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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. Something out of place in time
discern
erudite
anachronism
eclectic
2. Approach; tend to meet; come together
abscond
prosaic
converge
pedant
3. Disprove
contiguous
pernicious
refute
innocuous
4. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
plastic
opprobrium
inherent
advocate
5. Beginning to come into being or to become apparent
tirade
incipient
solicitous
misanthrope
6. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
conciliatory
profound
volatile
obdurate
7. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
endemic
zealot
refute
abate
8. Blacken
apathy
aver
loquacious
denigrate
9. To obstruct or block
occlude
unfeigned
discerning
intransigent
10. Alertly watchful
indifferent
castigation
iconoclast
vigilant
11. Shining; issuing light
fatuous
capricious
credulous
luminous
12. Brief and to the point
laconic
stigma
erudite
credulous
13. Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
prodigal
impecunious
neologism
capricious
14. Grow rapidly; spread; multiply
implacable
elegy
querulous
proliferate
15. Excessively decorated or embellished
viscous
crescendo
florid
dissonance
16. Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs
equivocate
propriety
truculent
convention
17. Deviating from the norm
gullible
aberrant
harangue
obfuscate
18. Abnormal; irregular
compliant
anomalous
impair
refulgent
19. Not harmonious; conflicting
rhetoric
discordant
hackneyed
penury
20. Concerning the appreciation of beauty
philanthropy
preen
querulous
aesthetic
21. Dull; unimaginative
facetious
prosaic
platitude
veracity
22. To clear from blame; prove innocent
reverent
alchemy
exculpate
malleable
23. To make thinner or sparser
rarefy
sanction
maverick
whimsical
24. Claim; thesis
zealot
deterrent
prodigal
contention
25. Expand; swell out
paradox
bolster
stigma
distend
26. Lack of interest or emotion
apathy
axiomatic
prattle
specious
27. Forerunner; harbinger
precursor
reticent
meticulous
sporadic
28. The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady - uninterrupted rhythm
recant
adulterate
reticent
oscillation
29. Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
implacable
obtuse
variegated
alleviate
30. Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
anarchy
desiccate
contentious
approbation
31. Loquacious; wordy; talkative
flout
garrulous
decorum
prevaricate
32. To annoy
presumptuous
vex
eclectic
occlude
33. Intended to delay
tenuous
deride
pious
dilatory
34. Ridicule; make fun of
obstinate
imminent
deride
prevaricate
35. Worsen; embitter
diatribe
amenable
exacerbate
hegemony
36. An invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
sedulous
fallacy
caustic
pervade
37. Vary; go in different directions from the same point
anomaly
diverge
truculent
rhetoric
38. Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
ebullient
spendthrift
erratic
resolve
39. Overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties
bombastic
inadvertently
dissonance
presumptuous
40. Fervent; ardent; impassioned
zealous
derivative
boorish
aberrant
41. Diligent
maverick
assiduous
garrulous
enhance
42. Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
pernicious
tacit
penury
obdurate
43. Deception by means of craft or guile
mundane
converge
magnanimity
chicanery
44. Capable of being shaped
austere
axiom
malleable
indeterminate
45. Lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity
monotony
accolade
levity
attenuate
46. The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued
adulterate
fervent
tenacity
sedulous
47. Impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness
amalgamate
precipitate
inured
effrontery
48. Acting with excessive haste or impulse
convoluted
precipitate
immutable
shard
49. Inclined to prevent or forbid
solicitous
incipient
prohibitive
occlude
50. Full of pores; like a sieve
boorish
renege
imminent
porous