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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. Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
fallacy
chaos
hackneyed
lethargic
2. To disclose something secret
ascetic
chicanery
divulge
garrulous
3. Violation of a law; sin
tortuous
incipient
transgression
caustic
4. Rebel; nonconformist
saturate
opaque
squander
maverick
5. Great disorder or confusion
chaos
sparse
itinerary
inundate
6. One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
immutable
abscond
recalcitrant
iconoclast
7. Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
parody
plummet
arbitrate
trenchant
8. To lessen in intensity or degree
perfunctory
viable
abate
iconoclast
9. Excessively decorated or embellished
innocuous
florid
chicanery
inchoate
10. Marked by - feeling - or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
reverent
fawning
didactic
ingenuous
11. Playful; humorous
flout
facetious
evanescent
implacable
12. Eager and enthusiastic willingness
sporadic
alacrity
officious
aberrant
13. Not capable of change
abscond
pristine
immutable
contrite
14. Establish by evidence; verify; support
antipathy
substantiate
deference
ameliorate
15. A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
euphemism
satire
obsequious
antipathy
16. Overly submissive and eager to please
exacerbate
obsequious
garrulous
disseminate
17. Poem or song expressing lamentation
dirge
inveigle
elegy
propriety
18. Inform
exigent
apprise
archaic
magnanimity
19. Easily understood; clear; intelligible
recalcitrant
lucid
irascible
emulate
20. A substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing
coagulate
pungent
bucolic
catalyst
21. Penitent
sporadic
whimsical
fawn
contrite
22. Done without using words
ostentatious
adulterate
soporific
tacit
23. Soothe
mollify
ubiquitous
canonical
ephemeral
24. Deviating from the norm
pervasive
disinterested
satiate
aberrant
25. Vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
equanimity
nebulous
repudiate
advocate
26. Bright - brilliant - glowing
propriety
mendacious
luminous
perspicacious
27. Of the same kind
engender
homogenous
incorporate
inundate
28. To flatter or praise excessively
vacillate
fawn
shard
recant
29. Biting in wit
predilection
penchant
abscond
caustic
30. Courteous regard for another's wish
astringent
catalyst
deference
admonish
31. Understood but not stated
disparate
implicit
stint
crescendo
32. Foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
inimical
surfeit
buttress
quixotic
33. Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
lethargic
pervasive
vexation
pious
34. Person celebrated for wisdom
pungent
stoic
intractable
sage
35. Damaging; harmful; injurious
inimical
truculent
paean
plethora
36. Lacking funds; without money
dupe
delineate
impecunious
impetuous
37. Extremely harmful; potentially causing death
anachronism
pernicious
opaque
pungent
38. Something long-lasting
viscous
perennial
nascent
sedulous
39. Practical rather than idealistic
pragmatic
specious
disparate
desiccate
40. Devoutness; reverence for God
piety
engender
repudiate
martial
41. Quick to act without thinking
endemic
erudite
exonerate
impetuous
42. Relieve
rarefy
sparse
placate
alleviate
43. Person hardened by sin - devoid of a sense of decency
malleable
reprobate
redoubtable
tirade
44. Intentional obstruction - esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
filibuster
irascible
capricious
imperturbable
45. Uncertain; risky
prodigal
precarious
stipulate
qualified
46. An expression of praise
accolade
appropriate
impetuous
quiescence
47. To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
presumptuous
squander
attenuate
contentious
48. Plan of a trip
quaff
conundrum
itinerary
impair
49. Agreeable; responsive to suggestion
whimsical
recalcitrant
amenable
ostentatious
50. Lasting a short time
contentious
pragmatic
embellish
ephemeral