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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. Dark; not transparent
constraint
credulity
opaque
derivative
2. Shorten; reduce
erudite
curtail
static
perpetuate
3. Slavish; cringing
document
servile
nonchalance
ascetic
4. Great commotion and confusion
obstinate
turmoil
comprehensive
novelty
5. Increase; add to
proliferation
complacency
augment
retract
6. Medicine to counteract a poison or disease
antidote
ironic
candor
induce
7. Persuade; bring about
affable
sluggish
ponderous
induce
8. Gracious; heartfelt
dubious
cordial
intrepid
instigate
9. Contradict; give a false impression
compile
hierarchy
belie
reserve
10. Practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something
pragmatic
eclectic
constraint
profound
11. Resulting in an unexpected and contrary outcome
ironic
retract
diligence
novelty
12. Person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority
implement
anarchist
dubious
egoism
13. Able to see differences; prejudiced
gullible
commemorate
cordial
discriminating
14. Easily approachable; warmly friendly
profound
affable
corroborate
autonomous
15. Unfavorable fortune; hardship; a calamitous event
terse
sustain
adversity
scrupulous
16. Wasteful; reckless with money
concur
trite
prodigal
frugality
17. Faultless
satirical
indiscriminate
rectify
impeccable
18. Blame; criticize
scrutinize
conflagration
concise
censure
19. Narrow-mindedness; isolation
articulate
insularity
ominous
eulogy
20. Extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
hypocritical
opulence
laud
ascetic
21. Compulsion; repression of feelings
constraint
eloquence
affable
extraneous
22. Casual; hastily done
autonomous
opportunist
robust
cursory
23. Limited; restricted
marred
qualified
deprecate
contentious
24. Arrangements by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks
inadvertent
hierarchy
compliance
arbitrary
25. Obscure; profound; difficult to understand
candor
indifferent
susceptible
abstruse
26. Compress or shrink; make a pledge; catch a disease
decorum
dissent
contract
disparity
27. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for
trite
stagnant
gratuitous
detrimental
28. Revere
document
venerate
authoritarian
proximity
29. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
resigned
eclectic
volatile
inclusive
30. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
expedite
disdain
ascetic
relegate
31. Censure; rebuke
abridge
disparage
instigate
reprove
32. Deserving blame
scanty
reprehensible
devise
credulity
33. Someone who eats too much
glutton
comprehensive
impair
sustain
34. Wordy
verbose
deterrent
sustain
embellish
35. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others
susceptible
altruistic
zealot
cryptic
36. Waver; fluctuate
disparity
comprehensive
contend
vacillate
37. Flattery; admiration
adulation
duplicity
exemplary
lofty
38. Settle down; descend; grow quiet
altruistic
subside
disseminate
sluggish
39. Superfluous; repetitious; excessively wordy
inundate
delineate
seclusion
redundant
40. Difficult to please; squeamish
fastidious
diffuse
static
emulate
41. Disrepute; ill fame
notoriety
implement
fallacious
hedonist
42. Easily deceived
aesthetic
diminution
gullible
expedite
43. Portray; depict; sketch
delineate
subside
expedite
advocate
44. Difference; condition of inequality
proximity
coercion
disparity
depravity
45. Impressionable; easily influenced; having little resistance - as to a disease; receptive to
abstract
acknowledge
susceptible
deterrent
46. Composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
arbitrary
lofty
eclectic
resolve
47. Belittle
robust
egoism
disparage
profane
48. Insignificant; unimportant
inconsequential
denounce
dubious
adversary
49. Pride; arrogance
prodigal
contentious
aversion
haughtiness
50. Occupying a lower rank; inferior; submissive
antagonism
subordinate
incorrigible
artisan