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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. Abnormal; irregular
mollify
anomalous
admonish
insensible
2. Injure; hurt
fatuous
impair
putrefy
coda
3. Lacking funds; without money
exculpate
pungent
impecunious
abeyance
4. Quick to act without thinking
mitigate
impetuous
hyperbole
pathological
5. Sociable
misanthrope
gregarious
nascent
laconic
6. A person or thing that causes change
burgeon
catalyst
pedantic
implode
7. Strong inclination; liking
obdurate
tacit
eclectic
penchant
8. Talkative
sanction
loquacious
hyperbole
arbitrate
9. A person who dislikes others
misanthrope
inchoate
preen
ennui
10. Weaken
enervate
laconic
metaphor
empirical
11. Extremely talkative
flout
capricious
caustic
loquacious
12. Revere
venerate
distend
supplant
compliant
13. Extremely careful about details
contrite
disparate
meticulous
recant
14. Easily made angry
irascible
perfidy
implicit
succinct
15. Cancel
rescind
solicious
coda
cacophony
16. To make better; to improve
malleable
ameliorate
adulterate
aggrandize
17. Aversion; dislike
fawning
antipathy
laud
stint
18. Help bring about; make less difficult
insipid
dormant
facilitate
exculpate
19. Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
arduous
obdurate
stymie
dissemble
20. Token of disgrace; brand
specious
diatribe
discredit
stigma
21. A figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol
abate
metaphor
inadvertently
aggregate
22. Infamy; vilification
compendium
mollify
opprobium
gregarious
23. To retract - esp. a previously held belief
disabuse
recant
axiomatic
laud
24. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity and steadiness
imperturbable
ambiguous
penury
abate
25. Ridicule; make fun of
austere
deride
opaque
acumen
26. Foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
confound
querulous
capricious
quixotic
27. Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
savor
profuse
pathological
levity
28. Pacify; conciliate
squander
dissemble
precursor
placate
29. Implied; not explicitly stated
inundate
disseminate
ascetic
tacit
30. Limited; restricted
qualified
loquacious
presumptuous
magnanimity
31. Polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
mundane
pragmatic
castigation
decorum
32. Lacking interest or flavor
sage
acumen
insipid
inundate
33. A piece of broken pottery or glass
perfunctory
shard
erudite
fallacious
34. Capable of being shaped
malleable
germane
venerate
ephemeral
35. Harmless
gouge
innocuous
mundane
sporadic
36. Recent convert; beginner
compendium
neophyte
diatribe
porous
37. Shut; close
maverick
diatribe
porous
occlude
38. Shining; issuing light
luminous
supersede
erudite
heretical
39. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
ambivalence
fortuitous
proliferate
daunt
40. Corresponding in extent - degree - amount - etc.; proportionate
zeal
onerous
commensurate
propensity
41. One who hates all other humans
obdurate
aggrandize
misanthrope
metamorphosis
42. Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
discretion
furtive
frugality
odious
43. Thin; rare; slim
prudence
quibble
imminent
tenuous
44. Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
specious
torpid
vacillate
catalyst
45. Record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities
log
obviate
stolid
recant
46. Disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error
pristine
opprobrium
recant
euphemism
47. Severe poverty; stinginess
penury
strut
rhetoric
superfluous
48. Long - passionate - and vehement speech
eulogy
effrontery
penurious
harangue
49. Improvised; done without preparation
extemporaneous
ambiguous
ascetic
opprobrium
50. To forcibly assign - esp. to a lower place or position
presumptuous
effrontery
pith
relegate