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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. State of violent agitation
turbulence
invert
confound
concise
2. Habitually silent; talking little
dismiss
enhance
taciturn
somber
3. Stingy; mean
miserly
divergent
refute
contract
4. Damaged; disfigured
indict
marred
homogeneous
ephemeral
5. Confirm; support
precocious
incongruous
egoism
corroborate
6. Refutation; response with contrary evidence
cordial
divergent
opaque
rebuttal
7. Help bring about; make less difficult
enmity
facilitate
contentious
depravity
8. Widespread; generally accepted
ascetic
cajole
elusive
prevalent
9. Recognize; admit
cursory
exemplify
acknowledge
altruistic
10. Dark; not transparent
resigned
opaque
haughtiness
trite
11. Please
gratify
conflagration
impede
reverent
12. Weaken; sap
contentious
appease
undermine
coercion
13. Make impossible; eliminate
constraint
preclude
restraint
precocious
14. Rapid growth; spread; multiplication
inclusive
trite
proliferation
innocuous
15. Roundabout; erratic; not straightforward
deterrent
reprehensible
concur
devious
16. Judgement that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
inclusive
conviction
negate
oblivion
17. Firmly established by nature or habit
scrutinize
dubious
inherent
perpetuate
18. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others
altruistic
corroborate
hypocritical
tranquility
19. Applaud; announce with great approval
acclaim
reserve
venerate
adversary
20. Thorough; comprehensive
exhaustive
censure
adulation
intrepid
21. Ostentatious; pompous; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
pretentious
enhance
doctrine
exonerate
22. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances
exonerate
expedient
sporadic
opportunist
23. Readiness to yield - conformity in fulfilling requirements
compliance
antagonism
incorrigible
relegate
24. Inactive; lacking power to move
inert
eulogy
cursory
undermine
25. Agree
impudence
prudent
concur
deference
26. Imitate; rival
antidote
emulate
contend
deterrent
27. Ambiguous; intentionally misleading
obstinate
scrutinize
equivocal
impudence
28. Put away from consideration; reject
altruistic
deplore
dismiss
exuberance
29. Honor the memory of
disinclination
innovation
peripheral
commemorate
30. Praise
diffuse
laud
authoritarian
prodigal
31. Increase; add to
criterion
augment
scrutinize
extol
32. Public speaker
repel
elated
belie
orator
33. Set right; correct
rectify
calculated
articulate
predecessor
34. Totally clear; definite; outspoken
brevity
levity
conviction
explicit
35. Conciseness
acclaim
brevity
innovation
scanty
36. Overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess
concede
enhance
profusion
reverent
37. Fear
delineate
impede
materialism
apprehension
38. Acquit; exculpate
exonerate
dissent
undermine
equivocal
39. Unfavorable fortune; hardship; a calamitous event
methodical
lavish
adversity
subordinate
40. Overconfident; impertinently bold; taking liberties
presumptuous
disseminate
rectify
concede
41. Thrift; economy
undermine
frugality
anecdote
novelty
42. Casual; hastily done
discrepancy
somber
cursory
impair
43. Individual trait - usually odd in nature; eccentricity
idiosyncrasy
prevalent
equivocal
confound
44. Suitable; practical; politic
materialism
expedient
prevalent
exploit
45. Coax; wheedle
antiquated
ironic
cajole
oblivion
46. Boaster
invert
negate
prolific
braggart
47. Censure; rebuke
complacency
rancor
reprove
enmity
48. Unlikely; unbelievable
resolve
implausible
static
cursory
49. Unmoved or unconcerned by; mediocre
indifferent
phenomena
extraneous
piety
50. Excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others
integrity
degradation
egoism
exonerate