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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. Lacking in flavor; dull
disdain
exhaustive
insipid
exacerbate
2. Thorough; comprehensive
elated
exhaustive
contentious
marred
3. Old-fashioned; obsolete
antiquated
flagrant
pervasive
novelty
4. Ostentatious; pompous; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
pretentious
tentative
lament
predator
5. Creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who robs or exploits others
degradation
obscure
articulate
predator
6. Loiter or dawdle; continue or persist
arrogance
linger
impair
remorse
7. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others
scanty
opaque
intervene
altruistic
8. Unchanging; lacking development
static
credulity
antiquated
rhetorical
9. Person who looks on the good side
optimist
gratuitous
affirmation
dogmatic
10. Honor the memory of
censorious
commemorate
ascetic
incongruous
11. Praise; glorify
feasible
digression
extol
ambiguous
12. Turn upside down or inside out
feasible
invert
despondent
elusive
13. Obscurity; forgetfulness
tentative
oblivion
artifact
retract
14. Critical
deterrent
censorious
ponderous
austere
15. Conscientious; extremely thorough
criterion
insularity
presumptuous
scrupulous
16. Disrepute; ill fame
hierarchy
prolific
conciliatory
notoriety
17. Casual; hastily done
cursory
curtail
intervene
marred
18. Observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation
immutable
turbulence
phenomena
eloquence
19. Nearness
depravity
document
eclectic
proximity
20. Overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess
profusion
reserve
nonchalance
exemplify
21. Someone who eats too much
euphemism
derivative
glutton
impudence
22. Wander aimlessly (physically or mentally)
ramble
feasible
implement
subordinate
23. Standard used in judging
deterrent
criterion
artifact
aversion
24. Rapid growth; spread; multiplication
eclectic
enmity
disinclination
proliferation
25. Serving as a model; outstanding
exemplary
substantiate
equivocal
concise
26. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
deprecate
detached
reverent
abstemious
27. Waver; fluctuate
static
facilitate
provincial
vacillate
28. Worsen; embitter
cryptic
opportunist
succinct
exacerbate
29. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
ambivalence
reprehensible
cursory
optimist
30. Help bring about; make less difficult
consensus
provincial
facilitate
inherent
31. Depressed; gloomy
prodigal
prevalent
temper
despondent
32. Obstruct
hamper
usurp
cajole
acclaim
33. Boaster
feasible
resolve
subside
braggart
34. Self-control; formal but distant manner
reserve
equivocal
deference
astute
35. Accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive
servile
resigned
uniformity
cordial
36. Weighty; unwieldy
advocate
mitigate
ponderous
intimidate
37. Slander
usurp
vilify
deference
lavish
38. Disown; disavow
disinclination
repudiate
explicit
divergent
39. Habitually silent; talking little
profane
ominous
homogeneous
taciturn
40. Pride; haughtiness
abridge
arrogance
frivolous
gravity
41. Medicine to counteract a poison or disease
recount
exalt
venerate
antidote
42. Make something last; preserve from extinction
denounce
perpetuate
astute
qualified
43. Arrangements by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks
dubious
hierarchy
expedient
exacerbate
44. Refutation; response with contrary evidence
fallacious
transient
rebuttal
dogmatic
45. Widespread; generally accepted
corroborate
prevalent
incite
vindicate
46. Person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority
dogmatic
enmity
precocious
anarchist
47. Occupying a lower rank; inferior; submissive
subordinate
scanty
piety
disperse
48. Abundantly fruitful
prolific
rhetorical
orator
esoteric
49. Waste
reserve
enigma
squander
diminution
50. Relieve
arrogance
prolific
constraint
alleviate