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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
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Revealing no emotion
complaisance
impassive
indifferent
supplant
2. Overwhelm; flood; submerge
salubrious
inundate
obstinate
intrepid
3. Corresponding in extent - degree - amount - etc.; proportionate
articulate
commensurate
gainsay
viscous
4. Injure; hurt
impair
proliferate
odious
substantiate
5. An exaggerated statement - often used as a figure of speech
hyperbole
fulminate
apprise
incorporate
6. Hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism
proclivity
presumptuous
stigma
secrete
7. Disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error
candid
recant
neophyte
imperturbable
8. Having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
tenuous
germane
diverge
plethora
9. Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
prodigal
fervid
adulterate
fallacious
10. Expand; swell out
confound
distend
tirade
obdurate
11. Absence of governing body; state of disorder
delineate
guileless
empirical
anarchy
12. Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
esoteric
morose
superfluous
spectrum
13. Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
capricious
prolific
caustic
pragmatic
14. Improve
flout
explicit
quibble
ameliorate
15. Intended to delay
esoteric
burnish
dilatory
qualms
16. Done without using words
sanction
tacit
mendacious
arduous
17. Foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
tortuous
vituperate
quixotic
strut
18. Abstruse; profound; secret
reticent
recondite
perfidy
acerbic
19. Made less dense (of a gas)
surfeit
obsequious
rarefied
pervade
20. The willingness to comply with the wishes of others
disseminate
whimsical
complaisance
cogent
21. Respectful; worshipful
sporadic
foment
reverent
stigma
22. A substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing
catalyst
gullible
iconoclast
queries
23. Accustomed; hardened
banal
inured
intransigence
proclivity
24. Calmness of temperament; composure
dirge
inherent
sporadic
equanimity
25. Deviating from the norm
florid
waver
paragon
aberrant
26. Burst inward
demur
supplant
implode
disjointed
27. Pacify; conciliate
opprobrium
obfuscate
complaisant
placate
28. Separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
discrete
abstemious
inured
furtive
29. Unconscious; unresponsive
specious
contention
insensible
chicanery
30. Following or in agreement with accepted - traditional standards
canonical
intractable
articulate
neophyte
31. Plan of a trip
ostentatious
austere
itinerary
neophyte
32. To dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
fledgling
facetious
implacable
desiccate
33. Brainless; inane; foolish - yet smug
paradox
boorish
fatuous
fledgling
34. To court favor by a flattering manner
corroborate
fawn
strut
aesthetic
35. Truthful
heretical
veracious
sage
artless
36. Wandering away from the subject
belie
digression
beneficent
catalyst
37. The consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
dormant
savor
hegemony
probity
38. An abusive - condemnatory speech
sanction
idolatry
daunt
diatribe
39. Opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
malevolent
proliferate
dogmatic
vituperate
40. Lasting a short time
ephemeral
misanthrope
condone
connoisseur
41. Correct a false impression; undeceive
deterrent
paragon
disabuse
insipid
42. Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
corroborate
profuse
lethargic
abate
43. Stir up; instigate
nascent
superfluous
vex
foment
44. Potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden
archaic
supersede
latent
catalyst
45. To remove blame
exacerbate
exonerate
enigmatic
connoisseur
46. To appease; to calm by making concessions
placate
strut
distend
recluse
47. Claim; thesis
contention
verbose
obdurate
deride
48. Dry up
loquacious
desiccate
canon
onerous
49. Cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete
axiomatic
arduous
bolster
supersede
50. Filled with truth and accuracy
veracity
cogent
deride
imperturbable