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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. Naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
perspicacious
abate
desultory
ingenuous
2. Trying to please by behaving obsequiously - flattering or cringing
abscond
truculence
insipid
fawning
3. Assert confidently or declare; as used in law - state formally as a fact
abyss
maverick
plasticity
aver
4. Something out of place in time
anachronism
flout
lucid
eulogy
5. Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
caustic
hackneyed
axiom
caustic
6. Intense and passionate feeling
ambiguous
caustic
ardor
discern
7. Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
plethora
virulent
opprobium
evanescent
8. Reject; mock; show contempt for
prodigal
flout
convoluted
alacrity
9. Ostracize; banish; outlaw
endemic
soporific
proscribe
antagonize
10. Immunity from punishment or penalty
exculpate
quixotic
torpor
impunity
11. Determination; firmness of purpose
tortuous
precursor
idolatrous
resolve
12. Prevailing among a specific group of people or an area
proliferate
dogmatic
diatribe
endemic
13. Disown; disavow
ingenuous
censure
rhetoric
repudiate
14. A disposition in favor of something; preference
maverick
predilection
ubiquitous
quaff
15. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
chauvinist
discretion
ameliorate
laud
16. Vibrate pendulumlike; waver
perfidious
intrepid
oscillate
enervate
17. Brief; concise
bombast
harangue
succinct
tacit
18. To speak in favor of
discerning
advocate
laud
torpid
19. Gather; accumulate
aggregate
ambiguous
vituperate
paradox
20. Having or showing often vicious ill-will - spite - or hatred
meticulous
pedantic
euphemism
malevolent
21. Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs
meticulous
propriety
satire
avarice
22. Worsen; embitter
ambiguous
burgeon
imperturbable
exacerbate
23. Ancient - old-fashioned
whimsical
compliant
axiomatic
archaic
24. Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
salubrious
sporadic
malevolent
redoubtable
25. To forcibly assign - esp. to a lower place or position
iconoclast
relegate
discordant
harangue
26. Lacking funds; without money
arduous
furtive
impecunious
intransigent
27. Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
guileless
obdurate
variegated
synthesis
28. A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
satire
hyperbole
effrontery
stigma
29. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
confound
renege
exonerate
nascent
30. Steadfast and courageous
reproach
intrepid
default
soporific
31. Overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
adulterate
condone
ingenuous
eclectic
32. Understood; not put into words
exculpate
tacit
hyperbole
dogmatic
33. Rude; insensitive
cacophonous
obstinate
boorish
prescience
34. To court favor by a flattering manner
reverent
implacable
fawn
caustic
35. Hostile - unfriendly
discordant
inimical
arduous
predilection
36. Extremely talkative
propitiate
implacable
conundrum
loquacious
37. A substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing
ephemeral
catalyst
dogmatic
felicitous
38. Harmless
misanthrope
innocuous
pragmatic
pervasive
39. Worship of idols; excessive admiration
idolatry
belie
assuage
refulgent
40. Pompous in speech and manner
ostentatious
bombastic
occlude
salubrious
41. Pompous speech or expression
grandiloquence
obsequious
tirade
fawn
42. To provide supporting evidence
corroborate
rhetoric
cacophony
burgeon
43. Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
euphemism
arbitrate
monotony
ebullient
44. Doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing
bombastic
problematic
ephemeral
loquacious
45. Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
prohibitive
adulterate
pith
pervade
46. To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
artless
terse
abscond
fawning
47. Of the same kind
homogenous
exigent
pith
burgeon
48. Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
vexation
perfunctory
chauvinist
enigmatic
49. Courteous regard for another's wish
truculence
mitigate
deference
delineate
50. Self-important or pompous writing or speech
implicit
bombast
articulate
burnish