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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. Violate; desecrate; treat unworthily
guile
profane
reserve
appease
2. Faultless
enhance
impeccable
preclude
delineate
3. Pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language
rhetorical
sporadic
cursory
discrepancy
4. Self-governing
autonomous
placate
arrogance
phenomena
5. Uprightness; wholeness
morose
robust
integrity
mundane
6. Firmly established by nature or habit
inherent
exalt
vilify
incongruous
7. Destroy completely
obliterate
antidote
scrutinize
lethargic
8. Serve as an example of; embody
eulogy
undermine
exemplify
obstinate
9. Ill will; hatred
laud
retract
malicious
enmity
10. Great fire
conflagration
innovation
incisive
contend
11. Occupying a lower rank; inferior; submissive
induce
bolster
subordinate
ingenious
12. Hateful; spiteful
complacency
malicious
pessimism
superficial
13. Prosper; flourish
zealot
thrive
gregarious
appease
14. Harmless
innocuous
inclusive
ascendancy
implausible
15. Establish by evidence; verify; support
submissive
cryptic
substantiate
curtail
16. Make something last; preserve from extinction
conviction
inert
perpetuate
adversity
17. Extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
innate
homogeneous
frugality
opulence
18. Depressed; gloomy
artifact
digression
despondent
impeccable
19. Differing; deviating
divergent
indifferent
elated
haughtiness
20. Wandering away from the subject
derivative
exemplary
document
digression
21. Use of force to get someone to obey
idiosyncrasy
coercion
endorse
lofty
22. Praise; glorify
enhance
opaque
morose
extol
23. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
embellish
zealot
gravity
susceptible
24. Limited; restricted
aloof
lavish
qualified
resolution
25. Ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
trite
impair
morose
dogmatic
26. One opposed to force; anti-militarist
disparage
inadvertent
proliferation
pacifist
27. Conspicuously wicked; blatant
insipid
inherent
egoism
flagrant
28. Overwhelm; flood; submerge
furtive
innovation
duplicity
inundate
29. Help bring about; make less difficult
rectify
ironic
fastidious
facilitate
30. Confuse; puzzle
resolve
confound
sluggish
disparage
31. Active strength
rancor
doctrine
ambiguous
vigor
32. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things
predator
materialism
reprove
guile
33. Standard used in judging
criterion
methodical
acclaim
aloof
34. Coax; wheedle
cryptic
cajole
laud
concede
35. Short account of an amusing or interesting event
hamper
conciliatory
cajole
anecdote
36. Hinder; block; delay
impede
deterrent
materialism
ostentatious
37. Frankness; open honesty
sage
prodigal
adversary
candor
38. Wordy
disperse
verbose
negate
aesthetic
39. Come between
subside
deterrent
dismiss
intervene
40. Effective; distinct
virtuoso
fanaticism
articulate
reticence
41. Sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather
ostentatious
susceptible
autonomous
hardy
42. Firm dislike
inconsequential
adversary
aversion
hypocritical
43. Slander
cajole
expedite
vilify
reverent
44. Approve; ratify
sanction
erroneous
exemplify
obscure
45. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances
volatile
artisan
opportunist
gratuitous
46. Disprove
sanction
precocious
refute
turmoil
47. Short-lived; fleeting
ephemeral
refute
detrimental
integrity
48. Comparable
conflagration
impudence
concise
analogous
49. Deep; not superficial; complete
profound
eclectic
exploit
appease
50. Suitable; practical; politic
levity
expedient
profusion
gregarious