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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. Adorn; ornament
exalt
embellish
explicit
discerning
2. Doubter; person who suspends judgment until the evidence supporting a point of view has been examined
disputatious
skeptic
coercion
predecessor
3. Marginal; outer
peripheral
brevity
devise
cryptic
4. Disrepute; ill fame
adversity
detrimental
appease
notoriety
5. Lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant
resolution
doctrine
frivolous
sluggish
6. Gracious; heartfelt
impede
cordial
predecessor
document
7. Self-control; formal but distant manner
constraint
acclaim
reserve
disputatious
8. Thrift; economy
reserve
frugality
eloquence
apprehension
9. Mysterious; hidden; secret
servile
affirmation
tranquility
cryptic
10. Puzzle; mystery
superfluous
ironic
altruistic
enigma
11. Grieve; express sorrow
exhaustive
rhetorical
invert
lament
12. Emotionally removed; calm and objective; physically unconnected
submissive
prudent
altruistic
detached
13. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
pacifist
illusory
abstemious
pretentious
14. Antiquated
repudiate
frivolous
archaic
exemplify
15. Ill will; hatred
exalt
intimidate
denounce
enmity
16. Deep; not superficial; complete
hypocritical
brevity
profound
concede
17. Portray; depict; sketch
delineate
provincial
opaque
erroneous
18. Advanced in development
precocious
discrepancy
impudence
nonchalance
19. Motionless; stale; dull
subordinate
innocuous
stagnant
abstract
20. Revere
venerate
enhance
feasible
intervene
21. Darken; make unclear
obscure
inundate
devise
placate
22. Easily approachable; warmly friendly
expedite
indiscriminate
diligence
affable
23. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
incisive
abstruse
elated
zealot
24. Highly skilled artist
lavish
comprehensive
resolve
virtuoso
25. Make something last; preserve from extinction
perpetuate
gratify
vacillate
pessimism
26. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things
seclusion
accessible
materialism
rhetorical
27. Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
fastidious
diligence
ostentatious
abstemious
28. Mentally quick and observant; having insight
inclusive
discerning
undermine
temper
29. Stealthy; sneaky
furtive
venerate
qualified
confound
30. Thorough; inclusive
nonchalance
comprehensive
lavish
inconsequential
31. Serving as a model; outstanding
provincial
malicious
exemplary
thrive
32. Momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
elusive
transient
ascetic
flagrant
33. Fearless
insularity
intrepid
homogeneous
conflagration
34. Weighty; unwieldy
contentious
ponderous
insularity
novelty
35. Conscientious; extremely thorough
redundant
scrupulous
apprehension
artisan
36. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
belie
adversary
fervor
fanaticism
37. Waste
squander
haughtiness
conviction
zealot
38. Applaud; announce with great approval
apathy
acclaim
superfluous
scrutinize
39. Seek to attain; long for
diligence
censure
aspire
instigate
40. Extreme corruption; wickedness
duplicity
astute
depravity
exemplary
41. Evasive; baffling; hard to grasp
elusive
discriminating
mundane
materialism
42. Short-lived; fleeting
indict
homogeneous
refute
ephemeral
43. Firmly established by nature or habit
conciliatory
inherent
disinclination
rectify
44. Settle down; descend; grow quiet
cajole
subside
exemplify
pretentious
45. Seriousness
static
satirical
gravity
cajole
46. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
methodical
relegate
derivative
exhilarating
47. Serve as an example of; embody
hamper
impede
exemplify
intimidate
48. Pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language
candor
arbitrary
divergent
rhetorical
49. Observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation
divergent
rhetorical
detached
phenomena
50. Unoriginal; derived from another source
sustain
extol
derivative
augment