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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. Uprightness; wholeness
integrity
concede
incongruous
turmoil
2. Condense or shorten
prevalent
volatile
concede
abridge
3. Evasive; baffling; hard to grasp
elusive
criterion
refute
usurp
4. Help bring about; make less difficult
censorious
consensus
facilitate
ascendancy
5. Set right; correct
credulity
discerning
arbitrary
rectify
6. Person who looks on the good side
optimist
transient
provincial
immutable
7. Hackneyed; commonplace
abridge
aloof
miserly
trite
8. Respectful; worshipful
abstruse
innovation
reverent
abstemious
9. Propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
decorum
conflagration
reprimand
hypothetical
10. Apart; reserved
ironic
embellish
subordinate
aloof
11. Old-fashioned; obsolete
antiquated
pragmatic
deride
denounce
12. Waver; fluctuate
complacency
placate
frivolous
vacillate
13. Totally clear; definite; outspoken
pacifist
explicit
sporadic
ephemeral
14. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others
autonomous
deprecate
altruistic
abstruse
15. Concise; abrupt; pithy
adversary
impair
implement
terse
16. General agreement
consensus
cordial
concur
exemplify
17. Firm dislike
predator
aversion
cursory
turmoil
18. Practicing self-denial; austere
opportunist
capricious
ascetic
resolve
19. Unlikely; unbelievable
static
implausible
predecessor
deterrent
20. Boaster
calculated
braggart
expedient
facilitate
21. Arrangements by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks
emulate
remorse
disparage
hierarchy
22. Frighten
provincial
intimidate
disputatious
concede
23. Loiter or dawdle; continue or persist
linger
curtail
conciliatory
subordinate
24. Refutation; response with contrary evidence
elusive
rebuttal
aesthetic
indiscriminate
25. Slander
marred
succinct
aspire
vilify
26. Change; introduction of something new
innovation
aesthetic
proximity
laud
27. One opposed to force; anti-militarist
skeptic
scrupulous
equivocal
pacifist
28. Conspicuously wicked; blatant
flagrant
benevolent
resolve
eulogy
29. Self-governing
autonomous
doctrine
perpetuate
linger
30. Charge
seclusion
authoritarian
indict
curtail
31. False; misleading
rigor
fallacious
subside
explicit
32. Portray; depict; sketch
seclusion
superficial
antidote
delineate
33. Lack of consistency; difference
reserve
discrepancy
indiscriminate
fanaticism
34. Examine closely and critically
scrutinize
arrogance
animosity
document
35. Not fitting; absurd
expedite
incongruous
derivative
incite
36. Belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess
undermine
volatile
eclectic
pessimism
37. Creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who robs or exploits others
trite
predator
abridge
devise
38. Raise in rank or dignity; praise
exalt
disparity
ratify
ponderous
39. Overwhelm; flood; submerge
inundate
haughtiness
prolific
denounce
40. Deserving blame
frugality
reprehensible
partisan
conviction
41. Conscientious; extremely thorough
venerate
gullible
qualified
scrupulous
42. Something that discourages; hindrance
deterrent
intrepid
rancor
detrimental
43. Excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others
usurp
concise
ponderous
egoism
44. Servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man
ambiguous
sycophant
robust
impede
45. Deliberately planned; likely
fallacious
incorrigible
discount
calculated
46. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
innate
innovation
ambiguous
devise
47. Waste
redundant
squander
induce
innocuous
48. Invigorating and refreshing; cheering
exhilarating
superfluous
exuberance
confound
49. Stingy; mean
anecdote
miserly
esoteric
scrupulous
50. Superfluous; repetitious; excessively wordy
induce
zealot
predator
redundant