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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. Reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to silence
sycophant
reticence
scrutinize
appease
2. Pacify or sooth; relieve
appease
doctrine
perpetuate
exalt
3. yielding; timid
deprecate
submissive
ratify
discriminating
4. Faultless
fastidious
authoritarian
subordinate
impeccable
5. Impertinence; insolence
gratify
explicit
pretentious
impudence
6. Widespread; generally accepted
delineate
recount
prevalent
methodical
7. Charge
benevolent
indict
abstemious
undermine
8. Come between
incorrigible
hamper
temper
intervene
9. Belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess
philanthropist
inert
corroborate
pessimism
10. Ambiguous; intentionally misleading
equivocal
mundane
superficial
diminution
11. Unchanging; lacking development
coercion
concede
static
somber
12. Lack of seriousness; lightness
resolution
ambiguous
levity
whimsical
13. Superfluous; repetitious; excessively wordy
restraint
redundant
explicit
discrepancy
14. Pretending to be virtuous; deceiving
complacency
listless
hypocritical
artisan
15. Hinder; block; delay
glutton
composure
impede
proximity
16. Motionless; stale; dull
stagnant
gratify
diffuse
opportunist
17. Courteous regard for another's wish
degradation
deference
prodigal
scanty
18. Self-governing
autonomous
hypocritical
resigned
proximity
19. Hasten
gratify
expedite
decorum
peripheral
20. Revere
gratify
venerate
erudite
dogmatic
21. Something new; newness
integrity
uniformity
novelty
rectify
22. Questionable; filled with doubt
nurture
dubious
unwarranted
gullible
23. Worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
antidote
resigned
inconsequential
mundane
24. Weaken; sap
undermine
servile
ironic
concur
25. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
ephemeral
impeccable
abstemious
restraint
26. Active enmity
lavish
phenomena
enmity
animosity
27. Obscurity; forgetfulness
oblivion
prudent
piety
eulogy
28. Unpredictable; fickle; fanciful
nurture
conviction
transient
capricious
29. Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
austere
furtive
relegate
exhaustive
30. Not essential; superfluous
profusion
extraneous
incongruous
resigned
31. Lack of consistency; difference
repel
hedonist
discordant
discrepancy
32. Overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness
compliance
marred
exuberance
robust
33. Hackneyed; commonplace
credulity
discount
extraneous
trite
34. Lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant
frivolous
integrity
augment
benevolent
35. Stealthy; sneaky
sporadic
sycophant
furtive
devious
36. Unlikely; unbelievable
discount
composure
implausible
peripheral
37. One who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
volatile
optimist
acclaim
hedonist
38. Deep; not superficial; complete
comprehensive
profound
tentative
renounce
39. Harmful; damaging
malicious
disparity
detrimental
decorum
40. Dark; not transparent
ponderous
rebuttal
opaque
pretentious
41. Violate; desecrate; treat unworthily
static
methodical
profane
optimist
42. Contradict; give a false impression
belie
feasible
fanaticism
criterion
43. Medicine to counteract a poison or disease
antidote
virtuoso
dismiss
emulate
44. Hermit; loner
exemplify
recluse
seclusion
apprehension
45. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
temper
glutton
frivolous
esoteric
46. Excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others
vigor
rectify
robust
egoism
47. Narrate or tell; count over again
disclose
deterrent
arrogance
recount
48. Sociable
zealot
gregarious
acknowledge
reprehensible
49. Overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
disdain
sluggish
condone
obstinate
50. Slander
prolific
doctrine
vilify
gravity