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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
devious
implement
esoteric
deride
2. Flattery; admiration
rhetorical
qualified
adulation
negate
3. Waste
innocuous
dismiss
superfluous
squander
4. Ascribe; explain
explicit
recount
coercion
attribute
5. Ostentatious; pompous; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
nurture
pretentious
ingenious
disinclination
6. yielding; timid
diligence
submissive
ramble
orator
7. Judgement that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
disparage
indiscriminate
incisive
conviction
8. Condense or shorten
abridge
innocuous
venerate
redundant
9. Accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive
resigned
indict
adversity
rectify
10. Mentally quick and observant; having insight
discerning
quandary
insularity
heresy
11. Urge; start; provoke
aspire
peripheral
idiosyncrasy
instigate
12. Adorn; ornament
whimsical
embellish
insipid
transient
13. Dark; not transparent
denounce
opaque
furtive
antiquated
14. Something new; newness
furtive
resolve
concede
novelty
15. Thorough; inclusive
exuberance
fervor
comprehensive
levity
16. Injure; hurt
impair
archaic
anecdote
restraint
17. Support; reinforce
scrupulous
altruistic
antiquated
bolster
18. Hostility; active resistance
deprecate
extricate
antagonism
conciliatory
19. Disprove
refute
mitigate
divergent
benevolent
20. Cutting; sharp
nurture
vigor
incongruous
incisive
21. Hasten
expedite
scrupulous
egoism
inert
22. One-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
reprove
partisan
lavish
decorum
23. Unnecessary; excessive; overabundant
enhance
eulogy
artifact
superfluous
24. Agree
concur
provincial
ascendancy
denounce
25. Nearness
proximity
linger
thrive
antidote
26. Fear
calculated
apprehension
diffuse
ascendancy
27. Indifference; lack of concern; composure
fallacious
nonchalance
submissive
opaque
28. Drive away; disgust
deride
reprove
feasible
repel
29. Violate; desecrate; treat unworthily
materialism
exhilarating
detached
profane
30. Wordy
invert
verbose
stagnant
venerate
31. Settle down; descend; grow quiet
illusory
exonerate
subside
deterrent
32. Depressed; gloomy
meticulous
despondent
scrupulous
reverent
33. Mysterious; hidden; secret
adulation
scanty
arrogance
cryptic
34. Raise in rank or dignity; praise
preclude
credulity
exalt
discerning
35. Regret; disapprove of
concise
concur
deplore
proximity
36. Disown; disavow
antidote
redundant
repudiate
obstinate
37. Based on assumptions or hypotheses; supposed
malicious
hypothetical
satirical
profusion
38. Subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will
insipid
authoritarian
accessible
eulogy
39. Recognize; admit
derivative
garrulous
acknowledge
dismiss
40. Obscurity; forgetfulness
terse
oblivion
predecessor
deterrent
41. Frankness; open honesty
diligence
partisan
candor
complacency
42. Unjustified; groundless; undeserved
levity
contentious
unwarranted
antagonism
43. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
austere
predator
volatile
adversity
44. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things
materialism
deference
discerning
predecessor
45. Thrift; economy
redundant
frugality
precocious
skeptic
46. Something that discourages; hindrance
bolster
deterrent
candor
abstract
47. Respectful; worshipful
reverent
composure
delineate
sycophant
48. Persuade; bring about
emulate
hierarchy
ephemeral
induce
49. Individual trait - usually odd in nature; eccentricity
materialism
idiosyncrasy
accessible
cajole
50. Loiter or dawdle; continue or persist
enmity
profusion
accessible
linger