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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. Warn; reprove
admonish
inured
prolific
equanimity
2. Cursory; done without care or interest
exacerbate
satire
imminent
perfunctory
3. A mournful poem - esp. one lamenting the dead
elegy
disparate
penury
enervate
4. To reduce in strength
propensity
assuage
paradox
enervate
5. Inclined to prevent or forbid
prohibitive
eclectic
impermeable
impetuous
6. To make better; to improve
ameliorate
articulate
pine
paragon
7. Refusing to compromise
venerate
putrefy
intransigent
chicanery
8. Suspended action
insinuate
chicanery
enigmatic
abeyance
9. Unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
inert
occlude
condone
onerous
10. Make express conditions - specify
log
stipulate
enigmatic
hubris
11. Recent convert; beginner
neophyte
paradox
malevolent
exculpate
12. Long - harsh speech or verbal attack
pithy
propensity
tirade
rarefied
13. Improvised; done without preparation
discrepancy
extemporaneous
paean
insensible
14. To obstruct or block
dogmatic
sanction
occlude
fawning
15. Unoriginal; obtained from another source
castigate
irascible
derivative
indifferent
16. Scarcity
reticent
paucity
euphemism
recalcitrant
17. Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
hubris
impassive
discordant
obstinate
18. The willingness to comply with the wishes of others
exigent
impassive
complaisance
pragmatic
19. Penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through
hyperbole
salubrious
connoisseur
permeable
20. One who spends money wastefully
opaque
erratic
spendthrift
fulminate
21. Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
explicit
exigent
stolid
tacit
22. A piece of broken pottery or glass
accolade
audacious
shard
refulgent
23. Exonerate; to clear of blame
alleviate
exculpate
virulent
irresolute
24. To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
enumerate
assuage
prevaricate
penurious
25. Troubling; burdensome
extemporaneous
onerous
attenuate
amalgamate
26. A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
abyss
recant
abeyance
convention
27. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule; abnormality
exigency
indigence
anomaly
lucid
28. Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
sage
sublime
felicitous
tacit
29. Without guile; open and honest
obdurate
subpoena
refute
artless
30. One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
dilettante
perfidious
prolific
impair
31. Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
recalcitrant
implacable
disinterested
obsequious
32. An invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
precipitate
fallacy
impervious
fledgling
33. Someone easily fooled
precarious
dupe
soporific
gregarious
34. Short-lived; fleeting
exculpate
anomalous
ephemeral
problematic
35. Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness
castigate
dogmatic
antagonize
philanthropy
36. Brief and concise in wording
terse
eclectic
stoic
catalyst
37. Brief and to the point
rescind
euphemism
bolster
laconic
38. Lofty or grand
zeal
sublime
venerate
innocuous
39. Lacking in flavor; dull
onerous
insipid
neophyte
credulous
40. Practical or workable; capable of maintaining life
itinerary
naive
anomaly
viable
41. The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
amalgamate
monotony
mendacity
efficacy
42. Polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
decorum
dupe
prolific
inchoate
43. Something long-lasting
ingenuous
malinger
demur
perennial
44. To provide supporting evidence
corroborate
estimable
plummet
sordid
45. To examine with great care
dogma
peruse
decorum
impetuous
46. Ridicule; make fun of
prodigal
subpoena
deride
paragon
47. Make shiny by rubbing; polish
impunity
antipathy
dichotomy
burnish
48. Express disapproval or disappointment
intransigent
reproach
lucid
relegate
49. Devoutness; reverence for God
chary
piety
coagulate
approbation
50. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
phlegmatic
pervasive
obsequious
enervate