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SAT Vocab 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. Habitually silent; talking little






2. Opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion






3. Self-satisfaction; smugness






4. Manually skilled worker; craftsman - as opposed to artist






5. Help bring about; make less difficult






6. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly






7. Brief and compact






8. Controlling influence; domination






9. Impertinence; insolence






10. Highly skilled artist






11. Acquit; exculpate






12. Overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess






13. Thrift; economy






14. Darken; make unclear






15. Inborn






16. Practicing self-denial; austere






17. Establish by evidence; verify; support






18. Distribute; spread; scatter






19. Self-governing






20. Doubter; person who suspends judgment until the evidence supporting a point of view has been examined






21. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling






22. Wordy






23. Portray; depict; sketch






24. Difficult to please; squeamish






25. Hasten






26. Disprove






27. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate






28. Threatening






29. Overwhelm; flood; submerge






30. One-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party






31. Unjustified; groundless; undeserved






32. Self-control; formal but distant manner






33. Short account of an amusing or interesting event






34. Examine closely and critically






35. Reprove severely; rebuke






36. Nourish; educate; foster






37. Thorough; inclusive






38. Hateful; spiteful






39. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes






40. Effective; distinct






41. Waste






42. Increase; improve






43. Public speaker






44. Make impossible; eliminate






45. Agree






46. Adorn; ornament






47. Weaken; sap






48. Bitterness; hatred






49. Drive away; disgust






50. Use of force to get someone to obey