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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
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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. Quick to act without thinking
permeate
impetuous
dogmatic
apprise
2. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
ephemeral
esoteric
preen
enumerate
3. To choose not to do something
pragmatic
refute
abstain
filibuster
4. Learned - scholarly - bookish
erudite
laud
intransigent
zeal
5. Sophisticated; refined; elegant
virulent
obdurate
venerate
urbane
6. Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
ingenuous
austere
voracious
irascible
7. Failure to act
dogmatic
default
precarious
erudite
8. Lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
torpor
archaic
precursor
dearth
9. A force that causes rotation
strut
torque
preen
zeal
10. Wandering away from the subject
esoteric
surfeit
castigate
digression
11. Outdated; associated with an earlier - perhaps more primitive - time
convention
archaic
stipulate
contrite
12. To copy; to try to equal or excel
exculpate
dirge
emulate
canon
13. A disposition in favor of something; preference
vacillate
precipitate
predilection
desiccate
14. To calm or make less severe
insipid
skeptic
mollify
acerbic
15. Contradict; give a false impression
lethargic
alacrity
belie
discordant
16. Beginning to come into being or to become apparent
proliferate
paucity
incipient
diatribe
17. Infamy; vilification
maverick
prevaricate
perfunctory
opprobium
18. Easily deceived
placate
gullible
strut
tacit
19. Aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
intransigence
desultory
quiescence
reverent
20. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
diffuse
pristine
discretion
halcyon
21. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
mendacious
anachronism
idolatry
relegate
22. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
eloquent
pith
axiomatic
peruse
23. Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
felicitous
ephemeral
truculent
castigate
24. Tending to talk a lot
stigma
pirate
ebullience
garrulous
25. To leave secretly
didactic
striated
impassive
abscond
26. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
castigation
florid
waver
decorum
27. Extremely talkative
ephemeral
empirical
sporadic
loquacious
28. Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme - unquestioned devotion
strut
torque
arbitrate
fanatical
29. Vibrate pendulumlike; waver
ardor
facetious
oscillate
propensity
30. Extreme mental and physical sluggishness
precipitate
torpor
proliferate
lucid
31. To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
ebullient
adulterate
naive
bolster
32. Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
obdurate
bombastic
quotidian
analogous
33. Shining; issuing light
frugality
ostentation
luminous
disjointed
34. Lavish - wasteful
trenchant
prodigal
laud
corroborate
35. Joking (often inappropriately); humorous
facetious
volatile
beneficent
ephemeral
36. Uprightness; incorruptibility
morose
discerning
flag
probity
37. To annoy
pungent
prodigal
vex
specious
38. Practical (as opposed to idealistic)
morose
pragmatic
paucity
disparage
39. To appease; to calm by making concessions
gainsay
placate
garrulous
superfluous
40. To use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate
perfidious
vituperate
stolid
misanthrope
41. To retract - esp. a previously held belief
sage
recant
eclectic
didactic
42. To reduce in amount - degree - or severity
abate
fortuitous
parody
didactic
43. Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
vexation
explicit
diffidence
aesthetic
44. To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
profligate
prattle
reticent
desultory
45. Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
homogenous
resolution
vituperate
obtuse
46. Subside or moderate
alleviate
abate
prattle
eclectic
47. Not moving - active - or in motion; at rest
static
zeal
zealous
welter
48. Rebel; nonconformist
chaos
maverick
inveigle
repudiate
49. Approve; ratify
belie
sanction
vexation
capricious
50. Hypothesis; surmise
efficacy
supposition
deride
garrulous