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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. Effective; distinct
commemorate
intervene
articulate
capricious
2. Honor the memory of
commemorate
expedite
reprimand
impede
3. Struggle; compete; assert earnestly
contend
morose
concise
predecessor
4. Brief and compact
perpetuate
concise
frivolous
despondent
5. Obscure; profound; difficult to understand
censorious
abstruse
ephemeral
impair
6. Arrangements by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks
impudence
hierarchy
anarchist
emulate
7. Contradict; give a false impression
enmity
idiosyncrasy
belie
succinct
8. Indifference; lack of concern; composure
exuberance
acknowledge
extol
nonchalance
9. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
relegate
embellish
preclude
prodigal
10. Impressionable; easily influenced; having little resistance - as to a disease; receptive to
susceptible
ostentatious
restraint
ephemeral
11. Experience; support; nourish
terse
stagnant
sustain
reverent
12. Overwhelm; flood; submerge
insipid
ponderous
inconsequential
inundate
13. Self-governing
susceptible
autonomous
obscure
deride
14. Hostility; active resistance
censure
eulogy
antagonism
degradation
15. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for
meticulous
succinct
artifact
gratuitous
16. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
implausible
gratuitous
resolution
esoteric
17. Urge; start; provoke
impudence
instigate
reprimand
disclose
18. Wasteful; reckless with money
prodigal
reverent
exonerate
acknowledge
19. Disagree
calculated
dissent
astute
inherent
20. Narrate or tell; count over again
anecdote
opulence
recount
tranquility
21. Make something last; preserve from extinction
concur
contract
accessible
perpetuate
22. Advanced in development
precocious
consensus
intimidate
enmity
23. Argumentative; fond of arguing
criterion
articulate
disputatious
accessible
24. Regret; disapprove of
orator
scanty
deplore
reprimand
25. Mentally quick and observant; having insight
discerning
disseminate
gratuitous
exhilarating
26. Extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
opulence
criterion
inconsequential
aloof
27. Censure; rebuke
reprove
volatile
ephemeral
document
28. Ambiguous; intentionally misleading
equivocal
innovation
orator
impede
29. Confuse; puzzle
stagnant
vindicate
confound
calculated
30. Moderation of self-control; controlling force; restriction
indiscriminate
malicious
restraint
conviction
31. Change; introduction of something new
reticence
corroborate
innovation
enmity
32. Wise; shrewd; keen
delineate
astute
corroborate
adversary
33. Disrepute; ill fame
curtail
notoriety
tentative
incisive
34. Dark; not transparent
opaque
exhilarating
conviction
mundane
35. Servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man
augment
morose
enhance
sycophant
36. Someone who eats too much
cordial
glutton
eloquence
skeptic
37. Violate; desecrate; treat unworthily
erudite
compile
profane
exonerate
38. Charge
turbulence
indict
implausible
condone
39. Recognize; admit
credulity
acknowledge
haughtiness
listless
40. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances
implausible
precocious
abstemious
opportunist
41. Free; disentangle
venerate
hardy
refute
extricate
42. Pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language
disparage
implement
rebuttal
rhetorical
43. Faultless
scanty
vindicate
deplore
impeccable
44. Make impossible; eliminate
diligence
preclude
hierarchy
guile
45. Silly; senseless
inane
embellish
exhilarating
satirical
46. Excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
heresy
ominous
meticulous
opaque
47. Wander aimlessly (physically or mentally)
reprehensible
venerate
ramble
exemplify
48. Lack of seriousness; lightness
levity
extraneous
arrogance
profane
49. Lessening; reduction in size
pervasive
scrutinize
dogmatic
diminution
50. Fearless
profusion
divergent
intrepid
dubious