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SAT - TOEFL 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. Practical (as opposed to idealistic)
proscribe
qualms
pragmatic
plasticity
2. Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
whimsical
abstain
rarefied
perspicacious
3. Warn; reprove
dogmatic
austere
admonish
connoisseur
4. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
abstemious
tirade
neophyte
proliferate
5. To punish or criticize harshly
castigate
eulogy
exacerbate
euphemism
6. Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
ostentation
adulterate
irresolute
anachronism
7. Having or showing often vicious ill-will - spite - or hatred
malevolent
enervate
impetuous
ebullient
8. A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
mercurial
deterrent
subpoena
nebulous
9. To obstruct or block
hackneyed
occlude
refulgent
latent
10. Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
euphemism
dismiss
lament
glib
11. Thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
intransigent
sparse
dogma
prodigal
12. A new word - expression - or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
neologism
ostentatious
virulent
intrepid
13. To make thinner or sparser
reverent
rarefy
metamorphosis
archaic
14. Meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services
squalid
officious
rarefied
onerous
15. Languor; weariness
lassitude
dissemble
inured
decorum
16. Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality - region - or people
amalgamate
inchoate
endemic
propriety
17. To increase in intensity - power - or prestige
implicit
verbose
aggrandize
eclectic
18. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
capricious
coagulate
waver
levee
19. Harmful; injurious
noxious
placate
repudiate
alacrity
20. Quick to act without thinking
impetuous
perennial
ameliorate
amalgamate
21. Abnormal; irregular
dissonance
anomalous
burgeon
aver
22. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
dogmatic
sublime
embellish
pristine
23. The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
mendacity
morose
quixotic
diffident
24. Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
aesthetic
exacerbate
compendium
recant
25. Having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe
venerate
astringent
iconoclast
fortuitous
26. Daring; bold
ephemeral
implacable
audacious
lethargic
27. Overcharge
anachronism
gouge
soporific
prevaricate
28. Distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)
obstinate
audacious
opprobrium
disseminate
29. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive - time
axiomatic
incorporate
recondite
archaic
30. Easily deceived
pirate
gullible
cogent
inchoate
31. Thin; rare; slim
ambivalence
imperturbable
verbose
tenuous
32. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
plummet
iconoclast
anomaly
mitigate
33. An expression of praise
accolade
attenuate
nascent
assuage
34. To sooth or pacify
disabuse
ambivalence
diffidence
placate
35. To court favor by a flattering manner
subside
laud
equivocate
fawn
36. To calm or make less severe
malleable
mollify
guileless
garrulous
37. To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
germane
accolade
obsequious
equivocate
38. Damaging; harmful; injurious
amalgamate
dogmatic
discrepancy
inimical
39. Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
obfuscate
obsequious
inimical
whimsical
40. Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
erratic
contention
paragon
recalcitrant
41. Occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
enigmatic
log
porous
quotidian
42. A medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals - esp. base metals into gold
alchemy
hedonism
iconoclast
gregarious
43. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
ingenuous
eloquent
decorum
torque
44. A sorrowful poem or speech
elegy
contention
repudiate
solicious
45. Convincing
impervious
cogent
abscond
reticent
46. Able to speak clearly and expressively
resolution
impede
articulate
analogous
47. Not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern
austere
disparage
subtle
partisan
48. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity
delineate
mollify
penchant
quotidian
49. Appease
misanthrope
refute
propitiate
malleable
50. To combine - to mix together
refute
amalgamate
indigence
garrulous