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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. A funeral hymn or mournful speech
pungent
paean
oscillate
dirge
2. Cursory; done without care or interest
aesthetic
perfunctory
iconoclast
pungent
3. Able to be molded - altered - or bent
disabuse
ephemeral
plastic
iconoclast
4. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
relegate
implacable
misanthrope
equivocate
5. Sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
soporific
exigency
eulogy
propriety
6. To combine - to mix together
squander
aver
amalgamate
archaic
7. Lasting a short time
eloquent
soporific
obsequious
ephemeral
8. Waver; fluctuate
vacillate
enhance
stymie
tortuous
9. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
flout
ascetic
empirical
propensity
10. To increase in power - influence - and reputation
inadvertently
amalgamate
aggrandize
vituperative
11. Characterized by or given to pretentiousness
evanescent
whimsical
ostentatious
desiccate
12. Poverty; destitution
penury
querulous
banal
amalgamate
13. Brief - comprehensive summary
approbation
exacerbate
compendium
sordid
14. To deceive; a person who is easily deceived
complaisant
arduous
fervid
dupe
15. To judge a dispute between two opposing parties
inundate
inured
efficacy
arbitrate
16. Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
precursor
variegated
repudiate
dichotomy
17. Hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
recondite
delineate
tirade
porous
18. Unemotional; lacking sensitivity
stolid
lament
eclectic
surfeit
19. To increase in intensity - power - or prestige
aggrandize
onerous
conciliatory
fervor
20. A speech honoring the dead
mollify
eulogy
adulterate
divulge
21. Sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
squalid
aver
platitude
spectrum
22. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
ingenuous
audacious
inured
garrulous
23. Lack of harmony; absurdity
incongruity
rarefied
obstinate
exonerate
24. To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
proliferate
fawn
insipid
refute
25. Admirable
ambiguous
catalyst
obstinate
estimable
26. To stun - baffle - or amaze
stupefy
magnanimity
resolution
enumerate
27. Occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
inherent
prevaricate
quotidian
intransigence
28. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
onerous
derision
prodigal
welter
29. Strenuous; taxing; requiring significant effort
arduous
odious
secrete
lucid
30. Thick; sticky
propensity
viscous
effrontery
craven
31. Stubbornly opinionated
log
dogmatic
amalgamate
pungent
32. Incapable of being pacified
malevolent
proscribe
implacable
penurious
33. One who hates mankind
misanthrope
meticulous
aberrant
prevaricate
34. Eliminate from consideration; reject
vituperative
lethargic
dismiss
reticent
35. Pompous; grandiloquent
renege
indeterminate
viable
bombastic
36. Marked with parallel bands; grooved
forestall
stigma
striated
hyperbole
37. Convincing and well reasoned
exigent
cogent
supplant
bucolic
38. Shut; close
reticent
engender
eclectic
occlude
39. Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
dilettante
recluse
proliferate
ennui
40. Trickery; deception
chicanery
arbitrate
discredit
impervious
41. Truthfulness; honesty
diffidence
veracity
recondite
chary
42. Determination
inundate
resolution
effrontery
secrete
43. Correct a false impression; undeceive
rarefied
eclectic
transitory
disabuse
44. To make better; to improve
ameliorate
canonical
converge
adulation
45. Clear from blame
intractable
exculpate
amenable
ingenuous
46. Thin; rare; slim
inert
ostentatious
penury
tenuous
47. Comparable
rarefy
analogous
bombastic
ephemeral
48. Burst inward
amalgamate
distill
implode
presumptuous
49. Rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
proliferate
compliant
bucolic
gregarious
50. Characterized by a strong - sharp smell or taste
pungent
magnanimity
alacrity
penchant