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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. To take the place of; supersede
advocate
transient
shard
supplant
2. Pompous walk
prodigal
strut
viscous
placate
3. One who hates all other humans
disingenuous
bombastic
misanthrope
disinterested
4. A figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol
discredit
sedulous
metaphor
eloquent
5. Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
redoubtable
venerate
laud
chicanery
6. Incapable of being pacified
beneficent
paean
ennui
implacable
7. To speak in favor of
advocate
substantiate
naive
garrulous
8. Unpredictable; fickle
fatuous
prodigal
secrete
capricious
9. Change of form
ebullient
penury
exigent
metamorphosis
10. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
disingenuous
chauvinist
verbose
derision
11. Steadfast and courageous
intrepid
opaque
chicanery
axiomatic
12. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
assuage
plastic
volatile
complaisance
13. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
propriety
embellish
redoubtable
precursor
14. Uprightness; incorruptibility
probity
paucity
prattle
vituperative
15. Burning; sarcastically biting
opprobrium
caustic
pungent
satiate
16. Capable of being shaped
desiccate
terse
malleable
garrulous
17. Intended to teach or instruct
inimical
capricious
didactic
variegated
18. Narrow-mindedness; isolation
insularity
subpoena
whimsical
erratic
19. To present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character
aberrant
dissemble
derision
gregarious
20. An invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
castigation
lucid
mitigate
fallacy
21. Fragment; generally of pottery
obdurate
opprobium
shard
explicit
22. To arouse or incite
impede
engender
torpor
foment
23. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
inured
pernicious
adulterate
gouge
24. Propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
avarice
decorum
garrulous
pious
25. Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
mundane
ingenuous
pernicious
bolster
26. To overlook - pardon - or disregard
ameliorate
condone
occlude
convoluted
27. To grow rapidly or flourish
burgeon
profound
sedulous
trenchant
28. Unconscious; unresponsive
insensible
tangential
mendacious
neophyte
29. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
unfeigned
rescind
vexation
aggrandize
30. Languor; weariness
pathological
intrepid
lassitude
sedulous
31. Wisdom - caution - or restraint
prudence
catalyst
imperturbable
rarefied
32. Ability to be molded
abscond
grandiloquence
plasticity
ostentatious
33. Known or understood by only a few
lucid
occlude
philanthropy
esoteric
34. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
waver
peruse
proliferate
advocate
35. Overly submissive and eager to please
obsequious
prohibitive
maverick
empirical
36. Playful; humorous
plastic
untenable
facetious
veracity
37. Mentally quick and observant; having insight
discerning
reverent
disingenuous
vilify
38. Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
penchant
admonish
austere
succinct
39. Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
adulterate
euphemism
boorish
dilate
40. To cause or happen before anticipated or required
banal
paragon
complaisance
precipitate
41. Improve
ameliorate
banal
inured
anachronism
42. One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
repudiate
stigma
malleable
iconoclast
43. A contradiction or dilemma
indeterminate
evanescent
predilection
paradox
44. Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
irascible
occlude
precipitate
prohibitive
45. Shyness
diffidence
repudiate
prevaricate
permeate
46. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
anomaly
didactic
superfluous
irascible
47. Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
shard
quiescent
pervasive
profuse
48. A funeral hymn or mournful speech
torpid
presumptuous
adulterate
dirge
49. Easily made angry
irascible
platitude
phlegmatic
dogma
50. Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
alleviate
laud
meticulous
explicit