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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. An expression of approval or praise
approbation
truculence
obfuscate
extemporaneous
2. Make unnecessary; get rid of
dissemble
obviate
stupefy
inconsequential
3. Establish by evidence; verify; support
substantiate
admonish
resolution
stigma
4. Something that discourages; hindrance
refractory
viscous
innocuous
deterrent
5. A harsh and disagreeable combination - often of sounds
precursor
dissonance
disabuse
vituperative
6. To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
obviate
sporadic
vacillate
prevaricate
7. Introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite
supersede
incorporate
insinuate
decorum
8. Worship of idols; excessive admiration
idolatry
vacillate
insipid
gullible
9. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
volatile
veracity
frugality
qualms
10. Characterized by or given to pretentiousness
prodigal
ostentatious
spendthrift
insularity
11. Effective writing or speaking
amalgamate
emollient
stoic
rhetoric
12. Complex or complicated
credulous
erudite
convoluted
chicanery
13. To give unsparingly (V); Extremely generous or extravagant (ADJ)
lavish
arduous
exculpate
opprobrium
14. Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
equivocate
diatribe
euphemism
meticulous
15. Recently begun; rudimentary; elementary
plethora
inchoate
tacit
perfidious
16. Deep; not superficial; complete
impetuous
connoisseur
profound
metaphor
17. Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
forestall
skeptic
indifferent
secrete
18. Overly submissive and eager to please
propriety
obsequious
opprobrium
abstemious
19. Vibrate pendulumlike; waver
paragon
oscillate
hackneyed
reverent
20. To clear of blame
exonerate
ardor
refulgent
homogenous
21. Strong inclination; liking
fatuous
disinterested
penchant
precipitate
22. Extreme mental and physical sluggishness
garrulous
veracity
torpor
facetious
23. A funeral hymn or mournful speech
imperturbable
dirge
endemic
pithy
24. Ancient - old-fashioned
archaic
convoluted
intractable
plethora
25. Sad; sullen; melancholy
malinger
morose
castigation
conundrum
26. To count - list - or itemize
enumerate
impassive
abate
anachronism
27. Made less dense (of a gas)
onerous
aggregate
rarefied
antagonize
28. A substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing
prevaricate
alchemy
catalyst
canon
29. Polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
maverick
decorum
paradox
apathy
30. Fundamentally different; entirely unlike
elegy
document
gullible
disparate
31. Extreme dislike
specious
fervor
diffidence
antipathy
32. Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
eclectic
quiescence
malleable
flag
33. To speak in favor of
dirge
metamorphosis
advocate
pithy
34. Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness
effrontery
philanthropy
erudite
opprobrium
35. To publicly praise or promote
tout
homogenous
rancorous
equivocate
36. Occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
quotidian
resolution
rarefy
impervious
37. Showing off learning; bookish
pedantic
flout
striated
strut
38. Adherence to highest principles; uprightness
dupe
strut
complaisant
probity
39. Pacify; conciliate
placate
obsequious
facetious
pungent
40. Lacking sophistication or experience
virulent
credulous
naive
ingenuous
41. Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
austere
levity
implacable
catalyst
42. To appease; to calm by making concessions
placate
gullible
canonical
propensity
43. Lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
inert
abate
torpor
maverick
44. Agreeable; responsive to suggestion
amenable
decorum
converge
pragmatic
45. Smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
castigation
dearth
noxious
taciturn
46. Ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
vexation
quiescent
assuage
pirate
47. Shining; issuing light
equivocate
disinterested
lethargic
luminous
48. Someone easily fooled
misanthrope
converge
dupe
aberrant
49. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentional)
specious
bombastic
euphemism
spurious
50. Promoting health or well-being
fanatical
refulgent
salubrious
laud