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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. Aggressiveness; ferocity
belie
truculence
elegy
propensity
2. Diligent; persistent; hard-working
vacillate
exacerbate
culpable
sedulous
3. Infamy; vilification
bolster
pragmatic
cogent
opprobium
4. Incapable of being pacified
hubris
intractable
distend
implacable
5. Extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion
pious
precipitate
dissonance
dilettante
6. Having a sour or bitter taste or character
propitiate
pedant
heretical
acerbic
7. Understood; not put into words
philanthropy
indigence
pedantic
tacit
8. To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
tacit
irascible
precursor
deride
9. Shut; close
occlude
demur
laconic
dirge
10. Coiled around; involved; intricate
ephemeral
harangue
anomalous
convoluted
11. To slight or belittle
commensurate
disparage
fawn
aberrant
12. Make thinner; weaken or lessen (in density - force - degree)
irascible
attenuate
aggrandize
austere
13. To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
insipid
precipitate
bolster
tenacity
14. An expression of approval or praise
divest
implacable
confound
approbation
15. Praise
prudence
peruse
reticent
laud
16. Discord; opposite of harmony
pragmatic
dissonance
querulous
prattle
17. Pompous; using inflated language
repudiate
garrulous
bombastic
cacophony
18. Blacken
penurious
ambiguous
denigrate
felicitous
19. Hint; imply; creep in
condone
insinuate
propriety
pithy
20. To loudly attack or denounce
canonical
quaff
elegy
fulminate
21. Not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
desiccate
intractable
impassive
reverent
22. Full of pores; like a sieve
porous
empirical
transgression
pristine
23. Fall sharply
euphemism
fawning
venerate
plummet
24. Draw out by discussion
elicit
perfunctory
opprobrium
opprobrium
25. Pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language
insularity
grandiloquent
immutable
transient
26. Dictatorial in one's opinions
dogmatic
impassive
decorum
proliferate
27. To drink deeply
apathy
pious
quaff
forestall
28. To reduce in amount - degree - or severity
recalcitrant
intrepid
abate
dissonance
29. The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued
attenuate
exacerbate
castigation
tenacity
30. Not harmonious; conflicting
discordant
opaque
prodigious
proliferate
31. Practical (as opposed to idealistic)
pragmatic
admonish
diffidence
impervious
32. Troubling; burdensome
onerous
euphemism
stolid
presumptuous
33. Lack of variation
plummet
exigent
recalcitrant
monotony
34. To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
penurious
burgeon
problematic
abscond
35. Assert confidently or declare; as used in law - state formally as a fact
propitiate
perfidy
dilate
aver
36. Model of excellence or perfection
paragon
specious
reticent
apathy
37. Turmoil; bewildering jumble
arduous
sanction
perennial
welter
38. Insignificant; unimportant
repudiate
inconsequential
pragmatic
luminous
39. Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
stoic
discrete
lucid
fallacy
40. Fervent; ardent; impassioned
guileless
antipathy
distill
zealous
41. Dull; impassive
specious
archaic
placate
stolid
42. Lie
garrulous
prevaricate
ennui
perennial
43. Hypothesis; surmise
digression
quaff
supposition
phlegmatic
44. An expression of praise
cacophonous
facilitate
accolade
impassive
45. Refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
fervid
eloquent
esoteric
intransigence
46. Hinder - block
impede
laconic
engender
eulogy
47. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
iconoclast
pristine
profuse
propensity
48. Characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled
pristine
exigency
ingenuous
pragmatic
49. Stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
itinerary
quiescence
discerning
anomaly
50. About to happen; impending
enigmatic
fawning
platitude
imminent