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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. Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
impermeable
proliferate
onerous
dupe
2. To deceive; a person who is easily deceived
untenable
dupe
occlude
implacable
3. To invalidate; to repeal; to retract
impunity
abate
rescind
propitiate
4. Thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
sparse
implicit
empirical
lucid
5. To defame; to characterize harshly
supplant
bolster
vilify
obviate
6. Strong inclination; liking
penchant
assiduous
eclectic
ardor
7. Lacking in flavor; dull
facetious
loquacious
subtle
insipid
8. Dictatorial in one's opinions
pervade
dogmatic
waver
desultory
9. Impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
condone
opaque
dilatory
obfuscate
10. Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
obtuse
vacillate
prodigious
paucity
11. Winding; full of curves
gouge
tortuous
rhetoric
inundate
12. Calmness of temperament; composure
stolid
equanimity
alleviate
ascetic
13. To waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; to waver
enervate
vacillate
ubiquitous
solicious
14. Respectful; worshipful
enervate
filibuster
reverent
placate
15. Lying; habitually dishonest
pirate
mendacious
disabuse
satiate
16. Tending to believe too readily; gullible
abscond
credulous
relegate
disparate
17. To make larger; to expand
satiate
dirge
skeptic
dilate
18. To fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
renege
enigmatic
fallacy
homogenous
19. Basically different; unrelated
discretion
disparate
aggregate
culpable
20. Promoting health or well-being
salubrious
meticulous
rarefy
obtuse
21. Not fully formed; disorganized
pervasive
inchoate
assuage
garrulous
22. Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
exigent
disinterested
audacious
fallacious
23. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
intransigent
prescience
cogent
anomaly
24. Forerunner; harbinger
precursor
lucid
obviate
facilitate
25. Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
dissonance
irascible
partisan
glib
26. Pompous speech or expression
mitigate
cogent
grandiloquence
exacerbate
27. Not capable of being disturbed
harangue
sordid
imperturbable
paean
28. Tending to talk a lot
contiguous
onerous
garrulous
coagulate
29. Support; reinforce
exculpate
bolster
insipid
pithy
30. Excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
vituperative
tenuous
transitory
meticulous
31. Limited; restricted
presumptuous
canonical
qualified
efficacy
32. Clear and easily understood
viable
lucid
disseminate
stupefy
33. Extended scolding; denunciation; harangue
refute
enigmatic
tirade
anomalous
34. Severe criticism or punishment
cogent
castigation
arduous
ebullient
35. Make unnecessary; get rid of
obviate
noxious
audacious
tout
36. To count - list - or itemize
enumerate
lethargic
insinuate
frugality
37. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
fervid
bombast
fatuous
magnanimity
38. To question or oppose
demur
synthesis
abate
eloquent
39. Steadfast and courageous
salubrious
intrepid
inured
lethargic
40. Attacking cherished traditions
iconoclast
hackneyed
facilitate
intransigence
41. Talkative
pedagogy
proclivity
astringent
loquacious
42. Occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
penchant
refute
impetuous
quotidian
43. Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
attenuate
inimical
disinterested
eclectic
44. Vary; go in different directions from the same point
diverge
ostentation
assuage
stymie
45. To obstruct or block
perspicacious
queries
occlude
tenuous
46. Shining; issuing light
admonish
luminous
apathy
maverick
47. Quick - keen - or accurate knowledge or insight
mollify
acumen
abscond
disabuse
48. The art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
tortuous
eulogy
rhetoric
burgeon
49. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect - esp. in literature and art
enhance
venerate
parody
exonerate
50. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
plastic
discretion
malinger
effrontery