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SAT Vocab High Frequency Words

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1. Dilemma
reprove
quandary
volatile
duplicity

2. Nourish; educate; foster
bolster
predecessor
nurture
lethargic

3. Lack of seriousness; lightness
profane
levity
abstract
laud

4. Servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man
intimidate
sycophant
deplore
calculated

5. Double-dealing; hypocrisy
duplicity
guile
expedite
resigned

6. Coax; wheedle
innocuous
predator
ephemeral
cajole

7. Former occupant of a post
predecessor
braggart
exuberance
superfluous

8. Slow; lazy; lethargic
piety
listless
sluggish
qualified

9. Pacify or sooth; relieve
appease
hardy
inherent
duplicity

10. State of violent agitation
discrepancy
turbulence
antagonism
venerate

11. Assemble; gather; accumulate
satirical
novelty
compile
inclusive

12. Wasteful; reckless with money
prodigal
duplicity
pervasive
somber

13. Praise; glorify
robust
enigma
extol
insipid

14. Unnecessary; excessive; overabundant
decorum
superfluous
intervene
incorrigible

15. Provide written evidence
ephemeral
inherent
scrupulous
document

16. Moderate; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel)
elusive
cryptic
enigma
temper

17. Weaken; sap
undermine
austere
hardy
superficial

18. Harmless
antiquated
impeccable
proliferation
innocuous

19. Destroy completely
obscure
negate
obliterate
concise

20. Insignificant; unimportant
marred
inconsequential
eclectic
diffuse

21. Scatter
composure
disperse
methodical
preclude

22. Questionable; filled with doubt
gregarious
disparity
dubious
appease

23. Confirm; support
braggart
corroborate
predecessor
trite

24. Easily deceived
gullible
hypocritical
compile
augment

25. View with scorn or contempt
discrepancy
gregarious
astute
disdain

26. Difficult to please; squeamish
relegate
consensus
fastidious
materialism

27. Agree
vacillate
discriminating
concur
optimist

28. Practicing self-denial; austere
ascetic
meticulous
inadvertent
succinct

29. Unlikely; unbelievable
impede
embellish
implausible
cryptic

30. Not harmonious; conflicting
scanty
recluse
discordant
gullible

31. Ridicule; make fun of
lofty
fallacious
verbose
deride

32. Pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
affirmation
ascendancy
gratify
provincial

33. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
stagnant
heresy
zealot
egoism

34. Seek to attain; long for
aspire
inert
adversary
delineate

35. Invigorating and refreshing; cheering
exhilarating
emulate
corroborate
nurture

36. Medicine to counteract a poison or disease
ramble
discerning
antidote
antagonism

37. Theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
embellish
abstract
stagnant
gregarious

38. Inborn
innate
philanthropist
resolve
renounce

39. Gloomy; depressing; dark; drab
refute
somber
incisive
devise

40. Stubborn; hard to control or treat
obstinate
materialism
whimsical
reprimand

41. Self-satisfaction; smugness
gullible
furtive
affable
complacency

42. Very high
lofty
substantiate
conciliatory
disparage

43. Slander
peripheral
mundane
denounce
vilify

44. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
capricious
abstemious
sycophant
apprehension

45. Person celebrated for wisdom
taciturn
sage
depravity
aspire

46. Narrate or tell; count over again
miserly
gregarious
recount
elusive

47. Generous; openhanded; extravagant; wasteful
instigate
lavish
disparage
cryptic

48. Self-governing
gratuitous
compile
authoritarian
autonomous

49. Approve formally; confirm; verify
ratify
dismiss
rancor
induce

50. Obscure; profound; difficult to understand
qualified
laud
abstruse
facilitate