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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. Practicing self-denial; austere
convoluted
misanthrope
disparate
ascetic
2. To reduce in strength
enigmatic
rancorous
canon
enervate
3. Disprove
aesthetic
vilify
philanthropy
refute
4. Calmness of temperament; composure
equanimity
austere
burgeon
exigent
5. Cancel
obdurate
rescind
tortuous
ennui
6. Support; reinforce
resolve
bolster
sublime
trenchant
7. To demonstrate contempt for - as in a rule or convention
inundate
flout
attenuate
distend
8. Dull; unimaginative
iconoclast
platitude
caustic
prosaic
9. To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
inchoate
recluse
repudiate
elegy
10. Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
mollify
recant
obtuse
disinterested
11. Intended to teach or instruct
presumptuous
anomalous
didactic
ephemeral
12. Thin; rare; slim
implacable
apprise
tenuous
inert
13. Grow forth; send out buds
refute
dogmatic
burgeon
pathological
14. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant
propensity
platitude
perfidious
cogent
15. Changing one's mind quickly and often
capricious
verbose
culpable
prattle
16. Rash; premature; hasty; sudden
arduous
precipitate
tenacity
permeable
17. Annoyance; irritation
fulminate
eclectic
vexation
homogenous
18. Courteous regard for another's wish
permeable
deference
savor
buttress
19. Lacking funds; without money
convoluted
beneficent
obsequious
impecunious
20. About to happen; impending
impede
imminent
glib
penurious
21. Dry up
untenable
desiccate
contention
discrete
22. To leave secretly
obviate
impermeable
abscond
rhetoric
23. Excess; overabundance
gregarious
insularity
plethora
banal
24. To rot; to decay and give off a foul odor
esoteric
acumen
eclectic
putrefy
25. Wordy
canonical
hedonism
insinuate
verbose
26. Practical as opposed to idealistic
levee
pragmatic
eclectic
dissonance
27. Calm; not easily disturbed
phlegmatic
secrete
castigation
impetuous
28. Belittle
disparage
insensible
convoluted
ambivalence
29. A universally recognized principle
squander
enigmatic
opprobium
axiom
30. Not moving - active - or in motion; at rest
static
ephemeral
mendacious
viable
31. An established set of principles or code of laws - often religious in nature
canon
contentious
indolent
malevolent
32. Without guile; open and honest
eulogy
levee
artless
spectrum
33. One that precedes and indicates or announces another
recant
erratic
precursor
axiomatic
34. Make shiny by rubbing; polish
satiate
burnish
soporific
deference
35. Sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
tirade
amalgamate
innocuous
gregarious
36. Adherence to highest principles; uprightness
pragmatic
refute
pedant
probity
37. Lament with music
proscribe
dirge
malevolent
aberrant
38. Precise and brief
ubiquitous
pithy
boorish
refute
39. Daring; bold
inconsequential
anachronism
audacious
plethora
40. The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued
ingenuous
prodigal
tenacity
piety
41. Natural inclination
propensity
gullible
exculpate
succinct
42. Imitate; rival
inured
facilitate
viscous
emulate
43. Deviation from the normal order - form - or rule; abnormality
appease
enhance
equivocate
anomaly
44. Scarcity
enervate
opprobrium
obsequious
paucity
45. Portray; depict; sketch
pervasive
delineate
effrontery
desiccate
46. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
pedagogy
repudiate
phlegmatic
tirade
47. Hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism
gullible
inconsequential
secrete
abstain
48. A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
dissonance
abscond
satire
metamorphosis
49. A speech honoring the dead
malleable
anachronism
arbitrate
eulogy
50. Lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity
impassive
peruse
levity
perfunctory