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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. Raise in rank or dignity; praise
precocious
recount
subside
exalt
2. Arrangements by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks
hierarchy
resolution
mitigate
aversion
3. Clever; resourceful
enmity
malicious
ingenious
apathy
4. Disown; disavow
restraint
repudiate
lavish
equivocal
5. Individual trait - usually odd in nature; eccentricity
discrepancy
quandary
idiosyncrasy
gregarious
6. Steadiness of effort; persistent hard work
diligence
credulity
comprehensive
composure
7. Make use of - sometimes unjustly
exploit
meticulous
heresy
augment
8. Lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant
inundate
nurture
frivolous
stagnant
9. Condense or shorten
reprove
sycophant
ponderous
abridge
10. Momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
disperse
partisan
transient
decorum
11. Determination; firmness of purpose
resolve
impudence
invert
turbulence
12. Disagree
bolster
concede
provincial
dissent
13. Invigorating and refreshing; cheering
repudiate
diffuse
virtuoso
exhilarating
14. Marginal; outer
peripheral
turbulence
analogous
robust
15. Excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
pragmatic
fanaticism
coercion
usurp
16. Lessening; reduction in size
indifferent
diminution
rigor
mitigate
17. Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
levity
methodical
ostentatious
servile
18. Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
intervene
conciliatory
disparage
euphemism
19. Seize another power or rank
confound
undermine
profound
usurp
20. Unchanging; lacking development
digression
resolution
sanction
static
21. Self-satisfaction; smugness
complacency
lavish
substantiate
turbulence
22. Overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
linger
peripheral
illusory
condone
23. Extreme corruption; wickedness
censorious
philanthropist
gratuitous
depravity
24. Increase; add to
rhetorical
astute
augment
frugality
25. Overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness
composure
autonomous
exuberance
inadvertent
26. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
autonomous
fervor
candor
proliferation
27. Religious devotion; godliness
preclude
piety
duplicity
dismiss
28. Servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man
sycophant
incisive
ingenious
phenomena
29. Extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
turbulence
opulence
reprehensible
prudent
30. Urge; start; provoke
instigate
adversity
brevity
calculated
31. Standard used in judging
sustain
criterion
disdain
deride
32. Ill will; hatred
hedonist
enmity
obstinate
resolution
33. Arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist
attribute
incite
proximity
inherent
34. Slavish; cringing
dismiss
reprehensible
servile
acclaim
35. Use of force to get someone to obey
anecdote
coercion
diligence
insipid
36. Blame; criticize
censure
retract
profane
articulate
37. Controlling influence; domination
ascendancy
subside
skeptic
antiquated
38. Confirm; support
corroborate
lofty
enmity
discount
39. Object made by human beings - either handmade or mass-produced
composure
impede
artifact
implement
40. Set right; correct
stagnant
doctrine
insularity
rectify
41. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
ambivalence
garrulous
volatile
peripheral
42. Lack of caring; indifference
incisive
apathy
tentative
belie
43. Conciseness
servile
brevity
depravity
insipid
44. Grieve; express sorrow
coercion
opulence
instigate
lament
45. Critical
censorious
insularity
robust
garrulous
46. Not harmonious; conflicting
insularity
cajole
discordant
devise
47. Trivial; shallow
zealot
attribute
derivative
superficial
48. Agree
usurp
ironic
rigor
concur
49. Difficult to please; squeamish
verbose
disclose
intrepid
fastidious
50. Active strength
indiscriminate
vigor
compile
cordial