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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. Reprove severely; rebuke
turmoil
resolve
reprimand
vacillate
2. Inactive; lacking power to move
diminution
inert
egoism
condone
3. Theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
subside
capricious
abstract
austere
4. Compulsion; repression of feelings
constraint
satirical
credulity
diligence
5. Occurring irregularly
tranquility
sporadic
indiscriminate
feasible
6. Determination; resolve
resolution
transient
immutable
glutton
7. Disown; disavow
repudiate
enhance
derivative
obliterate
8. Assemble; gather; accumulate
aesthetic
ostentatious
lament
compile
9. Boaster
affirmation
extricate
braggart
innocuous
10. Tending to include all
inadvertent
squander
inclusive
philanthropist
11. Resulting in an unexpected and contrary outcome
ironic
fanaticism
analogous
mundane
12. View with scorn or contempt
disdain
sycophant
malicious
articulate
13. Practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something
vilify
pragmatic
rebuttal
hypocritical
14. Nourish; educate; foster
temper
nurture
animosity
adversity
15. Clever; resourceful
idiosyncrasy
ingenious
phenomena
incisive
16. Distribute; spread; scatter
ascetic
censure
disseminate
temper
17. Ambiguous; intentionally misleading
precocious
criterion
equivocal
animosity
18. Destroy completely
rhetorical
obliterate
articulate
prudent
19. Violate; desecrate; treat unworthily
scanty
antiquated
scrupulous
profane
20. Appease; moderate
derivative
arrogance
compile
mitigate
21. Lacking in flavor; dull
insipid
disputatious
turmoil
intimidate
22. Provide written evidence
document
emulate
austere
prolific
23. Slavish; cringing
obliterate
precocious
servile
denounce
24. Free; disentangle
intimidate
disinclination
extricate
esoteric
25. Raise in rank or dignity; praise
exalt
exuberance
inert
sage
26. Determination; firmness of purpose
repel
resolve
extraneous
superficial
27. Generous; openhanded; extravagant; wasteful
cordial
notoriety
unwarranted
lavish
28. Critical
morose
censorious
attribute
affable
29. Evasive; baffling; hard to grasp
confound
elusive
braggart
scrupulous
30. Humiliation; debasement; degeneration
degradation
gratify
gravity
exonerate
31. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for
philanthropist
disseminate
gratuitous
antagonism
32. Brief and compact
sustain
subordinate
concise
profound
33. Make impossible; eliminate
sluggish
unwarranted
preclude
succinct
34. Firm dislike
diligence
aversion
implement
turbulence
35. Pride; arrogance
diffuse
vilify
haughtiness
hamper
36. Mocking
restraint
implement
refute
satirical
37. Acquit; exculpate
volatile
resolution
exonerate
advocate
38. Choosing at random; confused
ambivalence
incite
obscure
indiscriminate
39. Systematic
attribute
methodical
indiscriminate
archaic
40. Capricious; fanciful
enhance
prolific
whimsical
incongruous
41. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
robust
affable
austere
volatile
42. Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
commemorate
credulity
haughtiness
relegate
43. Composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
eclectic
intrepid
complacency
precocious
44. Obscurity; forgetfulness
oblivion
braggart
consensus
impeccable
45. Puzzle; mystery
skeptic
predecessor
diligence
enigma
46. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
gullible
inadvertent
deterrent
abstemious
47. Conscientious; extremely thorough
restraint
vigor
seclusion
scrupulous
48. Abundantly fruitful
affirmation
perpetuate
prolific
mitigate
49. Harmful; damaging
impair
guile
inconsequential
detrimental
50. Frighten
presumptuous
insipid
transient
intimidate