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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. Obscurity; forgetfulness
oblivion
concur
refute
redundant
2. Evasive; baffling; hard to grasp
opulence
elusive
discount
garrulous
3. Self-governing
egoism
precocious
prevalent
autonomous
4. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
profusion
consensus
exalt
zealot
5. Unwillingness
orator
constraint
disinclination
cryptic
6. Of the same kind
homogeneous
oblivion
dissent
sycophant
7. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
induce
impair
abstemious
quandary
8. Persuade; bring about
ambiguous
static
satirical
induce
9. Hackneyed; commonplace
concise
heresy
trite
fastidious
10. Insignificant; unimportant
reverent
inconsequential
hypothetical
scrutinize
11. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
whimsical
conviction
relegate
abstract
12. Stubborn; hard to control or treat
vindicate
optimist
renounce
obstinate
13. Wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
illusory
invert
opaque
diffuse
14. Conspicuously wicked; blatant
analogous
abstruse
flagrant
disparage
15. Theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
eloquence
extol
abstract
affirmation
16. Hinder; block; delay
subside
intimidate
impede
innocuous
17. Confirm; support
gravity
reprove
vigor
corroborate
18. Support; reinforce
bolster
apathy
esoteric
abstract
19. Narrow-mindedness; isolation
exuberance
insularity
nonchalance
adversity
20. Concise; abrupt; pithy
equivocal
terse
despondent
marred
21. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for
gratuitous
lavish
disseminate
resigned
22. Pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language
obscure
profusion
rhetorical
cajole
23. Person celebrated for wisdom
deprecate
nurture
sage
censure
24. Controlling influence; domination
ascendancy
fallacious
instigate
hypothetical
25. Increase; improve
innate
enhance
gratify
renounce
26. Excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
compile
fanaticism
feasible
capricious
27. One-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
conciliatory
partisan
anarchist
incorrigible
28. Deceit; duplicity
composure
nurture
guile
flagrant
29. Injure; hurt
artifact
instigate
impair
autonomous
30. Praise; glorify
extol
ostentatious
pessimism
artisan
31. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
vilify
archaic
tranquility
fervor
32. Someone who eats too much
hardy
enhance
glutton
implement
33. Propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
esoteric
intimidate
ostentatious
decorum
34. Imitate; rival
pretentious
susceptible
piety
emulate
35. Hasten
exonerate
benevolent
gratuitous
expedite
36. Depressed; gloomy
document
inclusive
lavish
despondent
37. Something new; newness
affable
dogmatic
novelty
ambiguous
38. Set right; correct
rectify
curtail
affable
contend
39. Slander
fallacious
vilify
sporadic
guile
40. Limited; restricted
qualified
inundate
meticulous
nurture
41. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
zealot
conviction
concise
esoteric
42. Roundabout; erratic; not straightforward
uniformity
repel
materialism
devious
43. Casual; hastily done
cursory
malicious
terse
innovation
44. Bitterness; hatred
rancor
fanaticism
alleviate
accessible
45. Reconciling; soothing
static
conciliatory
profane
ingenious
46. Dilemma
glutton
quandary
discerning
obscure
47. Hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
placate
tentative
acknowledge
decorum
48. Seek to attain; long for
aspire
exacerbate
incisive
devise
49. Practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something
pretentious
elusive
divergent
pragmatic
50. Practical
feasible
derivative
prolific
affable