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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. Theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
taciturn
rancor
abstract
abstemious
2. Meager; insufficient
censorious
scanty
retract
pervasive
3. Difference; condition of inequality
invert
disparity
reprehensible
affable
4. Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
document
orator
morose
superfluous
5. Advanced in development
opulence
precocious
ramble
exuberance
6. Abandon; disown; repudiate
conviction
proliferation
renounce
reprehensible
7. Not correctable
incorrigible
dismiss
expedient
affable
8. General agreement
zealot
consensus
concur
arrogance
9. Effective; distinct
profound
articulate
deference
indifferent
10. Roundabout; erratic; not straightforward
deterrent
devious
ambiguous
optimist
11. Drive away; disgust
obliterate
repel
vigor
curtail
12. Wandering away from the subject
subside
digression
levity
relegate
13. Something new; newness
novelty
exemplify
compliance
static
14. Systematic
anecdote
profound
materialism
methodical
15. Person who looks on the good side
vindicate
delineate
coercion
optimist
16. Unpredictable; fickle; fanciful
divergent
aspire
lament
capricious
17. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
sanction
instigate
ambiguous
exalt
18. Wasteful; reckless with money
verbose
precocious
prodigal
despondent
19. Pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
provincial
lament
restraint
fanaticism
20. Sociable
rigor
trite
gregarious
disinclination
21. Overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess
profusion
criterion
thrive
exploit
22. Lacking in flavor; dull
insipid
altruistic
turbulence
perpetuate
23. Hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
exhilarating
exacerbate
tentative
exuberance
24. Come between
intervene
enigma
calculated
criterion
25. Grieve; express sorrow
incorrigible
ponderous
laud
lament
26. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for
gratuitous
qualified
abstruse
disparage
27. Change; introduction of something new
insularity
innovation
inert
taciturn
28. Double-dealing; hypocrisy
deride
incongruous
consensus
duplicity
29. Relieve
artisan
facilitate
alleviate
arrogance
30. Scatter
linger
esoteric
presumptuous
disperse
31. Critical
bolster
exemplary
censorious
flagrant
32. Gloomy; depressing; dark; drab
impair
censorious
somber
complacency
33. Overconfident; impertinently bold; taking liberties
esoteric
presumptuous
affirmation
abstemious
34. Isolation; solitude
seclusion
obliterate
constraint
deride
35. Serving as a model; outstanding
discrepancy
authoritarian
anecdote
exemplary
36. Sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather
transient
brevity
verbose
hardy
37. Revere
subside
obstinate
venerate
commemorate
38. Unmoved or unconcerned by; mediocre
peripheral
indifferent
reticence
incite
39. Apart; reserved
advocate
deference
aloof
vilify
40. Opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
antidote
capricious
novelty
dogmatic
41. Lack of caring; indifference
apathy
sporadic
disputatious
rhetorical
42. Deserving blame
reprehensible
prudent
insularity
elusive
43. Lover of mankind; doer of good
ephemeral
profane
discount
philanthropist
44. Impertinence; insolence
scrupulous
compliance
pacifist
impudence
45. Approve formally; confirm; verify
deride
placate
ratify
diffuse
46. Appease; moderate
eclectic
exemplary
alleviate
mitigate
47. Urge; start; provoke
hamper
instigate
renounce
mundane
48. Loquacious; wordy; talkative
verbose
garrulous
skeptic
insipid
49. Raise in rank or dignity; praise
optimist
exalt
deprecate
despondent
50. Darken; make unclear
obscure
provincial
dubious
exploit