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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. Deviation form what is normal
paragon
quiescent
propitiate
anomaly
2. Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
magnanimity
obdurate
disjointed
grandiloquence
3. To calm or make less severe
mollify
soporific
contention
mendacious
4. Languor; weariness
dissemble
recalcitrant
plethora
lassitude
5. Marked by extreme calm - impassivity and steadiness
ebullient
implacable
enervate
imperturbable
6. Alertly watchful
vigilant
plummet
rhetoric
stigma
7. The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
ebullience
soporific
immutable
platitude
8. One who spends money wastefully
spendthrift
eulogy
fulminate
solicious
9. Separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
preen
quiescence
discrete
abstain
10. Brief and to the point
divest
sanction
anomalous
laconic
11. Purify; refine; concentrate
conundrum
inchoate
distill
frugality
12. Suspended action
default
impunity
precipitate
abeyance
13. To lessen in intensity or degree
exacerbate
eloquent
abate
obviate
14. A recent convert; a beginner; novice
monotony
ameliorate
zeal
neophyte
15. To combine - to mix together
amalgamate
ameliorate
credulous
dilate
16. Worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
implacable
specious
mundane
transgression
17. Opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
luminous
prudence
dogmatic
redoubtable
18. In an initial stage; not fully formed
obsequious
presumptuous
inchoate
negate
19. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
hedonism
connoisseur
imperturbable
obstinate
20. Lofty or grand
sublime
vacillate
discordant
pithy
21. To fluctuate between choices
pathological
fervor
waver
discerning
22. Learned; scholarly
disinterested
inveigle
demur
erudite
23. A mournful poem - esp. one lamenting the dead
tractable
inveigle
disabuse
elegy
24. Fragment; generally of pottery
distend
elegy
elegy
shard
25. Annoyance; irritation
abyss
vexation
precursor
inconsequential
26. A harsh denunciation
hyperbole
tirade
diatribe
grandiloquence
27. Punishment; severe criticism
axiomatic
castigation
specious
disparate
28. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
proliferate
repudiate
castigate
elegy
29. Ridicule; make fun of
profligate
deride
chicanery
anomalous
30. Thrift; economy
profound
admonish
frugality
acumen
31. Doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing
inconsequential
euphemism
inundate
problematic
32. Pacify; conciliate
placate
gullible
impede
fatuous
33. Turmoil; bewildering jumble
plastic
chaos
exonerate
welter
34. Extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion
laud
pious
audacious
enigma
35. Lie
decorum
enumerate
extrapolation
prevaricate
36. To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
abscond
implacable
refute
morose
37. Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
piety
variegated
anachronism
sanction
38. Something that brings about a change in something else
strut
banal
mundane
catalyst
39. Concerned and attentive; eager
solicitous
austere
perfidious
converge
40. To anticipate and make unnecessary
savor
oscillation
obviate
lucid
41. Person celebrated for wisdom
sage
dogmatic
tirade
lucid
42. At rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
quiescent
conundrum
malinger
virulent
43. To punish or criticize harshly
decorum
credulous
hackneyed
castigate
44. Cause; produce
engender
bombastic
inchoate
obdurate
45. Practical as opposed to idealistic
proliferate
pragmatic
erudite
austere
46. Adorn; ornament; enhance - as a story
futile
attenuate
embellish
abscond
47. Firmly established by nature or habit
putrefy
inherent
obviate
inured
48. Immunity from punishment or penalty
disparate
mercurial
impunity
dilate
49. Gather; accumulate
insipid
inherent
aggregate
iconoclast
50. Warn; reprove
assuage
admonish
dogma
neophyte