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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. Marginal; outer
peripheral
levity
pragmatic
scrutinize
2. Something new; newness
abridge
novelty
calculated
capricious
3. Wasteful; reckless with money
frugality
methodical
scanty
prodigal
4. One-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
inundate
partisan
flagrant
augment
5. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for
antidote
deterrent
gratuitous
abstruse
6. Honor the memory of
commemorate
advocate
predator
homogeneous
7. Differing; deviating
aesthetic
frugality
divergent
thrive
8. Arrangements by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks
reticence
hierarchy
dissent
succinct
9. Raise in rank or dignity; praise
despondent
gullible
vacillate
exalt
10. Relieve
inane
miserly
acknowledge
alleviate
11. Turn upside down or inside out
rectify
compliance
exalt
invert
12. Unnecessary; excessive; overabundant
remorse
attribute
superfluous
malicious
13. Self-satisfaction; smugness
complacency
belie
adversary
affirmation
14. Pacify or sooth; relieve
dogmatic
intrepid
appease
zealot
15. Acquit; exculpate
exonerate
sage
opaque
inert
16. Belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete
inundate
reprove
credulity
hypocritical
17. Charge
exacerbate
incite
retract
indict
18. Worsen; embitter
cryptic
affirmation
exacerbate
insipid
19. Inborn
cursory
lofty
innate
curtail
20. Observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation
squander
analogous
phenomena
detrimental
21. Obscurity; forgetfulness
lethargic
listless
innate
oblivion
22. Teachings - in general; particular principle (religious - legal - etc.) taught
doctrine
candor
precocious
curtail
23. Comparable
analogous
perpetuate
apprehension
deference
24. Change; introduction of something new
reverent
glutton
innovation
astute
25. Apart; reserved
obscure
bolster
aloof
deplore
26. Determination; firmness of purpose
gratuitous
resolve
inundate
frivolous
27. Active enmity
animosity
incongruous
impede
gregarious
28. Inactive; lacking power to move
aversion
predator
frivolous
inert
29. Widespread; generally accepted
predator
enmity
prevalent
usurp
30. Reprove severely; rebuke
ingenious
piety
reprimand
inane
31. Reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to silence
reticence
analogous
ascetic
cordial
32. Waste
hamper
squander
scrupulous
haughtiness
33. Adorn; ornament
embellish
affirmation
conviction
discrepancy
34. Persuade; bring about
adversary
induce
acknowledge
indict
35. Increase; add to
augment
terse
repudiate
vilify
36. Help bring about; make less difficult
facilitate
retract
ascetic
succinct
37. Wordy
verbose
incongruous
astute
deplore
38. Isolation; solitude
seclusion
skeptic
vindicate
esoteric
39. Clever; resourceful
innovation
arrogance
ingenious
lavish
40. Confirm; support
conciliatory
corroborate
subside
calculated
41. Antiquated
incite
egoism
archaic
sage
42. Practical
disclose
denounce
idiosyncrasy
feasible
43. Servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man
sycophant
materialism
aesthetic
superficial
44. Conspicuously wicked; blatant
flagrant
furtive
subside
exemplary
45. Express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
enigma
deprecate
transient
exonerate
46. Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
morose
dissent
inadvertent
insularity
47. Unwillingness
corroborate
duplicity
implement
disinclination
48. Choosing at random; confused
accessible
indiscriminate
prolific
incisive
49. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
abstract
esoteric
ambivalence
explicit
50. Serve as an example of; embody
unwarranted
alleviate
levity
exemplify