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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. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
qualms
maverick
recant
reverent
2. Aversion; dislike
indifferent
antipathy
plethora
obsequious
3. Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs
abscond
heretical
gainsay
propriety
4. Sociable
gregarious
harangue
disparage
exacerbate
5. To respect deeply
subpoena
latent
proclivity
venerate
6. Weaken
divulge
apathy
enervate
ostentatious
7. A substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing
contrite
refulgent
recondite
catalyst
8. Someone who shows off learning
austere
pedant
disjointed
mendacity
9. Immunity from punishment or penalty
impunity
propitiate
impede
lethargic
10. Extended scolding; denunciation; harangue
dupe
inert
tirade
indigence
11. Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
eclectic
contrite
solvent
efficacy
12. Unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
viscous
inert
dissemble
audacious
13. Expand; swell out
distend
default
viscous
urbane
14. Approach; tend to meet; come together
converge
pristine
laconic
zealous
15. Intimidate; frighten
putrefy
daunt
erudite
impervious
16. Deviation form what is normal
tacit
ephemeral
anomaly
disparate
17. To loudly attack or denounce
diatribe
appease
fulminate
ingenuous
18. Indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
divulge
catalyst
deference
untenable
19. Expression of praise - often on the occasion of someone's death
ephemeral
abate
misanthrope
eulogy
20. Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
ennui
ascetic
approbation
artless
21. Impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
dogma
opaque
disparage
audacious
22. A medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals - esp. base metals into gold
alchemy
anomalous
putrefy
alleviate
23. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
preen
fortuitous
abeyance
reticent
24. Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
quotidian
credulous
conciliatory
obdurate
25. Convincing and well reasoned
cogent
zealous
insipid
adulterate
26. An established set of principles or code of laws - often religious in nature
canon
audacious
obfuscate
paragon
27. A funeral hymn or mournful speech
distill
pedantic
dirge
venerate
28. Be thrifty; set limits
vexation
coda
maverick
stint
29. Pure; uncorrupted; clean
apathy
pristine
contrite
imperturbable
30. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentional)
neophyte
boorish
specious
satire
31. Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
salubrious
discordant
satire
euphemism
32. Something out of place in time
disjointed
anachronism
impecunious
derivative
33. To give praise; to glorify
resolve
fawn
laud
hegemony
34. Strenuous; taxing; requiring significant effort
audacious
vituperative
indifferent
arduous
35. To lie or deviate from the truth
gullible
dissemble
prevaricate
effrontery
36. Limited; restricted
qualified
euphemism
precipitate
disabuse
37. Able to speak clearly and expressively
articulate
adulterate
arduous
filibuster
38. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
lucid
alacrity
bombast
desiccate
39. Extreme mental and physical sluggishness
dismiss
connoisseur
torpor
rarefy
40. To criticize severely; to officially rebuke
censure
cogent
urbane
pious
41. Deception by means of craft or guile
striated
chicanery
inadvertently
reticent
42. Learned; scholarly
erudite
vigilant
succinct
discrete
43. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity
antagonize
facetious
mollify
morose
44. Not capable of being disturbed
imperturbable
proclivity
prevaricate
obfuscate
45. Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic
distend
implicit
malevolent
obsequious
46. Bitter scolding; invective
neophyte
pragmatic
fanatical
diatribe
47. To arouse or incite
reverent
decorum
soporific
foment
48. Extremely talkative
itinerary
plummet
spectrum
loquacious
49. Characterized by a strong - sharp smell or taste
pungent
ambivalence
iconoclast
conundrum
50. Fundamentally different; entirely unlike
disparate
ubiquitous
prevaricate
lucid