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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. One who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
embellish
hedonist
inert
apprehension
2. Abandon; disown; repudiate
devise
oblivion
renounce
phenomena
3. Censure; rebuke
acclaim
reprove
pervasive
affirmation
4. Nourish; educate; foster
abstract
nurture
aloof
lofty
5. Reprove severely; rebuke
sanction
reprimand
disdain
contract
6. Pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language
repel
rhetorical
exhilarating
inert
7. Hostility; active resistance
listless
optimist
gregarious
antagonism
8. Questionable; filled with doubt
artisan
verbose
dubious
impair
9. Unchangeable
immutable
acclaim
altruistic
arrogance
10. Slavish; cringing
advocate
servile
recount
lament
11. Firmly established by nature or habit
inherent
deference
appease
piety
12. Faultless
gratify
gravity
impeccable
laud
13. Lover of mankind; doer of good
methodical
verbose
philanthropist
seclusion
14. Reveal
miserly
incongruous
disclose
malicious
15. Argumentative; fond of arguing
disputatious
refute
indiscriminate
disperse
16. Subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will
prodigal
flagrant
artisan
authoritarian
17. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for
somber
sage
discount
gratuitous
18. Calmness; peace
tranquility
deference
abstract
methodical
19. Cautious; careful
immutable
lofty
rectify
prudent
20. Active enmity
usurp
susceptible
ostentatious
animosity
21. Doubter; person who suspends judgment until the evidence supporting a point of view has been examined
ambiguous
temper
resigned
skeptic
22. Stingy; mean
exonerate
deride
miserly
erudite
23. Quarrelsome
provincial
undermine
contentious
usurp
24. Casual; hastily done
cursory
induce
rhetorical
impair
25. Praise; glorify
furtive
extol
comprehensive
doctrine
26. Narrow-mindedness; isolation
ominous
insularity
disputatious
profound
27. Humiliation; debasement; degeneration
decorum
alleviate
degradation
somber
28. Harmful; damaging
animosity
detrimental
vindicate
inherent
29. Deliberately planned; likely
flagrant
censure
calculated
affirmation
30. Very high
intervene
resigned
lofty
adversity
31. Ambiguous; intentionally misleading
taciturn
equivocal
advocate
curtail
32. Of the same kind
commemorate
homogeneous
intervene
haughtiness
33. Fearless
attribute
conciliatory
apprehension
intrepid
34. Lacking in flavor; dull
abstract
garrulous
predator
insipid
35. Standard used in judging
homogeneous
composure
criterion
deference
36. Wandering away from the subject
digression
piety
inherent
authoritarian
37. Deceptive; not real
disputatious
illusory
scrupulous
turmoil
38. Confuse; puzzle
corroborate
confound
deplore
acclaim
39. Struggle; compete; assert earnestly
enmity
predecessor
contend
rebuttal
40. Sameness; monotony
relegate
uniformity
venerate
equivocal
41. Praise
diffuse
disparage
laud
disdain
42. Weighty; unwieldy
disparage
ponderous
astute
compile
43. Nearness
subordinate
pessimism
proximity
intimidate
44. Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
depravity
morose
susceptible
document
45. Momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
insularity
coercion
transient
elusive
46. Moderation of self-control; controlling force; restriction
diffuse
restraint
subside
ostentatious
47. Use of force to get someone to obey
acknowledge
recount
coercion
gratify
48. Increase; improve
trite
transient
levity
enhance
49. Examine closely and critically
marred
scrutinize
deference
advocate
50. Extreme corruption; wickedness
fallacious
exemplary
depravity
ephemeral