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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. Puzzle; mystery
adversary
ironic
abstemious
enigma
2. Persuade; bring about
induce
eulogy
contentious
seclusion
3. Concise; abrupt; pithy
reticence
exuberance
taciturn
terse
4. Servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man
static
inconsequential
sycophant
disclose
5. Motionless; stale; dull
divergent
stagnant
austere
thrive
6. Pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language
rhetorical
dogmatic
divergent
resolution
7. Gloomy; depressing; dark; drab
cordial
pretentious
explicit
somber
8. State of violent agitation
turbulence
relegate
rebuttal
inclusive
9. Resulting in an unexpected and contrary outcome
scrupulous
ironic
whimsical
verbose
10. False; misleading
implement
fallacious
lethargic
lament
11. Increase; add to
candor
abridge
discriminating
augment
12. Regret; disapprove of
abstract
substantiate
ramble
deplore
13. Stingy; mean
miserly
implement
sage
impudence
14. Medicine to counteract a poison or disease
gravity
placate
conflagration
antidote
15. Deliberately planned; likely
calculated
brevity
bolster
qualified
16. Hermit; loner
concur
recluse
static
sanction
17. Difference; condition of inequality
euphemism
doctrine
disparity
proliferation
18. Pacify; conciliate
reserve
lavish
derivative
placate
19. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others
altruistic
compile
exalt
anarchist
20. Brief; tense; compact
succinct
temper
vacillate
superfluous
21. Lack of consistency; difference
ambiguous
compile
anarchist
discrepancy
22. Applaud; announce with great approval
complacency
acclaim
notoriety
methodical
23. Judgement that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
articulate
delineate
braggart
conviction
24. Unwillingness
remorse
confound
cajole
disinclination
25. Superfluous; repetitious; excessively wordy
robust
execute
censorious
redundant
26. Easy to approach; obtainable
listless
cursory
accessible
gullible
27. Seriousness
retract
gregarious
gravity
eloquence
28. Serve as an example of; embody
subordinate
disparage
whimsical
exemplify
29. Turn upside down or inside out
invert
analogous
obstinate
fanaticism
30. Agree
concur
stagnant
substantiate
heresy
31. Meager; insufficient
insipid
equivocal
scanty
levity
32. Lack of seriousness; lightness
cryptic
impair
hypocritical
levity
33. Emotionally removed; calm and objective; physically unconnected
prevalent
renounce
detached
prolific
34. Lacking in flavor; dull
venerate
cursory
recount
insipid
35. Dark; not transparent
capricious
undermine
calculated
opaque
36. Depressed; gloomy
augment
despondent
repel
hypocritical
37. Recognize; admit
acknowledge
inert
enmity
ironic
38. Tending to include all
disputatious
inclusive
tentative
subside
39. Overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess
instigate
disperse
methodical
profusion
40. Difficult to please; squeamish
perpetuate
superfluous
gratify
fastidious
41. Increase; improve
placate
discerning
enhance
inert
42. Make impossible; eliminate
homogeneous
tentative
linger
preclude
43. Sameness; monotony
denounce
satirical
lament
uniformity
44. Waste
squander
ostentatious
discerning
abstruse
45. Impertinence; insolence
predator
impudence
sporadic
fervor
46. Pervading; spread throughout every part
opaque
pervasive
restraint
terse
47. Argumentative; fond of arguing
vilify
disputatious
articulate
inundate
48. Abandon; disown; repudiate
discount
renounce
articulate
candor
49. Very high
lofty
extol
prevalent
austere
50. Obstruct
incorrigible
disseminate
hamper
optimist