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SAT Vocab High Frequency Words
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sat
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english
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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. Obscure; profound; difficult to understand
indifferent
cursory
abstruse
predecessor
2. State of violent agitation
unwarranted
cordial
dogmatic
turbulence
3. Brief and compact
cajole
static
discordant
concise
4. Great commotion and confusion
frugality
turmoil
discordant
rigor
5. Ill will; hatred
prudent
antidote
enmity
denounce
6. Distribute; spread; scatter
disparage
pragmatic
inane
disseminate
7. Disagree
dissent
profane
morose
authoritarian
8. Public speaker
ironic
piety
orator
eclectic
9. Excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others
egoism
meticulous
levity
depravity
10. Argumentative; fond of arguing
disputatious
preclude
vindicate
integrity
11. Admit; yield
retract
gratify
concede
vigor
12. Thorough; comprehensive
sanction
exhaustive
static
disparage
13. Unoriginal; derived from another source
integrity
derivative
miserly
illusory
14. Experience; support; nourish
animosity
reprove
impede
sustain
15. Overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
condone
curtail
articulate
vigor
16. Persuade; bring about
credulity
scanty
sanction
induce
17. Sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather
indiscriminate
listless
hardy
orator
18. Effective; distinct
curtail
acknowledge
ambivalence
articulate
19. Differing; deviating
implement
predecessor
divergent
coercion
20. Applaud; announce with great approval
acclaim
redundant
resigned
disparage
21. Overwhelm; flood; submerge
inundate
commemorate
indict
eclectic
22. Coax; wheedle
extol
cajole
antagonism
austere
23. Not fitting; absurd
incongruous
censure
philanthropist
resigned
24. Puzzle; mystery
exuberance
enigma
servile
extricate
25. Deceit; duplicity
appease
guile
contract
prolific
26. Object made by human beings - either handmade or mass-produced
virtuoso
artifact
precocious
analogous
27. Severity
credulity
implement
rigor
haughtiness
28. Hasten
abstract
substantiate
expedite
rigor
29. Respectful; worshipful
reverent
furtive
rhetorical
arrogance
30. Humiliation; debasement; degeneration
bolster
hypothetical
compile
degradation
31. Something new; newness
composure
emulate
novelty
presumptuous
32. Confirm; support
corroborate
idiosyncrasy
diligence
substantiate
33. Cutting; sharp
vilify
profane
incisive
substantiate
34. Seriousness
innovation
comprehensive
gravity
explicit
35. Active strength
reprehensible
vigor
rancor
cursory
36. Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
meticulous
expedite
austere
enmity
37. Bitterness; hatred
rancor
constraint
innate
ponderous
38. Reveal
abstemious
obstinate
disclose
invert
39. Hateful; spiteful
lavish
prodigal
malicious
document
40. Ascribe; explain
listless
haughtiness
attribute
repel
41. Increase; improve
facilitate
devious
enhance
profane
42. Abundantly fruitful
prolific
fanaticism
braggart
commemorate
43. Not harmonious; conflicting
discordant
contentious
appease
expedite
44. Harmless
lavish
enmity
inherent
innocuous
45. Worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
ironic
indifferent
mundane
aloof
46. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
lavish
preclude
abstemious
detrimental
47. Think up; invent; plan
ephemeral
devise
mitigate
philanthropist
48. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
transient
arbitrary
garrulous
unwarranted
49. Person who looks on the good side
pacifist
optimist
rancor
sycophant
50. Weaken; sap
undermine
arbitrary
rhetorical
augment