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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. Lacking in flavor; dull
impair
insipid
erroneous
indiscriminate
2. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others
altruistic
venerate
devise
duplicity
3. Mentally quick and observant; having insight
implement
discerning
hypocritical
devise
4. Ostentatious; pompous; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
venerate
antiquated
pretentious
superficial
5. Make use of - sometimes unjustly
exploit
fanaticism
analogous
exacerbate
6. Great fire
diligence
discriminating
conflagration
inadvertent
7. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for
turbulence
gratuitous
scanty
ingenious
8. Express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
provincial
deprecate
rectify
hardy
9. Composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
ostentatious
augment
turmoil
eclectic
10. Gloomy; depressing; dark; drab
impair
somber
concur
substantiate
11. Person who looks on the good side
discerning
optimist
superfluous
hedonist
12. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things
duplicity
tentative
austere
materialism
13. Put into effect; carry out
eloquence
discrepancy
dissent
execute
14. Belittle
disparage
denounce
prevalent
resigned
15. Persuade; bring about
equivocal
endorse
induce
animosity
16. Acquit; exculpate
resolve
prudent
resigned
exonerate
17. Approve; support
peripheral
substantiate
facilitate
endorse
18. Put away from consideration; reject
virtuoso
dismiss
morose
conviction
19. Frankness; open honesty
candor
inert
malicious
complacency
20. Difference; condition of inequality
benevolent
expedient
disparity
hardy
21. Compulsion; repression of feelings
virtuoso
turmoil
rebuttal
constraint
22. Waste
embellish
squander
hypocritical
pervasive
23. Antiquated
antiquated
tentative
disseminate
archaic
24. yielding; timid
submissive
explicit
somber
cryptic
25. Obscure; profound; difficult to understand
digression
superficial
ephemeral
abstruse
26. Help bring about; make less difficult
presumptuous
usurp
furtive
facilitate
27. Praise
eloquence
laud
resigned
elusive
28. Serving as a model; outstanding
ratify
eloquence
exemplary
commemorate
29. Portray; depict; sketch
squander
obliterate
ambivalence
delineate
30. Mistaken; wrong
submissive
indifferent
erroneous
seclusion
31. Highly skilled artist
virtuoso
euphemism
discordant
sycophant
32. Disregard; dismiss
discount
predecessor
exonerate
cajole
33. Determination; firmness of purpose
usurp
lavish
accessible
resolve
34. Unjustified; groundless; undeserved
susceptible
incisive
unwarranted
cursory
35. Easily approachable; warmly friendly
impudence
redundant
exhaustive
affable
36. Accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive
discordant
appease
resigned
antagonism
37. Examine closely and critically
scrutinize
facilitate
ascendancy
meticulous
38. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
ambivalence
impeccable
degradation
qualified
39. Manually skilled worker; craftsman - as opposed to artist
ascendancy
artisan
mundane
indict
40. Damaged; disfigured
denounce
gullible
marred
resigned
41. Boaster
temper
braggart
discriminating
consensus
42. Advanced in development
rhetorical
sporadic
turbulence
precocious
43. Support; reinforce
disputatious
cursory
bolster
curtail
44. Approve; ratify
inconsequential
sanction
lofty
disseminate
45. Scatter
elusive
disperse
eclectic
whimsical
46. Propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
contentious
decorum
vacillate
enmity
47. Struggle; compete; assert earnestly
marred
calculated
contend
superficial
48. Unpredictable; fickle; fanciful
explicit
idiosyncrasy
capricious
prudent
49. Adorn; ornament
static
embellish
hardy
dogmatic
50. Creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who robs or exploits others
feasible
ratify
predator
enmity