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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. Great commotion and confusion
turmoil
condone
ascendancy
anecdote
2. Appease; moderate
mitigate
intervene
sporadic
qualified
3. Lacking in flavor; dull
inadvertent
braggart
invert
insipid
4. Hackneyed; commonplace
trite
verbose
repel
enhance
5. Old-fashioned; obsolete
conviction
attribute
autonomous
antiquated
6. Excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
thrive
indiscriminate
depravity
fanaticism
7. Wasteful; reckless with money
pretentious
prodigal
anecdote
morose
8. Unwillingness
concise
disinclination
quandary
concur
9. Disown; disavow
feasible
lofty
egoism
repudiate
10. Easily approachable; warmly friendly
abstract
oblivion
attribute
affable
11. Readiness to yield - conformity in fulfilling requirements
extricate
illusory
vilify
compliance
12. Sameness; monotony
reprove
uniformity
precocious
anarchist
13. Approve; support
consensus
opaque
analogous
endorse
14. Distribute; spread; scatter
sanction
subside
disseminate
appease
15. Excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others
egoism
gratify
invert
retract
16. Hostility; active resistance
renounce
antagonism
belie
disputatious
17. Apart; reserved
hierarchy
aloof
heresy
feasible
18. Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful
instigate
aesthetic
reticence
substantiate
19. Expression of praise - often on the occasion of someone's death
eulogy
divergent
rebuttal
deride
20. Person who looks on the good side
restraint
devious
reserve
optimist
21. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
rebuttal
apathy
volatile
diminution
22. Lessening; reduction in size
diminution
superficial
rancor
ascetic
23. Sociable
resigned
gregarious
calculated
explicit
24. Stingy; mean
ephemeral
intervene
accessible
miserly
25. Unchangeable
extricate
immutable
morose
resigned
26. Boaster
braggart
insipid
credulity
meticulous
27. Urge; plead for
bolster
advocate
turbulence
criterion
28. Imitate; rival
curtail
fanaticism
emulate
advocate
29. Faultless
denounce
incisive
restraint
impeccable
30. Fearless
static
subside
intrepid
virtuoso
31. Observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation
transient
phenomena
listless
incisive
32. Wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
capricious
diffuse
contentious
incisive
33. Able to see differences; prejudiced
impede
discriminating
commemorate
seclusion
34. Wise; shrewd; keen
equivocal
contract
scrutinize
astute
35. Mistaken; wrong
erroneous
obstinate
frugality
ascetic
36. Lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant
depravity
braggart
inclusive
frivolous
37. Flattery; admiration
resigned
obscure
discerning
adulation
38. Obscure; profound; difficult to understand
frugality
abstruse
disdain
obstinate
39. Extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
preclude
opulence
apathy
phenomena
40. Unfavorable fortune; hardship; a calamitous event
aesthetic
recluse
adversity
explicit
41. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
benevolent
cursory
ambiguous
cordial
42. Uprightness; wholeness
integrity
remorse
capricious
decorum
43. Conscientious; extremely thorough
scrupulous
feasible
disseminate
peripheral
44. Double-dealing; hypocrisy
duplicity
artifact
squander
divergent
45. Self-satisfaction; smugness
complacency
illusory
ascetic
taciturn
46. Stubborn; hard to control or treat
piety
virtuoso
conviction
obstinate
47. Dilemma
quandary
whimsical
antiquated
dubious
48. Highly skilled artist
calculated
virtuoso
dogmatic
arbitrary
49. Self-control; formal but distant manner
sluggish
sanction
reserve
cajole
50. Abundantly fruitful
prolific
zealot
dubious
presumptuous