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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. Harmless
resigned
relegate
innocuous
adversary
2. Deceit; duplicity
criterion
incite
guile
reverent
3. Pretending to be virtuous; deceiving
contract
hypocritical
reserve
conciliatory
4. Person who looks on the good side
idiosyncrasy
disdain
optimist
archaic
5. Widespread; generally accepted
prevalent
denounce
indict
intimidate
6. Scatter
subordinate
attribute
decorum
disperse
7. Active strength
vigor
denounce
esoteric
cajole
8. Deliberately planned; likely
innocuous
placate
calculated
susceptible
9. Calmness; peace
tranquility
acknowledge
advocate
ambivalence
10. Disown; disavow
repudiate
opaque
implement
turmoil
11. Worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
meticulous
indict
seclusion
mundane
12. Wander aimlessly (physically or mentally)
cursory
methodical
ramble
exemplary
13. Not harmonious; conflicting
exemplify
piety
discordant
conviction
14. Gloomy; depressing; dark; drab
sustain
inert
somber
animosity
15. Reconciling; soothing
conciliatory
indiscriminate
curtail
ascendancy
16. Support; reinforce
apprehension
aloof
bolster
conviction
17. Mistaken; wrong
erroneous
submissive
undermine
digression
18. Charge
indict
taciturn
frivolous
reserve
19. Sameness; monotony
resolve
uniformity
incorrigible
mundane
20. Teachings - in general; particular principle (religious - legal - etc.) taught
embellish
doctrine
enmity
criterion
21. Unlikely; unbelievable
transient
inadvertent
resolution
implausible
22. Grieve; express sorrow
succinct
lament
sluggish
miserly
23. Lover of mankind; doer of good
succinct
philanthropist
relegate
exonerate
24. Subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will
skeptic
augment
authoritarian
usurp
25. Reveal
disclose
deride
equivocal
trite
26. Refutation; response with contrary evidence
consensus
rebuttal
fanaticism
capricious
27. Arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist
resigned
impeccable
incite
conflagration
28. Very high
implausible
lofty
adversary
hedonist
29. Accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive
resigned
exuberance
skeptic
innate
30. Impressionable; easily influenced; having little resistance - as to a disease; receptive to
gratify
susceptible
contend
usurp
31. Brief; tense; compact
succinct
skeptic
decorum
unwarranted
32. One who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
scrupulous
hedonist
eulogy
frivolous
33. Comparable
contract
turmoil
benevolent
analogous
34. Readiness to yield - conformity in fulfilling requirements
ramble
inane
ratify
compliance
35. Boaster
braggart
usurp
decorum
erudite
36. Serving as a model; outstanding
adversity
concede
exemplary
hypocritical
37. Effective; distinct
instigate
ingenious
articulate
innate
38. Limited; restricted
morose
haughtiness
qualified
dismiss
39. Loiter or dawdle; continue or persist
prudent
linger
garrulous
lethargic
40. Seek to attain; long for
affirmation
obscure
ambiguous
aspire
41. Trivial; shallow
degradation
superficial
discerning
curtail
42. Unchanging; lacking development
gratify
credulity
static
resigned
43. Pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language
enmity
fastidious
rhetorical
virtuoso
44. Determination; resolve
gratify
resolution
sluggish
lethargic
45. Turn upside down or inside out
ambivalence
indiscriminate
invert
ascetic
46. Establish by evidence; verify; support
vilify
substantiate
corroborate
pervasive
47. Hinder; block; delay
vigor
subside
compliance
impede
48. Condense or shorten
inane
frivolous
abridge
apprehension
49. Express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
resolve
glutton
credulity
deprecate
50. Easy to approach; obtainable
frugality
capricious
concur
accessible