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SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Brainless; inane; foolish - yet smug






2. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentional)






3. Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic






4. Justified; authorized






5. Excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant






6. To question or oppose






7. Disown; disavow






8. Excessively decorated or embellished






9. To fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise






10. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few






11. Quick - keen - or accurate knowledge or insight






12. Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland






13. Showing innocence or childlike simplicity






14. Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage






15. Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light






16. Having a sour or bitter taste or character






17. Respect - courtesy






18. Establish by evidence; verify; support






19. Pacify; conciliate






20. Cursory; done without care or interest






21. Immunity from punishment or penalty






22. Deception by means of craft or guile






23. Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources






24. To disclose something secret






25. Shining; issuing light






26. A puzzle; a mystery






27. Grow rapidly; spread; multiply






28. Discord; opposite of harmony






29. Hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure






30. Intricate and complicated






31. Extended scolding; denunciation; harangue






32. To examine with great care






33. An established set of principles or code of laws - often religious in nature






34. Intensely emotional; feverish






35. Wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)






36. Practical or workable; capable of maintaining life






37. To give praise; to glorify






38. A speech honoring the dead






39. Fundamentally different; entirely unlike






40. Given to intense or excessive devotion to something






41. Dictatorial in one's opinions






42. Contradict; give a false impression






43. Winding; full of curves






44. To provide support or reinforcement






45. Narrow-mindedness; isolation






46. Hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality






47. An exaggerated statement - often used as a figure of speech






48. Unpredictable; fickle






49. Cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete






50. A new word - expression - or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses