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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. Praise; glorify
somber
fallacious
confound
extol
2. Conciseness
brevity
digression
obstinate
fallacious
3. Pride; arrogance
deference
exacerbate
haughtiness
thrive
4. Fear
exuberance
apprehension
deplore
methodical
5. Widespread; generally accepted
uniformity
prevalent
document
discount
6. Harmful; damaging
ambivalence
instigate
pretentious
detrimental
7. Learned; scholarly
venerate
erudite
abridge
tentative
8. Compress or shrink; make a pledge; catch a disease
oblivion
meticulous
contract
conviction
9. Ascribe; explain
attribute
conviction
extricate
induce
10. Unchangeable
linger
emulate
lavish
immutable
11. Narrate or tell; count over again
robust
recount
compliance
guile
12. Determination; firmness of purpose
resolve
complacency
opaque
garrulous
13. Admit; yield
scanty
concede
advocate
deprecate
14. Dark; not transparent
presumptuous
prevalent
opaque
partisan
15. Lack of caring; indifference
diligence
listless
conciliatory
apathy
16. Short-lived; fleeting
gullible
haughtiness
ephemeral
hypothetical
17. Wander aimlessly (physically or mentally)
ramble
cajole
perpetuate
denounce
18. One-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
adulation
partisan
inundate
satirical
19. Portray; depict; sketch
illusory
delineate
ephemeral
eclectic
20. Make use of - sometimes unjustly
depravity
exploit
virtuoso
refute
21. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances
opportunist
rhetorical
aloof
fastidious
22. Practicing self-denial; austere
rectify
contentious
ascetic
induce
23. Mysterious; hidden; secret
homogeneous
hedonist
condone
cryptic
24. Judgement that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
exhilarating
conviction
apathy
astute
25. Clever; resourceful
deplore
ingenious
robust
implausible
26. Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
intrepid
euphemism
bolster
endorse
27. Roundabout; erratic; not straightforward
bolster
uniformity
devious
esoteric
28. Lover of mankind; doer of good
artisan
anecdote
advocate
philanthropist
29. Pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
provincial
optimist
concur
reverent
30. Pacify; conciliate
placate
implausible
undermine
explicit
31. Slander
prudent
opulence
vilify
gullible
32. Marginal; outer
discerning
concise
peripheral
curtail
33. Weaken; sap
curtail
linger
eulogy
undermine
34. Blame; criticize
malicious
altruistic
censure
provincial
35. Depressed; gloomy
despondent
exonerate
concede
exacerbate
36. Seek to attain; long for
compile
aspire
subordinate
ambiguous
37. Creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who robs or exploits others
negate
predator
altruistic
astute
38. Withdraw; take back
idiosyncrasy
retract
affable
discerning
39. Compulsion; repression of feelings
antidote
ironic
adversity
constraint
40. Flattery; admiration
glutton
corroborate
egoism
adulation
41. Based on assumptions or hypotheses; supposed
hypothetical
conviction
anarchist
disinclination
42. Experience; support; nourish
superficial
superfluous
sustain
erudite
43. Apart; reserved
artisan
altruistic
sage
aloof
44. Stingy; mean
miserly
philanthropist
obliterate
cordial
45. Use of force to get someone to obey
exemplary
coercion
exhilarating
ascetic
46. Person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority
anarchist
implement
pervasive
deterrent
47. Contradict; give a false impression
hamper
belie
extol
obliterate
48. Excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
fanaticism
lethargic
obstinate
intervene
49. Pervading; spread throughout every part
opaque
dogmatic
prudent
pervasive
50. Easily deceived
detached
aspire
gullible
anecdote