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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. Moderate; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel)
temper
seclusion
orator
censure
2. Faultless
hypocritical
diligence
altruistic
impeccable
3. Not correctable
artifact
denounce
incorrigible
restraint
4. Hinder; block; delay
eulogy
cordial
impede
indiscriminate
5. Worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
meticulous
cryptic
candor
mundane
6. Grieve; express sorrow
diminution
subordinate
comprehensive
lament
7. Judgement that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
altruistic
hardy
conviction
intrepid
8. State of violent agitation
disperse
ascetic
impair
turbulence
9. Very high
piety
concise
lofty
affable
10. Calmness; peace
disperse
ambivalence
tranquility
vacillate
11. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
exhaustive
erudite
ephemeral
esoteric
12. Accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive
opulence
expedite
resigned
ascendancy
13. Disown; disavow
curtail
exemplify
repudiate
compile
14. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
profound
ambivalence
sage
dogmatic
15. Inactive; lacking power to move
attribute
qualified
inane
inert
16. Conciseness
brevity
curtail
exalt
constraint
17. Wander aimlessly (physically or mentally)
exalt
expedite
ramble
intrepid
18. Worsen; embitter
exacerbate
denounce
remorse
lament
19. Gracious; heartfelt
censorious
trite
cordial
quandary
20. Condemn; criticize
ambiguous
ingenious
recluse
denounce
21. Come between
intervene
linger
cryptic
censure
22. Unlikely; unbelievable
discriminating
implausible
compliance
insularity
23. Mocking
satirical
taciturn
inconsequential
rebuttal
24. Lack of consistency; difference
inert
discrepancy
sluggish
decorum
25. Agree
arbitrary
concur
trite
incongruous
26. Sociable
mitigate
gregarious
verbose
lethargic
27. Flattery; admiration
profusion
constraint
exploit
adulation
28. Thorough; inclusive
pessimism
comprehensive
somber
disdain
29. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
servile
hierarchy
relegate
novelty
30. Capricious; fanciful
haughtiness
astute
whimsical
zealot
31. Systematic
quandary
indifferent
nonchalance
methodical
32. Ridicule; make fun of
curtail
pacifist
mundane
deride
33. Pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
listless
provincial
disputatious
artifact
34. Easily deceived
gullible
brevity
contentious
opaque
35. Seize another power or rank
despondent
usurp
decorum
optimist
36. Easy to approach; obtainable
deterrent
exhilarating
accessible
trite
37. Deserving blame
brevity
inherent
reprehensible
equivocal
38. Pretending to be virtuous; deceiving
hamper
emulate
altruistic
hypocritical
39. Inborn
innate
lethargic
notoriety
turbulence
40. Use of force to get someone to obey
predecessor
malicious
coercion
calculated
41. Of the same kind
fallacious
homogeneous
resolve
cryptic
42. Harmless
innocuous
vilify
preclude
ascetic
43. Boaster
braggart
redundant
intrepid
scrutinize
44. Disagree
conciliatory
dissent
methodical
aesthetic
45. Frighten
discount
orator
provincial
intimidate
46. Wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
furtive
authoritarian
diffuse
conflagration
47. Lacking in flavor; dull
pervasive
insipid
affirmation
embellish
48. Establish by evidence; verify; support
altruistic
sporadic
substantiate
capricious
49. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
reprove
trite
zealot
notoriety
50. Puzzle; mystery
eclectic
enigma
susceptible
scrupulous