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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. Enjoy; have a distinctive flavor - smell - or quality
germane
savor
demur
ingenuous
2. To increase in number quickly
heretical
satiate
whimsical
proliferate
3. Pompous in speech and manner
bombastic
diffuse
ambiguous
ardor
4. Lying; habitually dishonest
recant
mendacious
penurious
iconoclast
5. To dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
pungent
preen
amalgamate
compendium
6. Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
misanthrope
desiccate
confound
implacable
7. Radiant; shiny; brilliant
enervate
castigate
refulgent
onerous
8. One-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
pervasive
dissonance
mercurial
partisan
9. A mark of shame or discredit
stigma
insensible
sordid
obsequious
10. Recent convert; beginner
redoubtable
neophyte
precipitate
audacious
11. Useless; hopeless; ineffectual
hackneyed
converge
futile
soporific
12. Lacking coherence
squalid
saturate
admonish
disjointed
13. Cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete
antipathy
meticulous
pious
supersede
14. To conciliate; to appease
ebullience
propitiate
abscond
variegated
15. Inform
efficacy
apprise
anomalous
deride
16. Token of disgrace; brand
spendthrift
discordant
sublime
stigma
17. To make more bearable
impassive
plastic
stint
alleviate
18. Deceit or trickery
guile
insipid
preen
ascetic
19. Corresponding in extent - degree - amount - etc.; proportionate
commensurate
evanescent
enervate
perspicacious
20. Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
austere
hackneyed
incipient
anomalous
21. Lack of harmony; absurdity
recant
recluse
incongruity
cogent
22. Stubborn; unmanageable
misanthrope
implicit
efficacy
refractory
23. Correct a false impression; undeceive
exacerbate
austere
dissolution
disabuse
24. Riddle; difficult problem
gouge
imminent
capricious
conundrum
25. Lack of variation
candid
dogma
metamorphosis
monotony
26. Easily understood; clear; intelligible
tractable
impecunious
lucid
plethora
27. A new word - expression - or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
neologism
prevaricate
zeal
obviate
28. Stir up; instigate
goad
occlude
foment
acumen
29. Unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly
obtuse
intractable
astringent
inadvertently
30. The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
acerbic
mendacity
monotony
exacerbate
31. Penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
pungent
precarious
contiguous
penurious
32. Annoyance; irritation
axiomatic
vexation
prescience
profound
33. Pertaining to disease
pathological
buttress
evanescent
attenuate
34. A puzzle; a mystery
enigma
eclectic
propitiate
bombastic
35. Stubborn
solicious
obdurate
buttress
hedonism
36. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
grandiloquent
obstinate
austere
tortuous
37. Sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
gregarious
obviate
zeal
gullible
38. One who practices rigid self-denial - esp. as an act of religious devotion
ascetic
implacable
aggregate
latent
39. Occurring irregularly
soporific
sporadic
sublime
bombastic
40. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
ingenuous
effrontery
audacious
fervor
41. Ostracize; banish; outlaw
proscribe
exonerate
deride
quiescent
42. Unchangeable
pragmatic
immutable
guile
opprobrium
43. A speech honoring the dead
eulogy
ingenuous
paean
salubrious
44. To choose not to do something
abstain
enumerate
abyss
empirical
45. Cause; produce
tout
eulogy
morose
engender
46. Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
virulent
ubiquitous
attenuate
voracious
47. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
presumptuous
precipitate
polemical
pedantic
48. Gather; accumulate
dirge
indigence
embellish
aggregate
49. Mentally quick and observant; having insight
pith
diffuse
disparage
discerning
50. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
obstinate
phlegmatic
laud
supposition