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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. Intended to teach or instruct






2. To speak in favor of






3. Sociable






4. Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented






5. The art or profession of training - teaching - or instructing






6. To sooth or pacify






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






8. To make thinner or sparser






9. Daring and fearless; recklessly bold






10. Trickery or subterfuge






11. Marked with parallel bands; grooved






12. Intricate and complicated






13. Accustomed; hardened






14. Not capable of being disturbed






15. Showing off learning; bookish






16. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentional)






17. Inclined to prevent or forbid






18. Short-lived; fleeting






19. To stop up; to prevent the passage of






20. Having or showing often vicious ill-will - spite - or hatred






21. Fierce and cruel; eager to fight






22. Predictable - cliched - boring






23. Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage






24. To make impure






25. Capricious; fanciful






26. Tending to talk a lot






27. Claim; thesis






28. A speech honoring the dead






29. Support; prop up






30. Bright - brilliant - glowing






31. Silent - reserved






32. Smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack






33. Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness






34. Lack of harmony; absurdity






35. Useless; hopeless; ineffectual






36. An extremely deep hole






37. To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner






38. Narrow-mindedness; isolation






39. Of a similar kind






40. Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious






41. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion






42. Sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness






43. Poverty; destitution






44. Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast






45. Trite remark; commonplace statement






46. Brief - comprehensive summary






47. Extremely careful about details






48. Change of form






49. To make something unpleasant less sever






50. A harsh denunciation