effort; persistent hard work
impeccable
diligence
obliterate
retract
12. Cutting; sharp
depravity
pervasive
gullible
incisive
13. Theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
devious
inherent
abstract
turmoil
14. Lessening; reduction in size
invert
resigned
diminution
gregarious
15. Humiliation; debasement; degeneration
quandary
linger
degradation
comprehensive
16. Inborn
conciliatory
subordinate
innate
ephemeral
17. Unoriginal; derived from another source
ratify
elated
derivative
succinct
18. Put into effect; carry out
execute
enmity
innate
ratify
19. Disagree
corroborate
reprimand
transient
dissent
20. Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful
expedient
aesthetic
fervor
exacerbate
21. Very high
invert
inclusive
lofty
reprehensible
22. Argumentative; fond of arguing
inadvertent
disputatious
presumptuous
static
23. Ill will; hatred
enmity
diminution
expedient
incorrigible
24. Hackneyed; commonplace
comprehensive
austere
trite
indict
25. Occurring irregularly
disinclination
sporadic
hypothetical
incisive
26. Hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
ironic
restraint
tentative
heresy
27. Mentally quick and observant; having insight
comprehensive
philanthropist
discerning
exemplary
28. Someone who eats too much
erudite
glutton
autonomous
lethargic
29. Isolation; solitude
acknowledge
sluggish
virtuoso
seclusion
30. Admit; yield
acclaim
concede
flagrant
philanthropist
31. Practicing self-denial; austere
ascetic
intervene
exhilarating
astute
32. Propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
guile
decorum
ambiguous
turbulence
33. Motionless; stale; dull
invert
transient
fallacious
stagnant
34. Think up; invent; plan
esoteric
redundant
devise
dismiss
35. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
appease
esoteric
cajole
eloquence
36. Hinder; block; delay
intimidate
impede
document
usurp
37. Unjustified; groundless; undeserved
unwarranted
lofty
pragmatic
transient
38. Approve formally; confirm; verify
induce
conflagration
duplicity
ratify
39. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
ambivalence
discordant
intervene
scrupulous
40. Opponent
adversary
dismiss
tranquility
ascendancy
41. Great commotion and confusion
condone
turmoil
prudent
scrupulous
42. Dark; not transparent
extricate
turbulence
opaque
enhance
43. Compress or shrink; make a pledge; catch a disease
censure
contract
miserly
credulity
44. Disprove
profound
affable
superfluous
refute
45. Depressed; gloomy
obstinate
conflagration
despondent
prodigal
46. Creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who robs or exploits others
predator
placate
gullible
linger
47. One-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
mitigate
partisan
nonchalance
constraint
48. Unfavorable fortune; hardship; a calamitous event
induce
hardy
provincial
adversity
49. Composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
eclectic
deterrent
innocuous
discerning
50. Extreme corruption; wickedness
depravity
incisive
sanction
vigor