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SAT - TOEFL High Frequency Words
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Subjects
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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. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate
desiccate
forestall
eloquent
credulous
2. Impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
embellish
impetuous
laconic
impervious
3. Support; reinforce
bolster
recant
equivocate
disparage
4. Occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
rancorous
quotidian
dormant
axiomatic
5. Seeming true - but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
specious
condone
stigma
satiate
6. Burst inward
florid
opaque
tenuous
implode
7. Superficial; not thorough; lacking interest - care - or enthusiasm
perfunctory
reverent
disingenuous
prosaic
8. Sticky - gluey
pragmatic
supposition
subpoena
viscous
9. Introductory statement
daunt
preamble
filibuster
metaphor
10. Lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity
onerous
levity
discordant
soporific
11. Not fully formed; disorganized
oscillate
eclectic
diffidence
inchoate
12. Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
corroborate
arduous
impervious
bolster
13. To reduce in amount - degree - or severity
gouge
abate
profuse
facilitate
14. Outgoing - sociable
incorporate
gregarious
pedant
assuage
15. Acquire; take possession of for one's own use
flout
appropriate
pedagogy
implacable
16. Dull; unimaginative
prosaic
indigence
disjointed
exigent
17. Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality - region - or people
aesthetic
mollify
endemic
abscond
18. Vibrate pendulumlike; waver
cacaphony
tortuous
oscillate
perennial
19. To deliberately obscure; to make confusing
dissonance
obfuscate
laconic
propriety
20. Cursory; done without care or interest
perfunctory
distend
truculence
platitude
21. To permeate throughout
iconoclast
waver
pervade
beneficent
22. Trickery; deception
precipitate
intractable
misanthrope
chicanery
23. To publicly praise or promote
perennial
ubiquitous
tout
pristine
24. To make better or more tolerable
impetuous
diverge
axiom
ameliorate
25. Happening by fortunate accident or chance
predilection
opprobrium
fortuitous
quixotic
26. Extremely harmful; potentially causing death
elegy
pernicious
divulge
nebulous
27. Deep; not superficial; complete
discordant
profound
impunity
goad
28. Overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
disinterested
buttress
virulent
condone
29. Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
eulogy
cogent
mercurial
disinterested
30. Hostile - unfriendly
queries
inimical
alacrity
alacrity
31. Expression of praise - often on the occasion of someone's death
deride
placate
eulogy
assiduous
32. The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady - uninterrupted rhythm
oscillation
cogent
pathological
homogenous
33. Using few words; terse
deference
discern
pernicious
laconic
34. To make something unpleasant less sever
placate
assuage
culpable
transient
35. Sociable
gregarious
aggregate
mundane
static
36. Calm; not easily disturbed
insipid
naive
taciturn
phlegmatic
37. Very cautious
naive
refulgent
wary
converge
38. Hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality
banal
disabuse
sporadic
lethargic
39. Practical rather than idealistic
pragmatic
sanction
eulogy
propriety
40. Disgrace; contempt; scorn
stigma
rarefied
opprobrium
predilection
41. Worship of idols; excessive admiration
propriety
tangential
craven
idolatry
42. Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
avarice
discrete
impetuous
euphemism
43. Persuasive and moving - especially in speech
decorum
indifferent
eloquent
magnanimity
44. Convincing and well reasoned
cogent
partisan
mendacious
discrepancy
45. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted
loquacious
pristine
specious
lucid
46. Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
opprobrium
compliant
discretion
substantiate
47. Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
mendacity
enigmatic
dogma
whimsical
48. Trickery or subterfuge
discretion
disparate
chicanery
idolatry
49. Public disgrace
paradox
opprobrium
inconsequential
inimical
50. Worried - concerned
refulgent
solicious
obdurate
propriety