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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. Worsen; embitter
exacerbate
spurious
subtle
bolster
2. To fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
catalyst
facetious
renege
exculpate
3. Acting in an indifferent or slow - sluggish manner
infelicitous
lethargic
quiescent
approbation
4. Naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
satiate
ingenuous
malevolent
insensible
5. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
inconsequential
insipid
abeyance
squander
6. To loudly attack or denounce
abate
credulous
fulminate
intrepid
7. Thrift; economy
alleviate
frugality
precarious
intractable
8. Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
stoic
platitude
enigmatic
anachronism
9. Lacking in flavor; dull
perfidious
enhance
insipid
malinger
10. An overabundance; a surplus
plethora
implacable
exonerate
rarefy
11. Impartial and honest in speech
supposition
felicitous
candid
tenuous
12. Correct a false impression; undeceive
disabuse
conundrum
plummet
guile
13. Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
anachronism
austere
connoisseur
inchoate
14. Shut; close
arduous
impervious
occlude
catalyst
15. Be thrifty; set limits
stint
tacit
discern
empirical
16. Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
quibble
mundane
eclectic
vex
17. Precise and brief
pithy
profligate
inundate
anomaly
18. Silent - not talkative
enhance
emulate
taciturn
misanthrope
19. To make thinner or sparser
eulogy
austere
rarefy
equivocate
20. To lie or deviate from the truth
prodigal
prevaricate
plummet
iconoclast
21. Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
occlude
confound
variegated
shard
22. Someone easily fooled
divulge
dupe
fervent
antagonize
23. Forerunner; harbinger
levity
stupefy
precursor
compliant
24. Silent - reserved
desultory
reticent
austere
prohibitive
25. Extremely talkative
catalyst
loquacious
diatribe
erratic
26. To praise highly
austere
magnanimity
laud
untenable
27. Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
obdurate
shard
ascetic
prolific
28. Deserving blame
audacious
coda
culpable
mitigate
29. The willingness to comply with the wishes of others
plasticity
homogenous
complaisance
aberrant
30. Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
ennui
malevolent
dogmatic
rarefied
31. Lacking sophistication or experience
malevolent
naive
ostentatious
proliferate
32. To make larger; to expand
tirade
dilate
extrapolation
insipid
33. The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
ebullience
sporadic
impassive
inveigle
34. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
meticulous
esoteric
obdurate
veracity
35. Superficial; not thorough; lacking interest - care - or enthusiasm
perfunctory
anachronism
candid
salubrious
36. Overly submissive and eager to please
stoic
obsequious
ambiguous
dilettante
37. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
obsequious
bucolic
sordid
proliferate
38. Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
aesthetic
adulterate
disparage
perennial
39. Concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that summarizes
anarchy
proscribe
latent
coda
40. Hinder - block
shard
adulterate
impede
impervious
41. The essential or central part
pith
harangue
conundrum
laud
42. Assert confidently or declare; as used in law - state formally as a fact
mundane
bombastic
effrontery
aver
43. Disguise; pretend
adulterate
dogmatic
castigate
dissemble
44. Truthful
enervate
candid
truculence
veracious
45. The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady - uninterrupted rhythm
hyperbole
sage
occlude
oscillation
46. Excessive showiness
exculpate
digression
lament
ostentation
47. Lack of harmony; absurdity
inchoate
precursor
disinterested
incongruity
48. Unemotional; lacking sensitivity
secrete
dogmatic
stolid
alleviate
49. Evoking intense aversion or dislike
odious
fawning
lassitude
bombastic
50. Docile; easily managed
tractable
prohibitive
gouge
noxious