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SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Practical as opposed to idealistic






2. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness






3. Prevent by taking action in advance






4. The essential or central part






5. One that precedes and indicates or announces another






6. A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision






7. Imitate; rival






8. Complex or complicated






9. To forcibly assign - esp. to a lower place or position






10. Extremely talkative






11. Brief - comprehensive summary






12. Understood but not stated






13. Questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations






14. Reject; mock; show contempt for






15. Thicken; congeal; clot






16. Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment






17. Support; prop up






18. To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock






19. A recent convert; a beginner; novice






20. Unprejudiced






21. To obstruct or block






22. Warn; reprove






23. Devoutness; reverence for God






24. A tendency to be thrifty or cheap






25. Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected






26. One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge






27. Inactive; lacking power to move






28. Fundamentally different; entirely unlike






29. Excess; overindulgence






30. An overabundance; a surplus






31. Sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness






32. Trickery or subterfuge






33. Colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism






34. Blacken






35. Passion - excitement






36. Expression of praise - often on the occasion of someone's death






37. Trite remark; commonplace statement






38. To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill






39. To give unsparingly (V); Extremely generous or extravagant (ADJ)






40. Sleeping; lethargic; latent






41. Wordy






42. Thick; sticky






43. Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating






44. Full of pores; like a sieve






45. Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention






46. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice






47. Split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)






48. To weaken; to reduce in vitality






49. Easily made angry






50. Not moving - active - or in motion; at rest