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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. Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
apprise
discordant
vacillate
erudite
2. To respect deeply
aver
luminous
venerate
obsequious
3. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
torpor
bombast
rhetoric
ennui
4. A mark of shame or discredit
inimical
chauvinist
stigma
transitory
5. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
iconoclast
abscond
fervor
solicious
6. One who feigns illness to escape duty
pernicious
lavish
pith
malingerer
7. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule; abnormality
malleable
pirate
anomaly
relegate
8. Make shiny by rubbing; polish
neophyte
mitigate
amalgamate
burnish
9. Strip; deprive
lavish
divest
condone
pragmatic
10. Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
pervasive
problematic
austere
zealot
11. Truthful
elicit
precipitate
impunity
veracious
12. Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
mendacity
furtive
sordid
disabuse
13. Joking (often inappropriately); humorous
recondite
convoluted
forestall
facetious
14. To increase in intensity - power - or prestige
desiccate
aggrandize
soporific
discerning
15. Help bring about; make less difficult
facilitate
prosaic
supersede
indolent
16. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect - esp. in literature and art
goad
parody
recalcitrant
chary
17. One who hates mankind
terse
morose
misanthrope
ameliorate
18. An expression of praise
engender
ambiguous
axiomatic
accolade
19. To grow rapidly or flourish
burgeon
disabuse
exonerate
dogmatic
20. A sorrowful poem or speech
elegy
acerbic
cogent
derivative
21. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
corroborate
adulterate
luminous
phlegmatic
22. Approach; tend to meet; come together
prodigal
noxious
converge
spendthrift
23. Harsh - jarring - discordant sound; dissonance
stoic
vituperate
cacophony
perfidy
24. Abnormal or deviant
guile
aberrant
recant
odious
25. Disintegration; looseness in morals
misanthrope
volatile
probity
dissolution
26. One who hates all other humans
luminous
misanthrope
esoteric
ameliorate
27. To anticipate and make unnecessary
pithy
aver
assiduous
obviate
28. A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
refractory
convention
propitiate
disparate
29. To reject the validity of
disabuse
repudiate
indeterminate
antipathy
30. False; misleading
aggrandize
fallacious
bolster
efficacy
31. Urge on
ebullience
goad
mercurial
redoubtable
32. To clear of blame
exonerate
fallacious
parody
levee
33. Of the same kind
austere
explicit
truculent
homogenous
34. An expression of approval or praise
gouge
succinct
prodigal
approbation
35. Showing off learning; bookish
connoisseur
refute
anomaly
pedantic
36. Wandering and unpredictable
erratic
dichotomy
penurious
rarefy
37. A substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing
exculpate
diatribe
catalyst
renege
38. Impartial and honest in speech
candid
onerous
onerous
diffuse
39. Characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled
anachronism
meticulous
pristine
eulogy
40. Unruly; stubborn; unyielding
axiomatic
refute
malinger
intractable
41. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
censure
zealot
peruse
refute
42. Showing innocence or childlike simplicity
perennial
prevaricate
ingenuous
waver
43. To fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
propensity
renege
occlude
penurious
44. Hinder - block
waver
impede
perfunctory
capricious
45. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
qualms
meticulous
abscond
compendium
46. Intended to teach or instruct
disparage
exigent
didactic
inimical
47. Talkative
pedagogy
subtle
arduous
loquacious
48. Winding; full of curves
tortuous
desultory
putrefy
empirical
49. Marked by - feeling - or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
artless
reverent
tortuous
zealot
50. Pointlessly talkative; talking too much
derivative
obdurate
garrulous
noxious