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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. Weighty; unwieldy
predecessor
explicit
substantiate
ponderous
2. Not harmonious; conflicting
methodical
discordant
frugality
resolution
3. Ridicule; make fun of
dismiss
exemplary
deride
precocious
4. Pervading; spread throughout every part
intrepid
perpetuate
furtive
pervasive
5. Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
levity
obscure
morose
detrimental
6. Teachings - in general; particular principle (religious - legal - etc.) taught
contentious
insularity
repel
doctrine
7. Free; disentangle
innovation
idiosyncrasy
extricate
diminution
8. Great fire
conflagration
capricious
impair
intrepid
9. Double-dealing; hypocrisy
temper
duplicity
extricate
cordial
10. Serve as an example of; embody
lament
unwarranted
exemplify
acknowledge
11. Observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation
rectify
compliance
facilitate
phenomena
12. Excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
meticulous
criterion
contentious
malicious
13. Frankness; open honesty
substantiate
emulate
candor
impudence
14. Persuade; bring about
induce
reserve
skeptic
inadvertent
15. Worsen; embitter
partisan
gratuitous
exacerbate
insularity
16. Hasten
expedite
dubious
lavish
elusive
17. Acquit; exculpate
exonerate
ephemeral
disclose
fanaticism
18. Please
ominous
turmoil
apprehension
gratify
19. Hackneyed; commonplace
predecessor
trite
insipid
conflagration
20. Lack of consistency; difference
implausible
phenomena
discrepancy
hamper
21. Experience; support; nourish
sustain
hierarchy
extraneous
esoteric
22. Quarrelsome
anarchist
contentious
detrimental
scrupulous
23. Urge; start; provoke
ominous
criterion
instigate
contract
24. Former occupant of a post
trite
indict
predecessor
piety
25. Rapid growth; spread; multiplication
explicit
concede
proliferation
artisan
26. Ambiguous; intentionally misleading
resigned
optimist
quandary
equivocal
27. Boaster
devise
condone
braggart
egoism
28. Comparable
rhetorical
restraint
analogous
affable
29. Abundantly fruitful
ponderous
prolific
uniformity
homogeneous
30. Dilemma
quandary
vigor
degradation
artifact
31. Antiquated
exemplary
archaic
scanty
perpetuate
32. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
cursory
turbulence
fervor
expedite
33. Expression of praise - often on the occasion of someone's death
fastidious
eulogy
devise
eloquence
34. Firm dislike
aversion
ramble
acknowledge
endorse
35. Grieve; express sorrow
virtuoso
elated
lament
indict
36. Increase; improve
exploit
diligence
eclectic
enhance
37. Overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess
profusion
depravity
belie
disinclination
38. Mental calmness
calculated
volatile
censorious
composure
39. Judgement that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
conviction
nonchalance
innate
composure
40. Disprove
enmity
refute
reverent
animosity
41. Casual; hastily done
repudiate
pervasive
diligence
cursory
42. Generous; openhanded; extravagant; wasteful
lavish
euphemism
credulity
compile
43. Individual trait - usually odd in nature; eccentricity
gullible
facilitate
venerate
idiosyncrasy
44. yielding; timid
submissive
antiquated
gravity
heresy
45. Extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
equivocal
opulence
criterion
coercion
46. Help bring about; make less difficult
illusory
pretentious
redundant
facilitate
47. Overwhelm; flood; submerge
undermine
frugality
placate
inundate
48. Wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
anarchist
diffuse
vindicate
acknowledge
49. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
aversion
attribute
ambiguous
criterion
50. Determination; firmness of purpose
static
preclude
resolve
recount