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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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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. Isolation; solitude
seclusion
resigned
indifferent
marred
2. Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
prudent
capricious
quandary
ostentatious
3. Limited; restricted
conflagration
qualified
thrive
pacifist
4. Hateful; spiteful
vilify
diligence
affable
malicious
5. Impressionable; easily influenced; having little resistance - as to a disease; receptive to
extol
disseminate
abstruse
susceptible
6. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
fervor
gregarious
adulation
sycophant
7. Unintentional; by oversight; careless
derivative
inadvertent
diminution
calculated
8. Praise; glorify
innovation
degradation
extol
eloquence
9. Someone who eats too much
equivocal
benevolent
glutton
consensus
10. Conscientious; extremely thorough
pragmatic
resolve
scrupulous
embellish
11. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others
altruistic
inane
eclectic
disputatious
12. Brief and compact
archaic
concise
exhaustive
devise
13. Argumentative; fond of arguing
disputatious
piety
anarchist
disperse
14. Vigorous; strong
autonomous
robust
optimist
acknowledge
15. Short account of an amusing or interesting event
pacifist
anecdote
confound
reprove
16. Public speaker
orator
astute
repudiate
criterion
17. Worsen; embitter
pretentious
exacerbate
refute
intervene
18. Seek to attain; long for
ambivalence
aspire
enmity
reserve
19. View with scorn or contempt
anarchist
rhetorical
disdain
impede
20. Lessening; reduction in size
relegate
vigor
diminution
gravity
21. Put into effect; supply with tools
astute
obscure
inherent
implement
22. Compulsion; repression of feelings
constraint
opportunist
reserve
mundane
23. Great commotion and confusion
aversion
animosity
turmoil
calculated
24. Thrift; economy
reprehensible
expedite
frugality
substantiate
25. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
esoteric
idiosyncrasy
hierarchy
ascendancy
26. Guilt; self-reproach
exuberance
scrutinize
remorse
compliance
27. Pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language
rhetorical
whimsical
criterion
extol
28. Apart; reserved
sluggish
adversary
mitigate
aloof
29. Waver; fluctuate
vacillate
indifferent
turmoil
sycophant
30. Obstruct
pragmatic
anecdote
cordial
hamper
31. Superfluous; repetitious; excessively wordy
vigor
enigma
redundant
animosity
32. Insignificant; unimportant
impede
inconsequential
virtuoso
lethargic
33. Bitterness; hatred
denounce
rancor
calculated
placate
34. Moderation of self-control; controlling force; restriction
zealot
digression
expedient
restraint
35. Something that discourages; hindrance
hamper
deterrent
pragmatic
expedite
36. Something new; newness
implausible
homogeneous
novelty
oblivion
37. Thorough; inclusive
animosity
hardy
comprehensive
impede
38. Highly skilled artist
virtuoso
egoism
dismiss
superficial
39. Pervading; spread throughout every part
detrimental
sporadic
pervasive
notoriety
40. yielding; timid
composure
cordial
abstruse
submissive
41. Scatter
disperse
adversity
verbose
commemorate
42. Lack of caring; indifference
dissent
apathy
subordinate
rigor
43. Loiter or dawdle; continue or persist
linger
relegate
diminution
austere
44. Not fitting; absurd
incongruous
frugality
prudent
squander
45. Approve; ratify
sanction
apathy
egoism
inundate
46. Deserving blame
materialism
reprehensible
extricate
innate
47. Creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who robs or exploits others
predator
susceptible
detached
belie
48. Practicing self-denial; austere
ascetic
mundane
discerning
reticence
49. Overjoyed; in high spirits
meticulous
arbitrary
sluggish
elated
50. Wasteful; reckless with money
prodigal
philanthropist
austere
turbulence