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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. State of violent agitation
coercion
turbulence
intimidate
ratify
2. Compulsion; repression of feelings
exuberance
ascendancy
guile
constraint
3. Arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist
venerate
incite
benevolent
embellish
4. Blame; criticize
remorse
condone
censure
enigma
5. Short-lived; fleeting
exacerbate
fanaticism
ephemeral
scrutinize
6. Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
elated
abstemious
recluse
austere
7. Impertinence; insolence
exhilarating
diligence
impudence
erudite
8. Generous; charitable
aloof
benevolent
resigned
profound
9. Ostentatious; pompous; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
reprimand
instigate
pretentious
exhilarating
10. Depressed; gloomy
exhilarating
gravity
despondent
accessible
11. Unchanging; lacking development
endorse
deference
ingenious
static
12. Wander aimlessly (physically or mentally)
incisive
marred
predecessor
ramble
13. Critical
methodical
censorious
extricate
recount
14. Unmoved or unconcerned by; mediocre
restraint
indifferent
impede
intrepid
15. Quarrelsome
illusory
contentious
astute
resigned
16. Disprove
prodigal
terse
refute
indict
17. Put into effect; supply with tools
implement
sage
ponderous
incorrigible
18. Medicine to counteract a poison or disease
antidote
fanaticism
endorse
whimsical
19. View with scorn or contempt
profusion
execute
arbitrary
disdain
20. Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
articulate
ostentatious
deplore
pessimism
21. Excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
rancor
opulence
fanaticism
peripheral
22. Gloomy; depressing; dark; drab
somber
diffuse
indifferent
innate
23. Unlikely; unbelievable
prolific
exemplify
implausible
discordant
24. Brief and compact
fanaticism
innocuous
concise
vilify
25. Advanced in development
diligence
archaic
precocious
authoritarian
26. Slow; lazy; lethargic
gravity
sluggish
mundane
illusory
27. Pacify; conciliate
placate
dubious
ephemeral
enhance
28. Reveal
feasible
linger
inadvertent
disclose
29. Abandon; disown; repudiate
comprehensive
servile
inert
renounce
30. Wandering away from the subject
digression
fallacious
extricate
reprove
31. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
ostentatious
fervor
qualified
aspire
32. Opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
acclaim
augment
aesthetic
heresy
33. Withdraw; take back
implement
retract
astute
novelty
34. Practical
feasible
whimsical
pervasive
materialism
35. Grieve; express sorrow
obstinate
lament
despondent
incongruous
36. Uprightness; wholeness
incite
fastidious
integrity
meticulous
37. Think up; invent; plan
undermine
ephemeral
devise
tentative
38. Occurring irregularly
incongruous
impair
sporadic
despondent
39. Expression of praise - often on the occasion of someone's death
reticence
eulogy
qualified
taciturn
40. Pride; arrogance
attribute
compliance
haughtiness
advocate
41. Slander
miserly
vilify
vacillate
eulogy
42. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things
materialism
implement
degradation
depravity
43. Difference; condition of inequality
usurp
disparity
innocuous
temper
44. Not essential; superfluous
antidote
hedonist
extraneous
abstemious
45. Someone who eats too much
affirmation
notoriety
artisan
glutton
46. Creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who robs or exploits others
disinclination
listless
censure
predator
47. Courteous regard for another's wish
deference
precocious
sanction
impair
48. Reprove severely; rebuke
predator
venerate
reprove
reprimand
49. Increase; add to
innocuous
miserly
discerning
augment
50. Condemn; criticize
expedient
resolution
pervasive
denounce