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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. Quick to act without thinking






2. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few






3. To choose not to do something






4. Learned - scholarly - bookish






5. Sophisticated; refined; elegant






6. Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts






7. Failure to act






8. Lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy






9. A force that causes rotation






10. Wandering away from the subject






11. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive - time






12. To copy; to try to equal or excel






13. A disposition in favor of something; preference






14. To calm or make less severe






15. Contradict; give a false impression






16. Beginning to come into being or to become apparent






17. Infamy; vilification






18. Easily deceived






19. Aimless; haphazard; digressing at random






20. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions






21. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign






22. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate






23. Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen






24. Tending to talk a lot






25. To leave secretly






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






27. Extremely talkative






28. Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme - unquestioned devotion






29. Vibrate pendulumlike; waver






30. Extreme mental and physical sluggishness






31. To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients






32. Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion






33. Shining; issuing light






34. Lavish - wasteful






35. Joking (often inappropriately); humorous






36. Uprightness; incorruptibility






37. To annoy






38. Practical (as opposed to idealistic)






39. To appease; to calm by making concessions






40. To use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate






41. To retract - esp. a previously held belief






42. To reduce in amount - degree - or severity






43. Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful






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






45. Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression






46. Subside or moderate






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






48. Rebel; nonconformist






49. Approve; ratify






50. Hypothesis; surmise