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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. Seek to attain; long for
expedite
discount
aspire
expedient
2. Persuade; bring about
pacifist
induce
presumptuous
extraneous
3. Gloomy; depressing; dark; drab
oblivion
opulence
somber
inane
4. Worsen; embitter
enhance
exacerbate
eloquence
notoriety
5. Reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to silence
reticence
artisan
innocuous
eclectic
6. Steadiness of effort; persistent hard work
renounce
diligence
resolution
ambiguous
7. Self-control; formal but distant manner
abridge
reserve
sycophant
ascetic
8. Something new; newness
novelty
tentative
devise
consensus
9. Critical
ominous
bolster
censorious
inherent
10. Extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
compile
brevity
satirical
opulence
11. Distribute; spread; scatter
credulity
degradation
disseminate
sporadic
12. Very high
abstract
lofty
novelty
proximity
13. Narrow-mindedness; isolation
insularity
somber
haughtiness
ingenious
14. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
zealot
notoriety
nonchalance
profound
15. Courteous regard for another's wish
negate
sustain
deference
subside
16. Rapid growth; spread; multiplication
proliferation
fanaticism
bolster
marred
17. Adorn; ornament
hypocritical
dissent
embellish
incongruous
18. Doubter; person who suspends judgment until the evidence supporting a point of view has been examined
incorrigible
abridge
skeptic
esoteric
19. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
artisan
proximity
susceptible
ambiguous
20. Severity
presumptuous
rigor
fallacious
reprove
21. Teachings - in general; particular principle (religious - legal - etc.) taught
doctrine
attribute
discrepancy
adversary
22. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
quandary
abstemious
renounce
belie
23. Lack of seriousness; lightness
levity
rancor
eulogy
disparage
24. Ostentatious; pompous; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
aversion
erroneous
gregarious
pretentious
25. Lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant
incisive
frivolous
ominous
indict
26. Weighty; unwieldy
submissive
immutable
ponderous
frivolous
27. Abundantly fruitful
discordant
trite
incisive
prolific
28. Deliberately planned; likely
detached
obliterate
bolster
calculated
29. Confirm; support
pragmatic
squander
doctrine
corroborate
30. Something that discourages; hindrance
deterrent
linger
perpetuate
lofty
31. Moderate; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel)
lament
haughtiness
predator
temper
32. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
resigned
relegate
decorum
opportunist
33. Make something last; preserve from extinction
perpetuate
inundate
robust
scanty
34. Acquit; exculpate
skeptic
idiosyncrasy
rebuttal
exonerate
35. Honor the memory of
commemorate
nurture
glutton
retract
36. Reveal
conviction
refute
dissent
disclose
37. Loquacious; wordy; talkative
reprimand
guile
garrulous
delineate
38. Thrift; economy
incite
execute
scrupulous
frugality
39. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others
abstruse
quandary
eclectic
altruistic
40. Frankness; open honesty
vindicate
candor
astute
inundate
41. Withdraw; take back
rebuttal
retract
static
seclusion
42. Serve as an example of; embody
censure
duplicity
braggart
exemplify
43. Damaged; disfigured
abstemious
impeccable
notoriety
marred
44. Standard used in judging
recount
implement
egoism
criterion
45. Approve; support
bolster
digression
endorse
ostentatious
46. Lessening; reduction in size
opulence
profound
deprecate
diminution
47. Excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others
egoism
impudence
partisan
extricate
48. General agreement
sanction
consensus
eloquence
superficial
49. Lacking in flavor; dull
insipid
complacency
placate
dissent
50. Shorten; reduce
candor
squander
cursory
curtail