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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. Former occupant of a post
disclose
predecessor
concise
optimist
2. Deserving blame
mundane
reprehensible
elated
hamper
3. Confuse; puzzle
attribute
confound
rigor
morose
4. Charge
static
indict
sycophant
euphemism
5. Apart; reserved
enhance
virtuoso
opaque
aloof
6. Difficult to please; squeamish
predecessor
preclude
uniformity
fastidious
7. Highly skilled artist
virtuoso
frivolous
vigor
obstinate
8. Disregard; dismiss
discount
commemorate
vilify
thrive
9. Excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
exhilarating
repel
fanaticism
vigor
10. Make use of - sometimes unjustly
susceptible
taciturn
exploit
rigor
11. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
indifferent
esoteric
repudiate
obstinate
12. Threatening
ominous
sage
impede
stagnant
13. False; misleading
illusory
placate
concede
fallacious
14. Respectful; worshipful
diffuse
reverent
turmoil
detached
15. Waste
peripheral
rhetorical
impudence
squander
16. Increase; add to
candor
sycophant
augment
ramble
17. Mentally quick and observant; having insight
enmity
discerning
dismiss
somber
18. Opponent
adversary
rectify
transient
exonerate
19. Boaster
autonomous
enigma
braggart
confound
20. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
dubious
relegate
conviction
innovation
21. Active enmity
indifferent
contend
animosity
execute
22. yielding; timid
submissive
appease
disinclination
verbose
23. Not harmonious; conflicting
adversity
pragmatic
discerning
discordant
24. Opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
dogmatic
delineate
composure
hypocritical
25. Generous; openhanded; extravagant; wasteful
lavish
facilitate
phenomena
pacifist
26. Weighty; unwieldy
alleviate
pacifist
disparity
ponderous
27. Cancel out; nullify; deny
negate
restraint
seclusion
hierarchy
28. Reprove severely; rebuke
degradation
reprimand
feasible
inclusive
29. Unpredictable; fickle; fanciful
derivative
exemplify
trite
capricious
30. Composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
satirical
elated
submissive
eclectic
31. Come between
intervene
lofty
illusory
impeccable
32. Determination; firmness of purpose
retract
verbose
resolve
embellish
33. Flattery; admiration
adulation
diminution
disinclination
analogous
34. Overconfident; impertinently bold; taking liberties
concede
attribute
presumptuous
thrive
35. Pacify or sooth; relieve
appease
alleviate
obscure
substantiate
36. Deceit; duplicity
erudite
concede
diminution
guile
37. Contradict; give a false impression
austere
indiscriminate
belie
turbulence
38. Extreme corruption; wickedness
precocious
cursory
depravity
retract
39. Judgement that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
instigate
conviction
innocuous
ascendancy
40. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
zealot
provincial
compliance
euphemism
41. Evasive; baffling; hard to grasp
piety
hypothetical
elusive
gullible
42. Choosing at random; confused
piety
indiscriminate
frivolous
impair
43. Effective; distinct
stagnant
detrimental
dismiss
articulate
44. Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
deterrent
alleviate
criterion
morose
45. Rapid growth; spread; multiplication
hierarchy
exhilarating
animosity
proliferation
46. Ill will; hatred
predecessor
execute
enmity
extraneous
47. Make impossible; eliminate
illusory
criterion
preclude
authoritarian
48. Not correctable
affirmation
disputatious
temper
incorrigible
49. Arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist
extricate
explicit
incite
integrity
50. Seek to attain; long for
aspire
emulate
listless
altruistic