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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. Put into effect; carry out
ascendancy
aesthetic
execute
constraint
2. Harmful; damaging
artisan
predator
stagnant
detrimental
3. Belittle
disparage
precocious
candor
acclaim
4. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
complacency
relegate
intervene
condone
5. Honor the memory of
commemorate
antagonism
digression
mundane
6. Overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess
methodical
rebuttal
profusion
discerning
7. Differing; deviating
resolve
divergent
criterion
virtuoso
8. Abandon; disown; repudiate
renounce
transient
inert
aspire
9. Hackneyed; commonplace
rhetorical
trite
depravity
relegate
10. Self-control; formal but distant manner
reserve
hypothetical
doctrine
coercion
11. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances
enhance
exhaustive
obstinate
opportunist
12. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
deference
inherent
ambivalence
vindicate
13. Effective; distinct
censorious
compliance
articulate
exploit
14. Depressed; gloomy
seclusion
partisan
inadvertent
despondent
15. Ambiguous; intentionally misleading
ominous
obscure
equivocal
apprehension
16. Object made by human beings - either handmade or mass-produced
artifact
deprecate
fervor
disinclination
17. Reveal
erudite
artifact
disclose
abstract
18. Damaged; disfigured
guile
marred
satirical
curtail
19. Wise; shrewd; keen
exhilarating
astute
arbitrary
ironic
20. Mocking
appease
satirical
censorious
illusory
21. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for
restraint
listless
fervor
gratuitous
22. Establish by evidence; verify; support
egoism
conviction
deride
substantiate
23. Great fire
conflagration
meticulous
ramble
pervasive
24. Obscurity; forgetfulness
oblivion
resigned
tentative
adversary
25. Indifference; lack of concern; composure
authoritarian
sluggish
nonchalance
indifferent
26. Conscientious; extremely thorough
novelty
qualified
recluse
scrupulous
27. Disrepute; ill fame
notoriety
austere
miserly
superficial
28. Assemble; gather; accumulate
abridge
eclectic
sycophant
compile
29. Lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant
nonchalance
diffuse
gullible
frivolous
30. Expression of praise - often on the occasion of someone's death
capricious
eulogy
intervene
thrive
31. Medicine to counteract a poison or disease
antiquated
eclectic
antidote
constraint
32. Easily deceived
gullible
resigned
hamper
abridge
33. Frighten
ephemeral
deterrent
concur
intimidate
34. Confuse; puzzle
braggart
lavish
qualified
confound
35. Sameness; monotony
fallacious
substantiate
uniformity
laud
36. Argumentative; fond of arguing
decorum
disputatious
temper
concise
37. Fearless
intrepid
materialism
furtive
commemorate
38. Manually skilled worker; craftsman - as opposed to artist
opportunist
augment
artisan
placate
39. Clever; resourceful
antidote
scrutinize
ingenious
belie
40. Casual; hastily done
retract
squander
cursory
aspire
41. Obstruct
delineate
hamper
quandary
candor
42. Lover of mankind; doer of good
fanaticism
philanthropist
candor
insularity
43. Come between
gullible
terse
benevolent
intervene
44. Unlikely; unbelievable
implausible
ominous
inclusive
lament
45. Moderation of self-control; controlling force; restriction
arbitrary
restraint
unwarranted
lavish
46. Observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation
apprehension
stagnant
enhance
phenomena
47. Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
tranquility
ostentatious
acclaim
disdain
48. Put into effect; supply with tools
implement
intimidate
contentious
derivative
49. Serving as a model; outstanding
miserly
pragmatic
advocate
exemplary
50. Pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
scrutinize
artisan
ephemeral
provincial