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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. Teachings - in general; particular principle (religious - legal - etc.) taught
indiscriminate
partisan
superfluous
doctrine
2. Grieve; express sorrow
inert
denounce
lament
antiquated
3. Please
concur
augment
impair
gratify
4. Narrate or tell; count over again
astute
recount
constraint
archaic
5. Moderation of self-control; controlling force; restriction
restraint
hedonist
lethargic
incite
6. Choosing at random; confused
duplicity
inclusive
indiscriminate
refute
7. Come between
static
resigned
gullible
intervene
8. Boaster
sanction
gravity
obscure
braggart
9. Sociable
enmity
rhetorical
tranquility
gregarious
10. Stealthy; sneaky
authoritarian
hardy
appease
furtive
11. Overwhelm; flood; submerge
devise
censorious
inundate
divergent
12. Lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant
diligence
optimist
ambiguous
frivolous
13. Hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
tentative
notoriety
cordial
exacerbate
14. Concise; abrupt; pithy
disinclination
acknowledge
terse
exploit
15. Opponent
adversary
expedite
apathy
astute
16. Moderate; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel)
temper
redundant
arrogance
homogeneous
17. Revere
censorious
venerate
instigate
exemplary
18. Impertinence; insolence
marred
redundant
orator
impudence
19. Belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete
gregarious
credulity
obscure
elusive
20. yielding; timid
virtuoso
cursory
eclectic
submissive
21. Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
impede
terse
morose
heresy
22. Deep; not superficial; complete
profound
reserve
contentious
censure
23. Pacify; conciliate
placate
vacillate
quandary
detached
24. Prosper; flourish
resolve
thrive
astute
hypothetical
25. Loiter or dawdle; continue or persist
terse
redundant
corroborate
linger
26. Urge; plead for
advocate
novelty
exhaustive
diligence
27. Wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
diffuse
virtuoso
embellish
impede
28. Impressionable; easily influenced; having little resistance - as to a disease; receptive to
disparity
susceptible
rhetorical
scanty
29. Assemble; gather; accumulate
ostentatious
compile
uniformity
sustain
30. Pervading; spread throughout every part
pervasive
intervene
detrimental
mitigate
31. Excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
curtail
fanaticism
reticence
frivolous
32. Persuade; bring about
conciliatory
advocate
opportunist
induce
33. Determination; resolve
oblivion
resolution
composure
homogeneous
34. Obstruct
hamper
morose
intimidate
eloquence
35. Great commotion and confusion
predecessor
turmoil
hypocritical
rancor
36. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others
authoritarian
impeccable
altruistic
substantiate
37. Casual; hastily done
haughtiness
cursory
rebuttal
sycophant
38. Adorn; ornament
levity
prodigal
embellish
rhetorical
39. Deliberately planned; likely
anarchist
derivative
unwarranted
calculated
40. Lack of caring; indifference
devious
animosity
apathy
temper
41. Threatening
archaic
deplore
ominous
antagonism
42. Express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
levity
undermine
deprecate
expedite
43. Sameness; monotony
censorious
sanction
uniformity
explicit
44. Raise in rank or dignity; praise
fervor
partisan
exalt
degradation
45. Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
euphemism
calculated
pacifist
gravity
46. View with scorn or contempt
criterion
feasible
disdain
phenomena
47. Extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
braggart
opulence
gravity
deference
48. Flattery; admiration
thrive
diffuse
pragmatic
adulation
49. Excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
innocuous
cryptic
meticulous
pragmatic
50. Former occupant of a post
commemorate
oblivion
disperse
predecessor