SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
SAT Vocab High Frequency Words
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
sat
,
english
,
vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Practical
feasible
ambivalence
gratuitous
immutable
2. Slavish; cringing
reserve
exuberance
quandary
servile
3. Shorten; reduce
condone
notoriety
laud
curtail
4. Judgement that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
satirical
conviction
affable
materialism
5. Pacify; conciliate
adulation
ephemeral
placate
nurture
6. Unoriginal; derived from another source
ambiguous
derivative
prudent
ephemeral
7. Teachings - in general; particular principle (religious - legal - etc.) taught
doctrine
renounce
astute
whimsical
8. Overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
condone
ascendancy
deplore
presumptuous
9. Harmless
innocuous
pervasive
detrimental
composure
10. Inactive; lacking power to move
impudence
hypothetical
inert
transient
11. Readiness to yield - conformity in fulfilling requirements
compliance
profane
disparity
commemorate
12. Serve as an example of; embody
appease
predator
enhance
exemplify
13. Difficult to please; squeamish
compliance
credulity
fastidious
proximity
14. Portray; depict; sketch
augment
delineate
profusion
rectify
15. Censure; rebuke
reprove
rigor
submissive
capricious
16. Superfluous; repetitious; excessively wordy
unwarranted
redundant
whimsical
impeccable
17. Provide written evidence
appease
aversion
document
exemplify
18. Admit; yield
terse
stagnant
proximity
concede
19. Person who looks on the good side
elusive
affirmation
optimist
appease
20. Lack of consistency; difference
discrepancy
implement
elusive
insipid
21. Effective; distinct
antagonism
articulate
repel
commemorate
22. Assemble; gather; accumulate
inclusive
compile
profound
satirical
23. Excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
adulation
fanaticism
criterion
indiscriminate
24. Hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
tentative
impudence
abstract
coercion
25. Stealthy; sneaky
profound
gratuitous
inadvertent
furtive
26. Inborn
eclectic
innate
ominous
philanthropist
27. Suitable; practical; politic
rancor
compile
reverent
expedient
28. Ascribe; explain
attribute
implausible
proximity
composure
29. Drowsy; dull
mitigate
implement
pretentious
lethargic
30. Support; reinforce
heresy
conciliatory
bolster
depravity
31. Frankness; open honesty
censorious
exploit
ponderous
candor
32. Highly skilled artist
exploit
aesthetic
indict
virtuoso
33. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
vilify
dismiss
invert
abstemious
34. False; misleading
discerning
fallacious
criterion
animosity
35. Extreme corruption; wickedness
nonchalance
depravity
insipid
eclectic
36. Sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather
hardy
lament
ascendancy
explicit
37. Overwhelm; flood; submerge
inundate
disperse
hardy
eloquence
38. Hackneyed; commonplace
trite
indifferent
depravity
impede
39. Make something last; preserve from extinction
depravity
credulity
hedonist
perpetuate
40. Gracious; heartfelt
innovation
proliferation
cordial
braggart
41. Scatter
benevolent
disperse
advocate
integrity
42. Arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist
discrepancy
dogmatic
incite
reserve
43. Brief; tense; compact
succinct
exhilarating
expedient
usurp
44. Former occupant of a post
anecdote
predecessor
inundate
methodical
45. Confuse; puzzle
confound
heresy
squander
abridge
46. Hateful; spiteful
impeccable
recount
induce
malicious
47. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
illusory
arbitrary
taciturn
diminution
48. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things
conflagration
hamper
materialism
degradation
49. Limited; restricted
qualified
garrulous
renounce
ironic
50. Based on assumptions or hypotheses; supposed
coercion
fervor
animosity
hypothetical