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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. Expand; swell out
inundate
distend
aggrandize
catalyst
2. Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
precursor
ingenuous
loquacious
perennial
3. Sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
gregarious
variegated
plastic
insinuate
4. Hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism
secrete
venerate
prodigal
abate
5. Based on observation or experiment
ephemeral
plastic
diatribe
empirical
6. Easily deceived
squander
gullible
assuage
analogous
7. Calm; placid
pedantic
imperturbable
enervate
laconic
8. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
admonish
platitude
satire
indifferent
9. Lack of consistency; difference
recondite
discrepancy
canon
recant
10. To make or become thin - less dense; to refine
audacious
converge
efficacy
rarefy
11. A natural predisposition or inclination
disparate
chary
proclivity
plethora
12. Accustomed; hardened
nebulous
noxious
waver
inured
13. Urge on
plethora
dilettante
goad
castigation
14. Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
audacious
derision
complaisance
assuage
15. Penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
plummet
extrapolation
glib
penurious
16. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
disparate
soporific
luminous
opprobrium
17. To reduce in amount - degree - or severity
meticulous
martial
abate
dirge
18. Quick - keen - or accurate knowledge or insight
acumen
deride
conundrum
viable
19. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect - esp. in literature and art
indigence
parody
iconoclast
obdurate
20. Assert confidently or declare; as used in law - state formally as a fact
aver
dilatory
impervious
iconoclast
21. Imitate; rival
vilify
squalid
aesthetic
emulate
22. Trite remark; commonplace statement
volatile
ambiguous
platitude
squalid
23. Excess; overindulgence
intransigent
impetuous
permeable
surfeit
24. Admirable
caustic
dogmatic
cogent
estimable
25. Depart secretly and hide
salubrious
contiguous
advocate
abscond
26. Shut; close
enervate
refute
imperturbable
occlude
27. Sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
squalid
eccentric
anachronism
impassive
28. Injure; hurt
impair
grandiloquence
savor
lucid
29. A new word - expression - or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
neologism
mundane
amenable
rescind
30. Lacking coherence
disjointed
obsequious
voracious
contrite
31. Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
tortuous
abate
euphemism
discretion
32. Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
opaque
repudiate
evanescent
dissemble
33. Punishment; severe criticism
eulogy
castigation
prodigal
sanction
34. Discordant; inharmonious
convoluted
cacophonous
obdurate
obviate
35. Fundamentally different; entirely unlike
disparate
fawn
noxious
volatile
36. Promoting health or well-being
chauvinist
aberrant
fledgling
salubrious
37. Discord; opposite of harmony
acerbic
partisan
volatile
dissonance
38. Long - passionate - and vehement speech
harangue
dupe
mollify
flout
39. Exonerate; to clear of blame
futile
discretion
intrepid
exculpate
40. Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
venerate
florid
dilettante
innocuous
41. Lie - mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
exculpate
equivocate
halcyon
negate
42. Lessen in intensity; moderate; appease
mitigate
discredit
variegated
mendacity
43. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
credulous
acerbic
abate
garrulous
44. To annoy or provoke to anger
fervid
antagonize
luminous
loquacious
45. Eliminate from consideration; reject
delineate
dismiss
perfunctory
boorish
46. Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
axiomatic
caustic
eclectic
cogent
47. Wisdom - caution - or restraint
quiescence
prudence
inadvertently
harangue
48. Cancel
estimable
rescind
opaque
transgression
49. Very cautious
pragmatic
specious
wary
disparate
50. Impervious; not permitting passage through its substance
inimical
repudiate
welter
impermeable