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SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words
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Subjects
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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. Lacking sophistication or experience
iconoclast
hedonism
naive
plethora
2. Minor objection or complaint
venerate
implacable
fawn
quibble
3. Depart secretly and hide
abscond
facetious
bombastic
vacillate
4. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentional)
paragon
specious
culpable
furtive
5. Extreme boldness; presumptuousness
immutable
presumptuous
effrontery
renege
6. Lethargic; sluggish; dormant
adulterate
esoteric
didactic
torpid
7. To dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
preen
anarchy
ephemeral
iconoclast
8. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
malleable
anomaly
spurious
abyss
9. Token of disgrace; brand
perfunctory
itinerary
stigma
esoteric
10. Known or understood by only a few
transitory
antipathy
esoteric
discretion
11. To deliver a pompous speech or tirade
harangue
alacrity
arduous
subside
12. Abusive; scolding
grandiloquence
impetuous
pernicious
vituperative
13. Impartial and honest in speech
candid
diverge
paucity
soporific
14. Too trusting; gullible
tacit
proliferate
aberrant
credulous
15. To increase in number quickly
proliferate
prattle
indifferent
monotony
16. A mark of shame or discredit
incorporate
stigma
rescind
variegated
17. Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
whimsical
dichotomy
variegated
exacerbate
18. Accustomed; hardened
inured
torpor
obviate
lavish
19. Marked with parallel bands; grooved
emollient
striated
sparse
repudiate
20. Discordant; inharmonious
maverick
convoluted
cacophonous
obsequious
21. Devotion to pleasurable pursuits - esp. to the pleasures of the senses
advocate
diverge
inured
hedonism
22. Rash; premature; hasty; sudden
specious
desultory
obsequious
precipitate
23. Uncertain; risky
squalid
implicit
implacable
precarious
24. Calm; not easily disturbed
vigilant
ameliorate
phlegmatic
craven
25. Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
incipient
beneficent
austere
pedagogy
26. Calm; placid
misanthrope
imperturbable
cogent
indifferent
27. Greatly emotional or zealous
loquacious
plummet
fervent
inconsequential
28. Change of form
supersede
metamorphosis
neophyte
prodigious
29. Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
abscond
perfidious
profuse
reprobate
30. Able to be molded - altered - or bent
discerning
saturate
aggrandize
plastic
31. Wordy
occlude
imperturbable
verbose
welter
32. Introductory statement
quixotic
morose
preamble
recant
33. Disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error
intransigence
tractable
recant
perfidious
34. Stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
catalyst
decorum
quiescence
antipathy
35. Urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
lucid
disparate
exigent
equivocate
36. Deceit or trickery
plummet
harangue
guile
flout
37. Unfortunate; inappropriate
gainsay
truculent
antipathy
infelicitous
38. Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
esoteric
discordant
mercurial
disabuse
39. Sleeping; lethargic; latent
dormant
innocuous
insipid
banal
40. A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
sporadic
fanatical
discretion
convention
41. Diligent
flout
assiduous
fawn
catalyst
42. To express sorrow; to grieve
subpoena
laud
guile
lament
43. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
aesthetic
eloquent
burgeon
static
44. Hinder - block
impede
diatribe
profligate
eloquent
45. Forerunner; harbinger
pious
precursor
appropriate
opprobrium
46. Following or in agreement with accepted - traditional standards
derivative
canonical
decorum
salubrious
47. Hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality
naive
subtle
banal
enervate
48. The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
aggrandize
hackneyed
mendacity
candid
49. Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
castigation
appropriate
culpable
meticulous
50. Vibrate pendulumlike; waver
levee
loquacious
audacious
oscillate