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SAT Vocab High Frequency Words
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sat
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english
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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. Flattery; admiration
frugality
proliferation
adulation
oblivion
2. Something that discourages; hindrance
criterion
hypocritical
deterrent
gratuitous
3. Extreme corruption; wickedness
eloquence
glutton
profusion
depravity
4. Increase; add to
discount
augment
frivolous
eulogy
5. Disrepute; ill fame
notoriety
glutton
confound
superficial
6. Raise in rank or dignity; praise
disputatious
inundate
exalt
degradation
7. Excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
concede
meticulous
impudence
renounce
8. Brief; tense; compact
remorse
succinct
negate
cajole
9. Belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess
placate
pessimism
haughtiness
profusion
10. Hinder; block; delay
censorious
pervasive
impede
morose
11. Religious devotion; godliness
whimsical
piety
disparity
discrepancy
12. Cautious; careful
sage
conciliatory
ponderous
prudent
13. Medicine to counteract a poison or disease
relegate
mundane
antidote
censorious
14. Critical
eloquence
hedonist
altruistic
censorious
15. Experience; support; nourish
impeccable
inclusive
sustain
commemorate
16. Great fire
conflagration
anarchist
concise
repel
17. Sociable
restraint
adversary
gregarious
scanty
18. Teachings - in general; particular principle (religious - legal - etc.) taught
opaque
transient
innovation
doctrine
19. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things
transient
depravity
materialism
reserve
20. Scatter
intrepid
ironic
disperse
fastidious
21. Fear
apprehension
disparity
sluggish
levity
22. Resulting in an unexpected and contrary outcome
altruistic
zealot
ironic
innocuous
23. Practical
marred
obstinate
feasible
affable
24. Questionable; filled with doubt
fallacious
insularity
illusory
dubious
25. Loiter or dawdle; continue or persist
concur
laud
marred
linger
26. Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
morose
thrive
intimidate
placate
27. Distribute; spread; scatter
repudiate
disseminate
virtuoso
scrutinize
28. Approve; ratify
profusion
fervor
ascetic
sanction
29. Totally clear; definite; outspoken
deplore
verbose
explicit
gratuitous
30. Lacking in spirit or energy
listless
compliance
arbitrary
nonchalance
31. General agreement
consensus
belie
abstract
esoteric
32. Doubter; person who suspends judgment until the evidence supporting a point of view has been examined
coercion
verbose
facilitate
skeptic
33. Determination; firmness of purpose
undermine
deprecate
resolve
rebuttal
34. Condense or shorten
invert
sanction
succinct
abridge
35. Seriousness
obstinate
gravity
pessimism
apprehension
36. Assemble; gather; accumulate
insularity
compile
nurture
notoriety
37. Individual trait - usually odd in nature; eccentricity
idiosyncrasy
instigate
affirmation
detached
38. Opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
digression
apprehension
predecessor
dogmatic
39. Short account of an amusing or interesting event
compile
anecdote
prudent
proliferation
40. Expressiveness; persuasive speech
superfluous
fervor
gravity
eloquence
41. Differing; deviating
divergent
rigor
superfluous
eclectic
42. Set right; correct
rectify
renounce
lethargic
enhance
43. Bitterness; hatred
hierarchy
taciturn
rancor
implausible
44. Difference; condition of inequality
discrepancy
apprehension
disparity
listless
45. Short-lived; fleeting
constraint
ephemeral
inherent
disparity
46. Make impossible; eliminate
devious
enigma
preclude
rhetorical
47. Serve as an example of; embody
indict
exemplify
denounce
aversion
48. Deep; not superficial; complete
profound
rebuttal
implement
confound
49. Threatening
ominous
intervene
exhilarating
dismiss
50. Imitate; rival
emulate
usurp
ascetic
abstract