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SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words
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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. Model of excellence or perfection
paragon
prevaricate
stigma
luminous
2. A firmly held opinion - often a religious belief
discerning
dogma
quixotic
obsequious
3. Fearless and daring
avarice
homogenous
audacious
immutable
4. Marked by - feeling - or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
transgression
reverent
tacit
salubrious
5. Grow forth; send out buds
burgeon
diatribe
pirate
chauvinist
6. Deceit or trickery
caustic
censure
pristine
guile
7. To loudly attack or denounce
fulminate
ameliorate
meticulous
stigma
8. Clear; easily understood
indeterminate
digression
lucid
pristine
9. To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
abscond
dichotomy
squander
assiduous
10. Irritable; easily angered
pedantic
lament
stigma
irascible
11. Predictable - cliched - boring
placate
fervor
banal
reticent
12. Polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
tortuous
magnanimity
decorum
opprobium
13. Done without using words
enigma
hyperbole
obsequious
tacit
14. Dealing with - appreciative of - or responsive to art or the beautiful
eclectic
iconoclast
aesthetic
meticulous
15. Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
repudiate
reticent
decorum
cynicism
16. Doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted in several ways
ambiguous
extrapolation
vacillate
negate
17. To deceive; a person who is easily deceived
dupe
tirade
effrontery
odious
18. Drowsy; dull
lethargic
pungent
virulent
disparage
19. Understood; not put into words
pedantic
precipitate
tacit
discerning
20. Smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
dearth
strut
repudiate
gregarious
21. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
problematic
assuage
anachronism
maverick
22. Prevailing among a specific group of people or an area
endemic
rarefied
distend
exculpate
23. To reduce in amount - degree - or severity
pervasive
heretical
abate
tenuous
24. Implied; not explicitly stated
tacit
confound
mitigate
convoluted
25. Lacking self-confidence
antagonize
diffident
contrite
desiccate
26. The art or profession of training - teaching - or instructing
discrepancy
divest
pedagogy
esoteric
27. The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart - esp. in forgiving
recluse
bombastic
dogmatic
magnanimity
28. Accustomed; hardened
austere
eclectic
inured
exculpate
29. Clear and easily understood
lucid
contrite
laud
volatile
30. Genuine; not false or hypocritical
sage
decorum
tirade
unfeigned
31. Winding; full of curves
prodigious
tortuous
immutable
fulminate
32. Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
implacable
mercurial
elicit
derision
33. Unchangeable
immutable
homogenous
transitory
laconic
34. Exaggeration; overstatement
ostentatious
obsequious
hyperbole
discretion
35. Revealing no emotion
impassive
ephemeral
dirge
malinger
36. Extremely talkative
incongruity
loquacious
mollify
apprise
37. Producing large volumes or amounts; productive
prolific
subside
impervious
torpor
38. Brief and to the point
divest
volatile
prodigal
laconic
39. Separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
fervent
proliferate
discrete
irascible
40. Characterized by a strong - sharp smell or taste
enervate
opprobrium
pungent
credulous
41. Determination
rescind
resolution
oscillate
mundane
42. Cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete
goad
supersede
burgeon
malinger
43. Pertaining to disease
pathological
abstemious
profound
proliferate
44. Soothe
mollify
nebulous
abyss
problematic
45. Minor objection or complaint
quibble
diatribe
vilify
tangential
46. Talkative
loquacious
audacious
indolent
maverick
47. Plan of a trip
itinerary
disabuse
abstemious
censure
48. Narrow-mindedness; isolation
insularity
buttress
loquacious
wary
49. Abstruse; profound; secret
variegated
recondite
virulent
pungent
50. Silent - reserved
phlegmatic
presumptuous
reticent
neophyte