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SAT Vocab 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. Evasive; baffling; hard to grasp
innocuous
elusive
disseminate
devise
2. Narrate or tell; count over again
prolific
exuberance
recount
mundane
3. Adorn; ornament
deference
rigor
qualified
embellish
4. Antiquated
unwarranted
archaic
impeccable
proliferation
5. Religious devotion; godliness
flagrant
disinclination
piety
exalt
6. Invigorating and refreshing; cheering
cursory
exhilarating
censure
discriminating
7. Deserving blame
thrive
disdain
subside
reprehensible
8. Put into effect; supply with tools
ramble
implement
gullible
virtuoso
9. Scatter
adversity
redundant
disperse
devious
10. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
alleviate
exacerbate
commemorate
volatile
11. Deceptive; not real
cajole
hardy
scrupulous
illusory
12. Regret; disapprove of
constraint
endorse
gullible
deplore
13. Hermit; loner
resolution
discordant
adulation
recluse
14. Motionless; stale; dull
alleviate
eulogy
stagnant
reticence
15. Subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will
novelty
restraint
disputatious
authoritarian
16. Imitate; rival
emulate
dogmatic
devious
explicit
17. Choosing at random; confused
gravity
erroneous
indiscriminate
frivolous
18. Calmness; peace
lament
precocious
tranquility
provincial
19. Darken; make unclear
obscure
skeptic
trite
commemorate
20. Dark; not transparent
lavish
opaque
induce
robust
21. Lacking in spirit or energy
ambiguous
obstinate
lavish
listless
22. Overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
malicious
stagnant
condone
induce
23. Disregard; dismiss
digression
retract
discount
contentious
24. Obscure; profound; difficult to understand
antidote
provincial
abstruse
lavish
25. Condense or shorten
presumptuous
authoritarian
sluggish
abridge
26. Slavish; cringing
thrive
peripheral
servile
egoism
27. Mysterious; hidden; secret
cryptic
predecessor
benevolent
tentative
28. Composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
proximity
eclectic
servile
tentative
29. Brief and compact
incongruous
concise
egoism
implement
30. Urge; start; provoke
concur
composure
arrogance
instigate
31. Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
pervasive
homogeneous
heresy
ostentatious
32. Reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to silence
artifact
extricate
reticence
impeccable
33. Put away from consideration; reject
trite
nonchalance
dismiss
verbose
34. Standard used in judging
usurp
criterion
disclose
adversity
35. Support; reinforce
ambiguous
hamper
bolster
fallacious
36. Distribute; spread; scatter
disseminate
exploit
expedient
recluse
37. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
esoteric
fastidious
hypothetical
malicious
38. Praise; glorify
fastidious
exemplify
extol
compile
39. Cutting; sharp
vilify
consensus
incisive
artifact
40. Occurring irregularly
sporadic
arbitrary
invert
servile
41. Casual; hastily done
cursory
austere
impudence
insipid
42. Struggle; compete; assert earnestly
prevalent
contend
heresy
resolution
43. Contradict; give a false impression
belie
aspire
reverent
execute
44. Excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
aloof
ambivalence
incongruous
meticulous
45. Stubborn; hard to control or treat
benevolent
marred
obstinate
hardy
46. Not harmonious; conflicting
dogmatic
elusive
discordant
antiquated
47. Sociable
gregarious
scanty
disinclination
concise
48. False; misleading
acknowledge
fanaticism
nonchalance
fallacious
49. Honor the memory of
depravity
divergent
negate
commemorate
50. Readiness to yield - conformity in fulfilling requirements
placate
inconsequential
confound
compliance