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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. Unchangeable
immutable
invective
soporific
plethora
2. Recent convert; beginner
waver
precipitate
obviate
neophyte
3. Calm; placid
succinct
imperturbable
deterrent
indeterminate
4. Given to intense or excessive devotion to something
idolatrous
obviate
immutable
elicit
5. Lacking sophistication or experience
reverent
diffident
naive
superfluous
6. Deserving blame
latent
abate
refractory
culpable
7. Sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
trenchant
squalid
harangue
discerning
8. Writ summoning a witness to appear
intrepid
subpoena
grandiloquent
lucid
9. An extremely deep hole
abyss
prevaricate
paragon
mollify
10. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
commensurate
maverick
fervid
luminous
11. Person hardened by sin - devoid of a sense of decency
distend
solicitous
abstemious
reprobate
12. Abnormal or deviant
imperturbable
gullible
aberrant
gregarious
13. To permeate throughout
pervade
deference
rhetoric
plethora
14. Overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties
fallacy
presumptuous
adulterate
pernicious
15. To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
propitiate
bombastic
capricious
adulterate
16. Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to
endemic
analogous
supposition
abstain
17. The art or profession of training - teaching - or instructing
pedagogy
obdurate
maverick
articulate
18. To court favor by a flattering manner
facetious
malleable
fawn
effrontery
19. To provide supporting evidence
corroborate
gainsay
aesthetic
coagulate
20. To annoy or provoke to anger
bombastic
verbose
solicitous
antagonize
21. To produce - cause - or bring about
quiescent
dilettante
engender
empirical
22. Convincing and well reasoned
erudite
latent
abyss
cogent
23. To punish or criticize harshly
castigate
obviate
qualms
enervate
24. Sad; sullen; melancholy
arduous
morose
abate
strut
25. Questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
pervasive
exculpate
queries
convention
26. Practical rather than idealistic
quixotic
incorporate
chauvinist
pragmatic
27. Confuse; puzzle
incorporate
partisan
adulterate
confound
28. To make better; to improve
ameliorate
efficacy
zeal
austere
29. Burning; sarcastically biting
gullible
irascible
caustic
digression
30. Worried - concerned
gouge
opaque
abate
solicious
31. Person celebrated for wisdom
perennial
proliferate
sage
satiate
32. Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
specious
intransigent
euphemism
solvent
33. Useless; hopeless; ineffectual
dirge
approbation
pungent
futile
34. To make worse or more severe
contention
eulogy
exacerbate
foment
35. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
stipulate
qualms
estimable
ambivalence
36. An invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
lethargic
fallacy
enervate
arduous
37. To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
recalcitrant
immutable
prattle
lament
38. Filled with truth and accuracy
caustic
veracity
exacerbate
abscond
39. Practical as opposed to idealistic
catalyst
pragmatic
dogmatic
pirate
40. Lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
onerous
implode
torpor
insipid
41. Limited; restricted
erudite
qualified
penchant
eclectic
42. Uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
indeterminate
harangue
pedantic
superfluous
43. Propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
prodigal
decorum
inherent
strut
44. Admirable
estimable
derision
precursor
soporific
45. Change of form
forestall
diatribe
metamorphosis
recluse
46. Not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
parody
intractable
squalid
artless
47. Penitent
contrite
recant
plastic
inured
48. Predictable - cliched - boring
bolster
audacious
quotidian
banal
49. Urge on
astringent
iconoclast
goad
skeptic
50. A sorrowful poem or speech
queries
mitigate
abstain
elegy