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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 leave secretly
inconsequential
alleviate
abscond
prudence
2. To perceive; to recognize
waver
amenable
martial
discern
3. Convincing and well reasoned
propitiate
dogmatic
obviate
cogent
4. Wary; cautious; sparing
nascent
amalgamate
ostentation
chary
5. Rebel; nonconformist
oscillate
fanatical
maverick
connoisseur
6. To annoy or provoke to anger
maverick
capricious
verbose
antagonize
7. Lack of harmony; absurdity
bombastic
incongruity
austere
apathy
8. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
candid
precursor
profound
propitiate
9. Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
ennui
harangue
coda
profligate
10. Aversion; dislike
antipathy
recondite
rescind
hedonism
11. Impervious; not permitting passage through its substance
permeate
impermeable
crescendo
convention
12. Unemotional; lacking sensitivity
stolid
satiate
subtle
frugality
13. Intentional obstruction - esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
presumptuous
filibuster
resolution
archaic
14. Using few words
perspicacious
diatribe
laconic
phlegmatic
15. Unchangeable
immutable
dissolution
impecunious
discrete
16. Fervent; ardent; impassioned
indeterminate
zealous
salubrious
effrontery
17. Radiant; shiny; brilliant
refulgent
futile
lament
stymie
18. Lament with music
dirge
credulous
penury
pragmatic
19. To sooth or pacify
placate
luminous
iconoclast
canon
20. To increase in intensity - power - or prestige
prodigious
erratic
flout
aggrandize
21. An established set of principles or code of laws - often religious in nature
distend
profound
canon
monotony
22. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
onerous
odious
bombast
pervasive
23. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
effrontery
equanimity
abeyance
obstinate
24. To sway physically; to be indecisive
tangential
vacillate
eloquent
dogmatic
25. Be thrifty; set limits
tenuous
stint
inadvertently
obviate
26. Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
supposition
mitigate
eclectic
deference
27. One-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
intractable
tortuous
partisan
truculent
28. To rot; to decay and give off a foul odor
putrefy
demur
austere
discretion
29. Marked with parallel bands; grooved
striated
canon
futile
philanthropy
30. Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
pine
lavish
soporific
caustic
31. Concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that summarizes
fallacy
effrontery
coda
pine
32. Poverty; destitution
recondite
anachronism
vilify
penury
33. To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
maverick
iconoclast
mitigate
vilify
34. Excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
derivative
tacit
meticulous
placate
35. Wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
diffuse
ostentation
irresolute
mollify
36. To present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character
subside
vacillate
sparse
dissemble
37. Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
mitigate
hedonism
axiomatic
discerning
38. Sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
gregarious
austere
discern
probity
39. To publicly praise or promote
abate
cogent
tout
adulterate
40. Disown; disavow
disinterested
salubrious
garrulous
repudiate
41. To judge a dispute between two opposing parties
oscillation
implode
viscous
arbitrate
42. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
insipid
gregarious
solicious
accolade
43. Doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted in several ways
analogous
pedant
capricious
ambiguous
44. Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
desultory
coagulate
rhetoric
onerous
45. To drink deeply
boorish
quaff
garrulous
variegated
46. Calm; not easily disturbed
phlegmatic
probity
disabuse
insularity
47. Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
warranted
specious
aver
problematic
48. An expression of approval or praise
approbation
hubris
inert
fervent
49. Easily deceived
perspicacious
apprise
approbation
gullible
50. Thick; sticky
admonish
veracity
erudite
viscous