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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. Manually skilled worker; craftsman - as opposed to artist
artisan
exhaustive
turbulence
abridge
2. Active enmity
static
animosity
disparage
proliferation
3. Questionable; filled with doubt
lavish
dubious
scanty
cursory
4. Waver; fluctuate
scanty
instigate
vacillate
sporadic
5. Evasive; baffling; hard to grasp
arrogance
augment
elusive
confound
6. One who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
hierarchy
hedonist
turmoil
sluggish
7. Distribute; spread; scatter
satirical
disseminate
oblivion
censorious
8. Mentally quick and observant; having insight
ambiguous
braggart
discerning
inert
9. Belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess
pessimism
extraneous
inundate
negate
10. Widespread; generally accepted
extol
animosity
remorse
prevalent
11. Reconciling; soothing
ephemeral
conciliatory
vigor
reserve
12. Clever; resourceful
ingenious
sycophant
adversary
lament
13. Roundabout; erratic; not straightforward
devious
facilitate
uniformity
dissent
14. Lacking in flavor; dull
ambiguous
insipid
exploit
depravity
15. Applaud; announce with great approval
abstemious
temper
lofty
acclaim
16. Person who looks on the good side
optimist
impair
compile
insularity
17. Damaged; disfigured
frugality
sluggish
disparage
marred
18. Blame; criticize
terse
deterrent
contentious
censure
19. Prosper; flourish
brevity
provincial
thrive
innovation
20. Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
ostentatious
incite
obscure
presumptuous
21. Unwillingness
disinclination
flagrant
equivocal
candor
22. Drowsy; dull
impeccable
marred
lethargic
verbose
23. Expression of praise - often on the occasion of someone's death
coercion
reprimand
eulogy
stagnant
24. Please
terse
gratify
meticulous
disdain
25. Seize another power or rank
usurp
meticulous
elusive
credulity
26. Occurring irregularly
disclose
peripheral
sporadic
nurture
27. Isolation; solitude
extraneous
document
seclusion
gregarious
28. Express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
deprecate
rigor
haughtiness
disperse
29. Difficult to please; squeamish
expedient
rectify
idiosyncrasy
fastidious
30. Admit; yield
concise
provincial
exemplify
concede
31. Scatter
disperse
deplore
temper
innovation
32. Overconfident; impertinently bold; taking liberties
listless
presumptuous
ostentatious
complacency
33. Relieve
philanthropist
alleviate
nurture
disparity
34. Advanced in development
altruistic
erudite
precocious
endorse
35. Quarrelsome
rancor
exemplary
elated
contentious
36. Cancel out; nullify; deny
eulogy
negate
degradation
servile
37. Stubborn; hard to control or treat
discrepancy
obstinate
whimsical
thrive
38. Condense or shorten
remorse
phenomena
abridge
cursory
39. Object made by human beings - either handmade or mass-produced
ephemeral
lethargic
degradation
artifact
40. Praise; glorify
extol
dogmatic
skeptic
glutton
41. Use of force to get someone to obey
predecessor
coercion
discrepancy
scrupulous
42. Ill will; hatred
ratify
advocate
enmity
antidote
43. Establish by evidence; verify; support
turmoil
rigor
conflagration
substantiate
44. Flattery; admiration
scrupulous
exonerate
adulation
predecessor
45. Unjustified; groundless; undeserved
feasible
unwarranted
inadvertent
autonomous
46. Unoriginal; derived from another source
decorum
profusion
derivative
methodical
47. Belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete
benevolent
inadvertent
squander
credulity
48. Superfluous; repetitious; excessively wordy
redundant
reprehensible
pervasive
deference
49. Habitually silent; talking little
eulogy
taciturn
venerate
expedite
50. Not fitting; absurd
incongruous
prolific
erudite
duplicity