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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. Overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness
degradation
exuberance
stagnant
mitigate
2. Hackneyed; commonplace
exhaustive
aesthetic
trite
incongruous
3. Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
morose
derivative
impair
levity
4. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
disseminate
lofty
zealot
lament
5. One who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
hedonist
homogeneous
rancor
nurture
6. Free; disentangle
partisan
integrity
extricate
idiosyncrasy
7. Respectful; worshipful
retract
erudite
reverent
turmoil
8. Turn upside down or inside out
vigor
invert
meticulous
exonerate
9. Not essential; superfluous
autonomous
extraneous
prodigal
alleviate
10. Deceptive; not real
deplore
scanty
illusory
impair
11. Prosper; flourish
thrive
divergent
commemorate
apprehension
12. Argumentative; fond of arguing
adulation
recount
pretentious
disputatious
13. Firmly established by nature or habit
inherent
partisan
ambivalence
ominous
14. Emotionally removed; calm and objective; physically unconnected
degradation
detached
substantiate
reprehensible
15. Support; reinforce
recount
bolster
susceptible
ratify
16. Choosing at random; confused
belie
somber
indiscriminate
recount
17. Stingy; mean
miserly
duplicity
compile
gratuitous
18. Distribute; spread; scatter
disputatious
cursory
disseminate
scrupulous
19. Hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
exuberance
acclaim
inane
tentative
20. Standard used in judging
criterion
affable
censure
delineate
21. Adorn; ornament
fallacious
methodical
discerning
embellish
22. Compulsion; repression of feelings
extricate
vigor
exacerbate
constraint
23. Worsen; embitter
vacillate
tentative
arbitrary
exacerbate
24. Of the same kind
pervasive
delineate
equivocal
homogeneous
25. Wise; shrewd; keen
rhetorical
astute
fanaticism
cryptic
26. Impertinence; insolence
preclude
reverent
intrepid
impudence
27. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
innate
lofty
volatile
mitigate
28. Approve; ratify
implausible
scrutinize
hypocritical
sanction
29. Unfavorable fortune; hardship; a calamitous event
adversity
temper
egoism
cajole
30. Unmoved or unconcerned by; mediocre
reserve
indifferent
obstinate
miserly
31. Momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
anarchist
transient
erroneous
deference
32. Isolation; solitude
cordial
presumptuous
seclusion
coercion
33. Worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
verbose
optimist
susceptible
mundane
34. Thorough; inclusive
abstract
comprehensive
reticence
dogmatic
35. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
recluse
ambiguous
affirmation
advocate
36. Manually skilled worker; craftsman - as opposed to artist
artisan
insularity
reverent
affirmation
37. Ostentatious; pompous; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
apathy
pretentious
euphemism
discerning
38. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others
derivative
conflagration
altruistic
sporadic
39. Harmful; damaging
discerning
obliterate
detrimental
compliance
40. Narrate or tell; count over again
authoritarian
exemplary
recount
articulate
41. Weaken; sap
undermine
cordial
disperse
antiquated
42. Bitterness; hatred
subside
rancor
immutable
uniformity
43. Agree
attribute
concur
digression
sage
44. Pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
expedite
arbitrary
unwarranted
provincial
45. Hostility; active resistance
flagrant
conciliatory
antagonism
refute
46. Lacking in flavor; dull
precocious
orator
transient
insipid
47. Learned; scholarly
erudite
diminution
rigor
extricate
48. Obstruct
accessible
criterion
profound
hamper
49. Opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
heresy
indiscriminate
usurp
diligence
50. View with scorn or contempt
compliance
indifferent
pretentious
disdain