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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. Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality - region - or people
endemic
exculpate
hubris
veracity
2. To flatter or praise excessively
implacable
cogent
fawn
paradox
3. Intended to teach or instruct
inimical
amalgamate
advocate
didactic
4. Urge on
paean
secrete
chaos
goad
5. One who practices rigid self-denial - esp. as an act of religious devotion
disabuse
profligate
ascetic
garrulous
6. Bitter scolding; invective
innocuous
quiescent
querulous
diatribe
7. Capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
solicitous
immutable
catalyst
malleable
8. A mournful poem - esp. one lamenting the dead
fervid
virulent
elegy
insularity
9. A speech honoring the dead
supersede
aesthetic
eulogy
credulous
10. Extremely careful about details
perfunctory
meticulous
eclectic
inadvertently
11. A puzzle; a mystery
enigma
abeyance
abscond
abstemious
12. Convincing
exigency
mendacious
propitiate
cogent
13. To cause or happen before anticipated or required
harangue
precipitate
succinct
pirate
14. Clear; easily understood
axiomatic
lucid
propitiate
dogmatic
15. Sophisticated; refined; elegant
innocuous
advocate
urbane
bombastic
16. Incapable of being pacified
aggrandize
waver
abstain
implacable
17. Reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence
intractable
exacerbate
reticent
plummet
18. Failure to act
imperturbable
estimable
ostentation
default
19. Characterized by or given to pretentiousness
ostentatious
cynicism
quotidian
superfluous
20. Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic
monotony
obsequious
torpid
misanthrope
21. To dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
desiccate
ostentation
euphemism
denigrate
22. Help bring about; make less difficult
extrapolation
facilitate
garrulous
intrepid
23. Riddle; difficult problem
default
meticulous
irascible
conundrum
24. Praise
extemporaneous
laud
reticent
taciturn
25. Lie - mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
opaque
daunt
paucity
equivocate
26. To fluctuate between choices
waver
pervasive
abate
inadvertently
27. The essential or central part
morose
proscribe
deride
pith
28. Fall sharply
nascent
officious
discern
plummet
29. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
inadvertently
castigation
obsequious
guile
30. Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
decorum
flout
proliferate
trenchant
31. Something long-lasting
canon
perennial
discern
caustic
32. Clear from blame
futile
exculpate
extemporaneous
ubiquitous
33. Given to intense or excessive devotion to something
paragon
prattle
disparate
idolatrous
34. Harmless
itinerary
capricious
levity
innocuous
35. Lacking self-confidence
qualms
conundrum
secrete
diffident
36. Composed of elements drawn from various sources
pirate
eclectic
profound
putrefy
37. Depart secretly and hide
divulge
torque
abscond
viscous
38. Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
iconoclast
austere
diffident
connoisseur
39. Extended scolding; denunciation; harangue
tirade
partisan
aggrandize
laud
40. Calm and peaceful
imperturbable
plastic
exigency
halcyon
41. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
vituperate
eulogy
tenuous
nascent
42. Rebel; nonconformist
obviate
monotony
satiate
maverick
43. Make express conditions - specify
gullible
stigma
enhance
stipulate
44. To arouse or incite
foment
wary
irresolute
fledgling
45. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule; abnormality
flag
anomaly
demur
dogmatic
46. Daring; bold
preamble
incongruity
emulate
audacious
47. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
volatile
disjointed
pithy
dissonance
48. Characterized by bitter - long-lasting resentment
vacillate
castigate
soporific
rancorous
49. Determination; firmness of purpose
aver
sage
resolve
eloquent
50. Using few words; terse
laconic
precursor
veracity
abscond