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SAT Vocab High Frequency Words
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sat
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english
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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. Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
tentative
ascendancy
ostentatious
predator
2. Threatening
artisan
aloof
ominous
scrupulous
3. Unjustified; groundless; undeserved
unwarranted
invert
enigma
listless
4. Arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist
disparage
tentative
perpetuate
incite
5. Person celebrated for wisdom
refute
sage
gratuitous
marred
6. Unpredictable; fickle; fanciful
capricious
facilitate
arrogance
ambiguous
7. Pacify; conciliate
placate
inherent
exemplify
dubious
8. Unoriginal; derived from another source
deference
transient
document
derivative
9. Marginal; outer
peripheral
accessible
reticence
adversity
10. Express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
deprecate
intervene
sluggish
peripheral
11. Doubter; person who suspends judgment until the evidence supporting a point of view has been examined
skeptic
morose
refute
hierarchy
12. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
zealot
sage
inundate
indifferent
13. Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
skeptic
opaque
austere
elusive
14. Deceptive; not real
delineate
diminution
inundate
illusory
15. Seriousness
servile
gravity
conflagration
incorrigible
16. Loiter or dawdle; continue or persist
contract
qualified
glutton
linger
17. Relieve
digression
ratify
fastidious
alleviate
18. Something that discourages; hindrance
apprehension
deterrent
skeptic
scrupulous
19. Refutation; response with contrary evidence
enmity
resolution
rebuttal
intrepid
20. Readiness to yield - conformity in fulfilling requirements
redundant
sustain
exonerate
compliance
21. Thorough; comprehensive
recluse
degradation
exhaustive
indifferent
22. Impressionable; easily influenced; having little resistance - as to a disease; receptive to
sporadic
endorse
susceptible
dubious
23. Deserving blame
peripheral
vindicate
recluse
reprehensible
24. Help bring about; make less difficult
ratify
abstract
facilitate
anecdote
25. Condense or shorten
abridge
eulogy
homogeneous
austere
26. Come between
inherent
anecdote
intervene
skeptic
27. Pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language
rhetorical
condone
pretentious
vilify
28. Accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive
embellish
exemplary
resigned
redundant
29. Cautious; careful
disperse
abstruse
prudent
orator
30. Controlling influence; domination
calculated
exhilarating
facilitate
ascendancy
31. Opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
dogmatic
artisan
ratify
marred
32. Active enmity
squander
animosity
static
anecdote
33. Deliberately planned; likely
calculated
discount
hierarchy
laud
34. Make use of - sometimes unjustly
exonerate
exploit
reserve
exacerbate
35. Tending to include all
inclusive
lament
lavish
diminution
36. Worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
candor
sage
mundane
artisan
37. Serving as a model; outstanding
aversion
gregarious
unwarranted
exemplary
38. Extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
provincial
opulence
ominous
predecessor
39. Lacking in spirit or energy
listless
doctrine
deterrent
incongruous
40. Overconfident; impertinently bold; taking liberties
presumptuous
exemplary
advocate
pacifist
41. Emotionally removed; calm and objective; physically unconnected
restraint
detached
erroneous
resolve
42. Servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man
sycophant
scanty
profound
immutable
43. Dark; not transparent
susceptible
renounce
opaque
articulate
44. Seize another power or rank
advocate
usurp
disclose
abstruse
45. Widespread; generally accepted
artisan
prevalent
abridge
linger
46. Settle down; descend; grow quiet
derivative
subside
divergent
hierarchy
47. Disrepute; ill fame
subordinate
nurture
mundane
notoriety
48. Overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
vilify
concede
diligence
condone
49. Resulting in an unexpected and contrary outcome
ironic
apprehension
hamper
inherent
50. Expression of praise - often on the occasion of someone's death
notoriety
eulogy
piety
derivative