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SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words
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Subjects
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Stubborn - unyielding
neophyte
lament
daunt
obstinate
2. Impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
equivocate
florid
impervious
distend
3. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
strut
esoteric
intractable
fortuitous
4. Trite remark; commonplace statement
platitude
bombastic
obdurate
culpable
5. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
waver
indeterminate
ebullience
stipulate
6. Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
diatribe
axiom
contentious
neophyte
7. Thick; sticky
solicious
viscous
onerous
bolster
8. Excessive praise; intense adoration
sedulous
abscond
adulation
misanthrope
9. Known or understood by only a few
cacophonous
plasticity
esoteric
lethargic
10. Soothe
parody
mollify
fawn
naive
11. Disprove
refute
paragon
inadvertently
candid
12. To clear from blame; prove innocent
volatile
refute
exculpate
urbane
13. Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
luminous
ostentatious
impervious
tirade
14. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
nascent
amalgamate
appropriate
iconoclast
15. Something that brings about a change in something else
preen
terse
levity
catalyst
16. Occurring irregularly
caustic
officious
sporadic
aver
17. Unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
perspicacious
inert
chaos
contentious
18. Passion - excitement
inchoate
malleable
buttress
zeal
19. Inform
recant
apprise
spendthrift
impassive
20. To rot; to decay and give off a foul odor
euphemism
putrefy
pedagogy
implicit
21. Excessive showiness
ostentation
luminous
effrontery
euphemism
22. To stop up; to prevent the passage of
laconic
prohibitive
occlude
bombastic
23. Ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
assuage
discordant
pathological
stoic
24. To block; thwart
abate
morose
stymie
probity
25. Made less dense (of a gas)
viscous
rarefied
recluse
presumptuous
26. Separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
fervid
divest
antipathy
discrete
27. To retract - esp. a previously held belief
emulate
aggrandize
sparse
recant
28. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
impervious
misanthrope
cogent
phlegmatic
29. One-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
burnish
partisan
torque
heretical
30. To make worse
cacophonous
convention
mollify
exacerbate
31. Useless; hopeless; ineffectual
incongruity
quiescence
morose
futile
32. Marked with parallel bands; grooved
striated
malleable
inundate
tangential
33. To increase in intensity - power - or prestige
tirade
aggrandize
innocuous
intrepid
34. Causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
advocate
soporific
euphemism
glib
35. Hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
succinct
chary
fervid
recondite
36. Deep; not superficial; complete
accolade
refute
profound
specious
37. Bitter scolding; invective
grandiloquence
waver
solvent
diatribe
38. Natural inclination
prodigal
exigent
propensity
assiduous
39. Lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
burnish
torpor
bombastic
implicit
40. To overlook - pardon - or disregard
condone
recalcitrant
maverick
whimsical
41. Punishment; severe criticism
castigation
forestall
opprobrium
castigate
42. To judge a dispute between two opposing parties
arbitrate
venerate
connoisseur
hackneyed
43. Record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities
decorum
log
supplant
pithy
44. Limited; restricted
astringent
pernicious
qualified
eulogy
45. Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
explicit
antipathy
dearth
cacophonous
46. Joking (often inappropriately); humorous
misanthrope
propriety
desultory
facetious
47. To make better or more tolerable
lethargic
soporific
denigrate
ameliorate
48. Eliminate from consideration; reject
dupe
indigence
analogous
dismiss
49. The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
pedantic
aver
preamble
propriety
50. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
quotidian
qualms
precursor
corroborate