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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. View with scorn or contempt
discriminating
tranquility
disdain
profound
2. Practicing self-denial; austere
arbitrary
ascetic
augment
cryptic
3. Double-dealing; hypocrisy
rhetorical
duplicity
compliance
stagnant
4. Subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will
ratify
insipid
authoritarian
adversity
5. Provide written evidence
inherent
capricious
incite
document
6. Abandon; disown; repudiate
repel
immutable
inclusive
renounce
7. Make impossible; eliminate
preclude
esoteric
ponderous
opaque
8. Mysterious; hidden; secret
cryptic
acknowledge
mundane
credulity
9. Lover of mankind; doer of good
archaic
complacency
somber
philanthropist
10. Harmful; damaging
tentative
illusory
ostentatious
detrimental
11. State of violent agitation
turbulence
egoism
succinct
innate
12. Person who looks on the good side
methodical
retract
depravity
optimist
13. Apart; reserved
aspire
aloof
alleviate
inert
14. Guilt; self-reproach
vindicate
dogmatic
mundane
remorse
15. Momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
innovation
venerate
transient
exacerbate
16. Appease; moderate
precocious
ramble
rectify
mitigate
17. Agree
concur
extraneous
abstruse
gregarious
18. Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
sage
euphemism
recluse
antiquated
19. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
ambiguous
aloof
lament
pragmatic
20. Violate; desecrate; treat unworthily
hierarchy
substantiate
candor
profane
21. Settle down; descend; grow quiet
subside
orator
devious
innovation
22. Overconfident; impertinently bold; taking liberties
consensus
presumptuous
erudite
exemplify
23. Disown; disavow
repudiate
impeccable
enhance
venerate
24. Worsen; embitter
eloquence
pervasive
impair
exacerbate
25. Weighty; unwieldy
derivative
hypothetical
ponderous
expedite
26. Creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who robs or exploits others
pretentious
predator
disdain
dismiss
27. Please
turmoil
cursory
embellish
gratify
28. Medicine to counteract a poison or disease
execute
intrepid
antidote
sporadic
29. Belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete
credulity
prudent
hardy
oblivion
30. Unpredictable; fickle; fanciful
provincial
deterrent
capricious
enhance
31. Experience; support; nourish
detached
exemplary
disinclination
sustain
32. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
abstemious
nonchalance
seclusion
diminution
33. Clear from blame; exonerate; justify or support
vindicate
whimsical
instigate
censure
34. Seize another power or rank
deference
usurp
resolve
eclectic
35. Totally clear; definite; outspoken
explicit
subordinate
preclude
commemorate
36. Disagree
arbitrary
dissent
pragmatic
profane
37. Portray; depict; sketch
disparage
retract
inherent
delineate
38. Use of force to get someone to obey
eloquence
insipid
coercion
zealot
39. False; misleading
fallacious
static
antidote
despondent
40. Lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant
frivolous
antiquated
extraneous
abstruse
41. Vigorous; strong
reprehensible
resigned
illusory
robust
42. Narrow-mindedness; isolation
elusive
insularity
perpetuate
facilitate
43. Unchanging; lacking development
augment
static
superficial
detrimental
44. Quarrelsome
terse
ominous
curtail
contentious
45. Argumentative; fond of arguing
impudence
disputatious
frivolous
exemplary
46. Deceit; duplicity
guile
candor
composure
opulence
47. Flattery; admiration
diffuse
adulation
discerning
unwarranted
48. Struggle; compete; assert earnestly
contend
partisan
ratify
ascetic
49. Observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation
phenomena
eloquence
scanty
haughtiness
50. One opposed to force; anti-militarist
pacifist
opulence
resolution
inundate