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SAT Vocab High Frequency Words

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Dark; not transparent






2. Shorten; reduce






3. Slavish; cringing






4. Great commotion and confusion






5. Increase; add to






6. Medicine to counteract a poison or disease






7. Persuade; bring about






8. Gracious; heartfelt






9. Contradict; give a false impression






10. Practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something






11. Resulting in an unexpected and contrary outcome






12. Person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority






13. Able to see differences; prejudiced






14. Easily approachable; warmly friendly






15. Unfavorable fortune; hardship; a calamitous event






16. Wasteful; reckless with money






17. Faultless






18. Blame; criticize






19. Narrow-mindedness; isolation






20. Extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance






21. Compulsion; repression of feelings






22. Casual; hastily done






23. Limited; restricted






24. Arrangements by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks






25. Obscure; profound; difficult to understand






26. Compress or shrink; make a pledge; catch a disease






27. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for






28. Revere






29. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly






30. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign






31. Censure; rebuke






32. Deserving blame






33. Someone who eats too much






34. Wordy






35. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others






36. Waver; fluctuate






37. Flattery; admiration






38. Settle down; descend; grow quiet






39. Superfluous; repetitious; excessively wordy






40. Difficult to please; squeamish






41. Disrepute; ill fame






42. Easily deceived






43. Portray; depict; sketch






44. Difference; condition of inequality






45. Impressionable; easily influenced; having little resistance - as to a disease; receptive to






46. Composed of elements drawn from disparate sources






47. Belittle






48. Insignificant; unimportant






49. Pride; arrogance






50. Occupying a lower rank; inferior; submissive