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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. Lasting a short time
whimsical
ephemeral
viscous
specious
2. Exonerate; to clear of blame
mundane
quibble
exculpate
cacophony
3. Uncertain how to act; weak
irresolute
disabuse
solicious
putrefy
4. Uprightness; incorruptibility
quibble
compendium
probity
subpoena
5. Model of perfection
aesthetic
voracious
paragon
catalyst
6. Troubling; burdensome
subtle
intrepid
onerous
platitude
7. Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
obsequious
salubrious
aver
diatribe
8. The consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
paean
catalyst
ameliorate
hegemony
9. To state as a fact; to confirm or support
penury
incorporate
esoteric
aver
10. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
euphemism
intransigent
coda
luminous
11. Fall sharply
eccentric
plummet
urbane
chary
12. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
prevaricate
waver
mitigate
frugality
13. Hint; imply; creep in
aver
insinuate
stipulate
abeyance
14. Unpredictable; fickle
verbose
dilettante
pernicious
capricious
15. Trying to please by behaving obsequiously - flattering or cringing
mitigate
fawning
iconoclast
intractable
16. Unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly
inadvertently
equivocate
innocuous
austere
17. Shyness
diffidence
officious
assiduous
inundate
18. Pompous in speech and manner
banal
sporadic
pine
bombastic
19. False; misleading
bolster
fallacious
substantiate
alacrity
20. Approval
obviate
approbation
futile
discrete
21. Naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
lassitude
ingenuous
fervor
lucid
22. Trickery; deception
hyperbole
plethora
dichotomy
chicanery
23. Wordy
obsequious
vexation
verbose
tout
24. Learned - scholarly - bookish
erudite
problematic
bombastic
flout
25. To obtain by deception or flattery
inveigle
perfunctory
preen
supersede
26. Docile; easily managed
tractable
insipid
eulogy
discerning
27. Sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
compendium
proliferate
gregarious
soporific
28. Hard; strenuous
euphemism
recondite
arduous
levity
29. To stop up; to prevent the passage of
partisan
salubrious
converge
occlude
30. Occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
stigma
quotidian
phlegmatic
astringent
31. Be thrifty; set limits
aberrant
abyss
stint
forestall
32. Harsh - jarring - discordant sound; dissonance
esoteric
convoluted
bolster
cacophony
33. Lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
torpor
assuage
proliferate
inundate
34. Attacking cherished traditions
zeal
adulation
bucolic
iconoclast
35. Done without using words
prosaic
tacit
propensity
lethargic
36. Reject; mock; show contempt for
redoubtable
idolatrous
tacit
flout
37. To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
invective
disparate
squander
equivocate
38. Winding; twisting; excessively complicated
proclivity
placate
partisan
tortuous
39. Soak thoroughly
aesthetic
saturate
anachronism
fervent
40. A contradiction or dilemma
obdurate
plasticity
surfeit
paradox
41. Turmoil; bewildering jumble
welter
ephemeral
capricious
pungent
42. Practical rather than idealistic
implode
laconic
pragmatic
perfunctory
43. To give praise; to glorify
laud
quibble
vex
contrite
44. Unruly; stubborn; unyielding
intractable
idolatry
disabuse
castigation
45. To dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
opaque
desiccate
deference
innocuous
46. Firmly established by nature or habit
fulminate
superfluous
burgeon
inherent
47. Persuasive and moving - especially in speech
obstinate
facetious
eloquent
perennial
48. Penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through
axiomatic
permeable
convention
erratic
49. Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
neologism
glib
adulterate
lucid
50. Change of form
metamorphosis
misanthrope
indigence
soporific