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SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words
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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. To express sorrow; to grieve
diffidence
culpable
homogenous
lament
2. Warn; reprove
insensible
ameliorate
paucity
admonish
3. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
penurious
transient
preen
garrulous
4. Done in a routine way; indifferent
cacophony
homogenous
perfunctory
eclectic
5. Cause; produce
mitigate
engender
culpable
anachronism
6. Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
eclectic
inadvertently
fawning
frugality
7. A sorrowful poem or speech
coagulate
efficacy
elegy
exonerate
8. Forerunner; harbinger
precursor
exonerate
goad
piety
9. Sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
lethargic
squalid
lucid
gullible
10. Harmful; injurious
noxious
negate
intractable
aesthetic
11. An expression of praise
recant
plummet
problematic
accolade
12. To appease; to calm by making concessions
placate
preen
saturate
inimical
13. To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
diffidence
precipitate
refractory
predilection
14. Alertly watchful
vigilant
refulgent
cacophony
misanthrope
15. An exaggerated statement - often used as a figure of speech
dismiss
hyperbole
levee
iconoclast
16. Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
subtle
inured
waver
waver
17. To clear from blame; prove innocent
aver
malleable
loquacious
exculpate
18. Prevent by taking action in advance
solicious
occlude
forestall
malleable
19. Practical rather than idealistic
wary
dirge
pragmatic
martial
20. Learned; scholarly
precipitate
laud
esoteric
erudite
21. Recent convert; beginner
strut
antagonize
rescind
neophyte
22. To weaken; to reduce in vitality
occlude
enervate
soporific
vituperative
23. Devoutness; reverence for God
piety
quotidian
bolster
repudiate
24. Increase; improve
enhance
complaisant
hackneyed
vacillate
25. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
resolve
precursor
prattle
caustic
26. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
discredit
luminous
disparate
subpoena
27. Of the same kind
tenuous
homogenous
sordid
reverent
28. Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
substantiate
eclectic
laconic
stoic
29. Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
impede
capricious
demur
precipitate
30. To question or oppose
impervious
demur
stigma
abstemious
31. Not harmonious; conflicting
laconic
dilettante
discordant
dissemble
32. Talkative
incorporate
intransigence
loquacious
pernicious
33. Convincing and well reasoned
dormant
foment
cogent
presumptuous
34. To satisfy fully or overindulge
prescience
abscond
satiate
pragmatic
35. Unruly; stubborn; unyielding
estimable
discredit
intractable
distill
36. An expression of approval or praise
approbation
fervid
exonerate
harangue
37. Lessen in intensity; moderate; appease
shard
impair
fallacy
mitigate
38. Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
onerous
dismiss
elegy
desiccate
39. To judge a dispute between two opposing parties
harangue
advocate
equivocate
arbitrate
40. Cancel
neophyte
rescind
assuage
antipathy
41. Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
exigent
mundane
abate
filibuster
42. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
zealot
spendthrift
equivocate
contentious
43. A mark of shame or discredit
hedonism
stigma
supposition
disparate
44. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
ambiguous
inimical
prattle
assuage
45. Unprejudiced
disinterested
preamble
parody
profound
46. Hostile - unfriendly
banal
fallacious
abate
inimical
47. Urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
penury
avarice
exigent
waver
48. Uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
idolatrous
salubrious
indeterminate
rarefy
49. Extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion
pious
caustic
audacious
diverge
50. Strong inclination; liking
incongruity
penchant
secrete
pith