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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
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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. To speak in favor of
paucity
strut
advocate
iconoclast
2. Infamy; vilification
derision
opprobium
complaisant
diffident
3. Indifferent; free from self-interest
didactic
analogous
disinterested
propensity
4. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect - esp. in literature and art
perfunctory
inchoate
parody
austere
5. Determination; firmness of purpose
resolve
solicitous
precursor
tirade
6. A recent convert; a beginner; novice
neophyte
reticent
compliant
catalyst
7. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
meticulous
discretion
harangue
bolster
8. An extremely deep hole
abyss
metaphor
saturate
complaisant
9. Dull; impassive
stolid
secrete
assuage
abscond
10. Winding; full of curves
tortuous
heretical
derision
pervasive
11. Intended to teach or instruct
gullible
obdurate
didactic
sporadic
12. To flatter or praise excessively
veracity
enigmatic
meticulous
fawn
13. Impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
profligate
convention
opaque
luminous
14. To question or oppose
platitude
abate
demur
intractable
15. Recently begun; rudimentary; elementary
inchoate
pungent
bolster
variegated
16. To obstruct or block
satire
exonerate
occlude
discrete
17. Capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
irascible
malleable
euphemism
dissonance
18. Settle down; descend; grow quiet
phlegmatic
rarefy
idolatry
subside
19. Abusive; scolding
imperturbable
impetuous
solicious
vituperative
20. Meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services
officious
opaque
abstemious
furtive
21. Practical or workable; capable of maintaining life
paucity
accolade
viable
heretical
22. Model of perfection
quaff
acumen
ascetic
paragon
23. Agent that stimulates or precipitates a reaction - development - or change
propriety
ingenuous
catalyst
sanction
24. Damaging; harmful; injurious
impervious
inimical
lucid
onerous
25. Public disgrace
opprobrium
dilettante
dearth
tacit
26. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
oscillation
ostentation
paucity
esoteric
27. Kindly; doing good
recalcitrant
beneficent
aesthetic
luminous
28. Forerunner; harbinger
dirge
discordant
precursor
resolution
29. Rebel; nonconformist
parody
maverick
spendthrift
inadvertently
30. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
exigent
alacrity
abstemious
precipitate
31. To illegally use or reproduce
pirate
immutable
misanthrope
profuse
32. Scarcity
paucity
iconoclast
desiccate
spectrum
33. To loudly attack or denounce
hyperbole
soporific
equivocate
fulminate
34. Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
pirate
enigmatic
prolific
lavish
35. A new word - expression - or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
inconsequential
dissonance
occlude
neologism
36. To use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate
prattle
vituperate
reticent
compendium
37. A speech honoring the dead
eulogy
appease
perfunctory
prodigal
38. Stir up; instigate
indolent
frugality
foment
laud
39. Irritable; easily angered
tacit
viable
irascible
negate
40. Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
specious
guile
assuage
commensurate
41. To publicly praise or promote
caustic
chicanery
assuage
tout
42. Poem or song expressing lamentation
elegy
perennial
buttress
anomalous
43. Brainless; inane; foolish - yet smug
heretical
dirge
mendacious
fatuous
44. Long - harsh speech or verbal attack
tirade
dissonance
supposition
decorum
45. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
catalyst
diatribe
aberrant
luminous
46. Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
ebullient
shard
verbose
implacable
47. To make worse
advocate
erudite
idolatrous
exacerbate
48. Following or in agreement with accepted - traditional standards
enhance
banal
austere
canonical
49. Lacking sophistication or experience
innocuous
naive
rescind
itinerary
50. Truthful
axiom
elegy
veracious
irresolute