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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. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
bolster
comprehensive
ambiguous
quandary
2. Wise; shrewd; keen
astute
abstract
incisive
seclusion
3. Disregard; dismiss
authoritarian
zealot
turbulence
discount
4. Withdraw; take back
opaque
restraint
retract
whimsical
5. Pretending to be virtuous; deceiving
despondent
hypocritical
devise
lethargic
6. Flattery; admiration
conviction
adulation
virtuoso
lament
7. Invigorating and refreshing; cheering
disperse
disparage
exhilarating
unwarranted
8. Questionable; filled with doubt
disinclination
abridge
dubious
mundane
9. Ill will; hatred
enmity
extol
animosity
extricate
10. Impertinence; insolence
concise
profound
impudence
retract
11. Trivial; shallow
sluggish
exalt
superficial
malicious
12. Seek to attain; long for
analogous
novelty
aspire
orator
13. Overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness
exuberance
eulogy
anarchist
invert
14. Abandon; disown; repudiate
tentative
aversion
renounce
arrogance
15. Comparable
analogous
antiquated
vindicate
sluggish
16. Condemn; criticize
lavish
ratify
pretentious
denounce
17. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
censorious
fervor
gratuitous
rigor
18. Practicing self-denial; austere
esoteric
ascetic
trite
resigned
19. Appease; moderate
mitigate
indifferent
ominous
disparage
20. Opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
dogmatic
gullible
ephemeral
opaque
21. Examine closely and critically
skeptic
consensus
scrutinize
piety
22. Determination; firmness of purpose
renounce
resolve
obscure
venerate
23. Fearless
reprehensible
invert
intervene
intrepid
24. Controlling influence; domination
facilitate
expedite
ascendancy
qualified
25. Generous; openhanded; extravagant; wasteful
ambiguous
embellish
lavish
submissive
26. Insignificant; unimportant
inconsequential
incite
condone
obstinate
27. Courteous regard for another's wish
gregarious
deference
piety
hypocritical
28. Narrate or tell; count over again
reverent
opulence
uniformity
recount
29. Firm dislike
subordinate
abstract
execute
aversion
30. Obscurity; forgetfulness
trite
oblivion
dissent
aesthetic
31. Readiness to yield - conformity in fulfilling requirements
succinct
compliance
embellish
augment
32. Hermit; loner
archaic
uniformity
recluse
orator
33. Ostentatious; pompous; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
nurture
ponderous
lavish
pretentious
34. Expression of praise - often on the occasion of someone's death
satirical
eulogy
concur
ascendancy
35. Positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
endorse
affirmation
predator
repel
36. Self-governing
hardy
uniformity
autonomous
gregarious
37. Not correctable
trite
discordant
incorrigible
thrive
38. Unchangeable
coercion
immutable
extraneous
robust
39. Manually skilled worker; craftsman - as opposed to artist
conflagration
partisan
artisan
orator
40. Hostility; active resistance
eclectic
meticulous
antagonism
exhaustive
41. Something new; newness
diffuse
censure
novelty
volatile
42. Determination; resolve
exhaustive
hypothetical
resolve
resolution
43. Disown; disavow
repudiate
composure
deference
obliterate
44. Subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will
condone
authoritarian
peripheral
arbitrary
45. Contradict; give a false impression
discerning
belie
zealot
inundate
46. Set right; correct
rectify
resolution
profane
predecessor
47. One who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
hedonist
robust
duplicity
listless
48. Object made by human beings - either handmade or mass-produced
opulence
artifact
obscure
trite
49. Severity
duplicity
rigor
appease
inconsequential
50. Not harmonious; conflicting
arbitrary
retract
quandary
discordant