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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. Person who looks on the good side
optimist
exacerbate
refute
induce
2. Capricious; fanciful
detrimental
scanty
whimsical
corroborate
3. Destroy completely
profusion
usurp
obliterate
susceptible
4. Invigorating and refreshing; cheering
exhilarating
diminution
satirical
novelty
5. Withdraw; take back
retract
facilitate
innocuous
deplore
6. Individual trait - usually odd in nature; eccentricity
virtuoso
idiosyncrasy
skeptic
eloquence
7. Self-satisfaction; smugness
resolution
rebuttal
anarchist
complacency
8. Imitate; rival
implement
resolution
braggart
emulate
9. Overjoyed; in high spirits
endorse
rhetorical
elated
scanty
10. Provide written evidence
acknowledge
confound
document
reserve
11. Trivial; shallow
superficial
aloof
preclude
enigma
12. Great fire
indifferent
inclusive
conflagration
bolster
13. Ambiguous; intentionally misleading
ascendancy
equivocal
laud
invert
14. Thorough; inclusive
homogeneous
deterrent
comprehensive
aloof
15. Practicing self-denial; austere
frugality
ascetic
static
capricious
16. Slavish; cringing
servile
curtail
expedite
repudiate
17. Injure; hurt
impair
autonomous
phenomena
disinclination
18. Overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess
profusion
phenomena
discriminating
exonerate
19. Opponent
divergent
adversary
placate
tentative
20. Blame; criticize
fervor
censure
appease
denounce
21. Person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority
facilitate
vacillate
anarchist
somber
22. Belittle
coercion
compile
disparage
commemorate
23. Agree
concur
anarchist
opportunist
discriminating
24. Make use of - sometimes unjustly
innovation
exploit
vilify
volatile
25. Evasive; baffling; hard to grasp
extricate
mitigate
elusive
pervasive
26. Portray; depict; sketch
delineate
artisan
cryptic
endorse
27. Pride; haughtiness
cryptic
arrogance
detached
squander
28. Pacify; conciliate
vilify
somber
placate
apprehension
29. Motionless; stale; dull
gravity
concede
stagnant
perpetuate
30. Make something last; preserve from extinction
ambivalence
perpetuate
incisive
brevity
31. Disown; disavow
repudiate
condone
intrepid
gregarious
32. Hinder; block; delay
impede
repel
enmity
hypothetical
33. Struggle; compete; assert earnestly
reverent
contend
oblivion
antiquated
34. Censure; rebuke
vindicate
exonerate
relegate
reprove
35. Courteous regard for another's wish
extol
fanaticism
impudence
deference
36. Distribute; spread; scatter
disseminate
fallacious
pragmatic
affable
37. Put into effect; supply with tools
methodical
deride
implement
provincial
38. Sameness; monotony
feasible
linger
uniformity
elated
39. Wandering away from the subject
exploit
benevolent
lofty
digression
40. Thrift; economy
flagrant
confound
frugality
anecdote
41. Disregard; dismiss
recluse
aspire
scrupulous
discount
42. Charge
indict
usurp
devious
exuberance
43. Generous; charitable
belie
benevolent
sycophant
devious
44. Drowsy; dull
sycophant
exploit
vindicate
lethargic
45. Overconfident; impertinently bold; taking liberties
presumptuous
invert
candor
seclusion
46. Excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others
condone
flagrant
resigned
egoism
47. Lack of seriousness; lightness
affirmation
levity
impeccable
antagonism
48. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
abstemious
elated
profane
hypothetical
49. Reveal
disclose
disdain
disperse
materialism
50. Bitterness; hatred
rancor
skeptic
opportunist
eulogy