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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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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. Unlikely; unbelievable
innate
implausible
pervasive
dissent
2. Public speaker
ingenious
adulation
eloquence
orator
3. Differing; deviating
lofty
indifferent
arbitrary
divergent
4. Questionable; filled with doubt
compile
facilitate
dubious
deference
5. Determination; resolve
resolution
servile
cajole
inert
6. Overwhelm; flood; submerge
fervor
inundate
piety
belie
7. Apart; reserved
capricious
gravity
aloof
preclude
8. Theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
diligence
indiscriminate
abstract
substantiate
9. Darken; make unclear
apathy
indifferent
remorse
obscure
10. Mistaken; wrong
erroneous
censure
scrutinize
volatile
11. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
partisan
eloquence
skeptic
fervor
12. Wasteful; reckless with money
negate
seclusion
pervasive
prodigal
13. Injure; hurt
negate
insipid
fallacious
impair
14. Self-governing
ambivalence
acclaim
autonomous
ominous
15. Controlling influence; domination
commemorate
aversion
ascendancy
emulate
16. Unmoved or unconcerned by; mediocre
provincial
indifferent
opaque
austere
17. Steadiness of effort; persistent hard work
laud
abstemious
diligence
induce
18. Condemn; criticize
lavish
vilify
denounce
rhetorical
19. Positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
sanction
affirmation
exacerbate
capricious
20. Unnecessary; excessive; overabundant
intrepid
superfluous
exhaustive
undermine
21. Appease; moderate
profane
reprove
mitigate
verbose
22. Sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather
lavish
hardy
sluggish
adversary
23. Excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
fanaticism
undermine
qualified
exploit
24. Teachings - in general; particular principle (religious - legal - etc.) taught
doctrine
squander
submissive
lethargic
25. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things
virtuoso
constraint
concede
materialism
26. Accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive
incorrigible
proximity
malicious
resigned
27. Adorn; ornament
credulity
glutton
exploit
embellish
28. Comparable
analogous
reprove
induce
elusive
29. Gloomy; depressing; dark; drab
somber
altruistic
integrity
dismiss
30. Excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
meticulous
ominous
confound
servile
31. One opposed to force; anti-militarist
reprove
pacifist
compliance
impair
32. Belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess
presumptuous
pessimism
superfluous
concise
33. Wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
gravity
aspire
ostentatious
diffuse
34. Mentally quick and observant; having insight
diminution
dogmatic
discerning
pragmatic
35. Hinder; block; delay
listless
impede
provincial
pragmatic
36. Mental calmness
curtail
elusive
methodical
composure
37. Disrepute; ill fame
reserve
notoriety
antiquated
vigor
38. Put away from consideration; reject
denounce
dismiss
reticence
exalt
39. Old-fashioned; obsolete
antiquated
exacerbate
austere
credulity
40. Self-control; formal but distant manner
scanty
inadvertent
disparage
reserve
41. Deliberately planned; likely
calculated
subside
decorum
thrive
42. Depressed; gloomy
expedite
disseminate
despondent
superfluous
43. Unintentional; by oversight; careless
materialism
inadvertent
seclusion
usurp
44. Prosper; flourish
artifact
adversary
skeptic
thrive
45. Unchangeable
exemplify
venerate
immutable
detrimental
46. Object made by human beings - either handmade or mass-produced
rebuttal
esoteric
fallacious
artifact
47. Reprove severely; rebuke
reprimand
seclusion
censorious
lament
48. Not correctable
incorrigible
reticence
explicit
trite
49. Confuse; puzzle
astute
substantiate
innocuous
confound
50. Servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man
sluggish
sycophant
cursory
presumptuous