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SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Agreeable; responsive to suggestion
pith
amenable
esoteric
alacrity
2. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
proliferate
commensurate
credulous
malingerer
3. Harmless; causing no damage
mercurial
aberrant
innocuous
insinuate
4. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
hubris
penury
phlegmatic
default
5. One who practices rigid self-denial - esp. as an act of religious devotion
venerate
ascetic
prevaricate
idolatrous
6. Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to
analogous
laconic
satiate
dissemble
7. Limited; restricted
vacillate
qualified
pervasive
censure
8. Characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled
deterrent
pristine
exacerbate
intransigent
9. Producing large volumes or amounts; productive
irascible
complaisant
prolific
inchoate
10. Lacking in flavor; dull
zealous
precipitate
perfidious
insipid
11. Composed of elements drawn from various sources
ambivalence
eclectic
vituperative
nebulous
12. Provide written evidence
document
glib
spendthrift
exonerate
13. A harsh and disagreeable combination - often of sounds
diffident
dissonance
paradox
alleviate
14. Urge on
incongruity
goad
ingenuous
precipitate
15. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted
pristine
virulent
implode
skeptic
16. Marked with parallel bands; grooved
quiescent
striated
archaic
obdurate
17. Controversial; argumentative
polemical
pedantic
rancorous
guileless
18. Lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
obviate
torpor
inchoate
endemic
19. Drowsy; dull
lethargic
iconoclast
transgression
desiccate
20. Effective writing or speaking
cogent
tacit
rhetoric
intransigent
21. Unoriginal; obtained from another source
facetious
delineate
derivative
contentious
22. Thrift; economy
viscous
frugality
complaisant
fawn
23. To provide supporting evidence
abstemious
delineate
flag
corroborate
24. Troubling; burdensome
discrete
discredit
onerous
plethora
25. Peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
aesthetic
hedonism
tangential
rarefy
26. Shining; issuing light
luminous
pedantic
estimable
maverick
27. Rebel; nonconformist
maverick
mitigate
flout
indeterminate
28. Filled with truth and accuracy
relegate
veracity
obviate
preamble
29. Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
laud
inchoate
truculence
sanction
30. Extremely careful about details
meticulous
disabuse
neologism
incorporate
31. Overwhelm; flood; submerge
axiom
approbation
enigmatic
inundate
32. Improve
ameliorate
fulminate
attenuate
acerbic
33. Unfortunate; inappropriate
paucity
hubris
partisan
infelicitous
34. Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
glib
bolster
mitigate
imperturbable
35. At rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
quiescent
cogent
tenuous
capricious
36. To clear from blame; prove innocent
ascetic
exculpate
prolific
adulterate
37. Narrow-mindedness; isolation
accolade
cacophony
insularity
satiate
38. To illegally use or reproduce
condone
pirate
mendacity
morose
39. Impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
ubiquitous
perspicacious
opaque
erratic
40. Lasting a short time
unfeigned
ephemeral
impassive
alacrity
41. To criticize severely; to officially rebuke
germane
censure
foment
opaque
42. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
articulate
garrulous
ameliorate
preen
43. Dry up
desiccate
loquacious
penury
stoic
44. Fundamentally different; entirely unlike
meticulous
disparate
elicit
decorum
45. Given to intense or excessive devotion to something
ingenuous
idolatrous
lucid
erudite
46. Ability to be molded
inchoate
approbation
paradox
plasticity
47. Diligent
diatribe
metaphor
assiduous
enumerate
48. Worsen; embitter
exculpate
complaisance
opaque
exacerbate
49. Forerunner; harbinger
laconic
elegy
precursor
placate
50. Greatly emotional or zealous
fervent
subside
inveigle
iconoclast