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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. Darken; make unclear
prevalent
orator
obscure
deterrent
2. Limited; restricted
invert
qualified
antagonism
exemplary
3. Practicing self-denial; austere
endorse
arbitrary
ascetic
intervene
4. Unwillingness
novelty
apathy
disinclination
eloquence
5. Lack of consistency; difference
artisan
discrepancy
quandary
conciliatory
6. Active enmity
criterion
exhaustive
animosity
intervene
7. Ostentatious; pompous; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
exploit
preclude
hedonist
pretentious
8. Lover of mankind; doer of good
philanthropist
repel
compliance
derivative
9. Brief and compact
anarchist
delineate
thrive
concise
10. Hinder; block; delay
artisan
eulogy
impede
hierarchy
11. Determination; resolve
resolution
profane
implausible
resigned
12. Worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
usurp
gratify
mundane
recluse
13. Advanced in development
aspire
precocious
exacerbate
adulation
14. Unchanging; lacking development
whimsical
anecdote
censure
static
15. Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
capricious
novelty
devise
austere
16. Hateful; spiteful
malicious
fastidious
impudence
confound
17. Censure; rebuke
fastidious
reprove
concise
emulate
18. Put into effect; supply with tools
elated
retract
implement
contentious
19. Hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
reprimand
garrulous
tentative
hamper
20. Teachings - in general; particular principle (religious - legal - etc.) taught
sanction
doctrine
concise
indiscriminate
21. Acquit; exculpate
exonerate
hierarchy
contend
disparity
22. Firmly established by nature or habit
abstract
heresy
inherent
animosity
23. Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful
aesthetic
eulogy
disputatious
gratify
24. Admit; yield
proliferation
appease
concede
rigor
25. Obstruct
reserve
hamper
articulate
antiquated
26. Express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
articulate
deprecate
sage
reserve
27. Belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete
augment
credulity
reprimand
pervasive
28. Pacify; conciliate
placate
scrutinize
adulation
conviction
29. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others
discerning
acclaim
altruistic
thrive
30. Free; disentangle
rhetorical
extricate
intervene
disinclination
31. Opponent
nonchalance
exhilarating
adversary
implausible
32. Unpredictable; fickle; fanciful
capricious
contend
execute
flagrant
33. Self-governing
proliferation
autonomous
disinclination
provincial
34. Frankness; open honesty
disputatious
innate
rancor
candor
35. Generous; openhanded; extravagant; wasteful
intimidate
subside
lavish
cursory
36. Marginal; outer
ostentatious
peripheral
provincial
rebuttal
37. Quarrelsome
contentious
sycophant
divergent
censorious
38. Uprightness; wholeness
doctrine
integrity
hypothetical
innate
39. Self-satisfaction; smugness
complacency
deference
perpetuate
affable
40. Overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
seclusion
condone
piety
appease
41. Struggle; compete; assert earnestly
contend
abstemious
hedonist
authoritarian
42. General agreement
hardy
morose
discrepancy
consensus
43. Seize another power or rank
usurp
decorum
corroborate
indict
44. Self-control; formal but distant manner
reserve
mitigate
artifact
conflagration
45. Isolation; solitude
seclusion
denounce
arbitrary
attribute
46. Compress or shrink; make a pledge; catch a disease
contract
predator
incongruous
aesthetic
47. Choosing at random; confused
indiscriminate
phenomena
alleviate
opportunist
48. Seek to attain; long for
miserly
aspire
impair
censure
49. Thorough; comprehensive
subordinate
exhaustive
insipid
deference
50. Applaud; announce with great approval
concede
inane
acclaim
inert