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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
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Rude; insensitive
boorish
discordant
pragmatic
torpid
2. Coiled around; involved; intricate
oscillate
accolade
convoluted
paucity
3. To disprove; to successfully argue against
disparage
attenuate
refute
inundate
4. Help bring about; make less difficult
ambiguous
disjointed
anarchy
facilitate
5. Sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
corroborate
squalid
nebulous
piety
6. Poverty; destitution
flag
lethargic
proclivity
penury
7. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
diffident
solicitous
phlegmatic
disinterested
8. To lessen in intensity or degree
abate
eclectic
alacrity
adulterate
9. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive - time
naive
archaic
empirical
conciliatory
10. To combine several elements into a whole
amalgamate
elegy
daunt
insularity
11. To obstruct or block
occlude
exonerate
artless
burgeon
12. Characterized by bitter - long-lasting resentment
strut
tenuous
pervasive
rancorous
13. Wandering and unpredictable
erratic
spendthrift
laconic
goad
14. A person or thing that causes change
guile
deterrent
catalyst
tirade
15. Capable of being shaped
homogenous
recluse
malleable
mercurial
16. Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
morose
glib
misanthrope
filibuster
17. To make worse
exacerbate
solvent
refulgent
permeate
18. Record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities
log
convoluted
exacerbate
noxious
19. Calm and peaceful
plethora
pristine
quiescent
halcyon
20. Deception by means of craft or guile
inured
chicanery
sanction
dogma
21. Ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
decorum
converge
quiescent
assuage
22. Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
truculent
hyperbole
mercurial
prescience
23. Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality - region - or people
stint
sordid
virulent
endemic
24. Burning; sarcastically biting
amalgamate
assiduous
caustic
synthesis
25. To penetrate
ostentatious
endemic
permeate
archaic
26. One who hates mankind
misanthrope
guile
morose
garrulous
27. Stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
pungent
capricious
gullible
anomaly
28. Deviation form what is normal
repudiate
solicitous
anomaly
prevaricate
29. Easily made angry
irascible
exacerbate
naive
perfidious
30. A natural predisposition or inclination
anomalous
perfunctory
fledgling
proclivity
31. To choose not to do something
efficacy
daunt
plummet
abstain
32. Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
platitude
precipitate
profuse
plethora
33. Diligent
exonerate
assiduous
idolatrous
perfunctory
34. Approve; ratify
catalyst
sanction
luminous
castigation
35. Separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
discrete
exonerate
contentious
salubrious
36. Relieve
alleviate
exonerate
indifferent
cacaphony
37. To defame; to characterize harshly
polemical
vilify
canon
ostentation
38. Speech in praise of someone
eulogy
discrete
plummet
tirade
39. Without deceit
dormant
guileless
irresolute
gregarious
40. To support; to prop up
impermeable
bolster
castigate
rhetoric
41. Extreme mental and physical sluggishness
supersede
torpor
eclectic
sordid
42. Disprove
disabuse
refute
contiguous
amenable
43. Harmful; injurious
paragon
viscous
beneficent
noxious
44. Fearless and daring
emulate
idolatrous
audacious
tenuous
45. To grow rapidly or flourish
burgeon
inchoate
verbose
placate
46. Hostile - unfriendly
tout
veracity
abate
inimical
47. Drowsy; dull
abscond
vacillate
lethargic
preamble
48. Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
diatribe
prodigal
spurious
impetuous
49. Portray; depict; sketch
delineate
urbane
assiduous
audacious
50. Prevailing among a specific group of people or an area
homogenous
endemic
predilection
sedulous