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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. Wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
volatile
ingenious
diffuse
qualified
2. Withdraw; take back
concede
retract
artisan
despondent
3. Lack of caring; indifference
document
sustain
apathy
doctrine
4. Deliberately planned; likely
artifact
censorious
exalt
calculated
5. Change; introduction of something new
esoteric
innovation
incite
artisan
6. Occurring irregularly
ambivalence
anecdote
sporadic
notoriety
7. Overconfident; impertinently bold; taking liberties
notoriety
expedite
superfluous
presumptuous
8. Depressed; gloomy
gullible
squander
innate
despondent
9. One-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
partisan
euphemism
intimidate
insularity
10. Highly skilled artist
authoritarian
malicious
sanction
virtuoso
11. Extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
embellish
renounce
opulence
idiosyncrasy
12. Put away from consideration; reject
altruistic
exacerbate
orator
dismiss
13. Evasive; baffling; hard to grasp
scrutinize
elusive
orator
proliferation
14. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances
optimist
ostentatious
novelty
opportunist
15. Widespread; generally accepted
enhance
exhaustive
prevalent
diffuse
16. Agree
archaic
exacerbate
disseminate
concur
17. Hinder; block; delay
impede
eulogy
adversary
delineate
18. Sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather
listless
calculated
marred
hardy
19. Unmoved or unconcerned by; mediocre
hedonist
indiscriminate
exalt
indifferent
20. Slow; lazy; lethargic
rectify
ratify
sluggish
linger
21. Moderate; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel)
uniformity
temper
elated
squander
22. Drive away; disgust
extricate
partisan
repel
squander
23. Great commotion and confusion
ostentatious
flagrant
turmoil
subordinate
24. Weaken; sap
aversion
contentious
commemorate
undermine
25. Faultless
denounce
enmity
impeccable
novelty
26. Difficult to please; squeamish
fastidious
condone
optimist
disperse
27. State of violent agitation
retract
turbulence
incongruous
pervasive
28. Based on assumptions or hypotheses; supposed
hypothetical
obliterate
sporadic
piety
29. Reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to silence
unwarranted
seclusion
reticence
deplore
30. Harmless
gregarious
innocuous
peripheral
frivolous
31. Deceptive; not real
resolution
qualified
compliance
illusory
32. Make use of - sometimes unjustly
exploit
detached
satirical
gullible
33. Experience; support; nourish
antidote
sustain
erroneous
exonerate
34. Hackneyed; commonplace
ponderous
recount
deterrent
trite
35. Opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
concise
composure
corroborate
dogmatic
36. Injure; hurt
impair
indifferent
qualified
novelty
37. Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
lavish
skeptic
euphemism
analogous
38. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
abstemious
exhaustive
subordinate
volatile
39. Inactive; lacking power to move
disclose
lavish
inert
elated
40. Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
subordinate
morose
remorse
derivative
41. Nourish; educate; foster
equivocal
nurture
fanaticism
trite
42. Loiter or dawdle; continue or persist
homogeneous
somber
reserve
linger
43. Gracious; heartfelt
lament
comprehensive
cordial
restraint
44. Insignificant; unimportant
partisan
inconsequential
incorrigible
belie
45. Humiliation; debasement; degeneration
exhaustive
miserly
antiquated
degradation
46. Seize another power or rank
incorrigible
usurp
artifact
aloof
47. Waver; fluctuate
adversary
denounce
vacillate
antiquated
48. Pacify or sooth; relieve
cajole
appease
constraint
incisive
49. Momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
innocuous
censure
transient
disparity
50. Sameness; monotony
complacency
pessimism
haughtiness
uniformity