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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Deceit; duplicity
extricate
devious
guile
curtail
2. Easily approachable; warmly friendly
intimidate
affable
ephemeral
exuberance
3. Severity
authoritarian
deplore
criterion
rigor
4. Violate; desecrate; treat unworthily
uniformity
aspire
rigor
profane
5. Reprove severely; rebuke
novelty
reprimand
eclectic
gravity
6. Systematic
disseminate
methodical
despondent
hypothetical
7. Overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness
novelty
sycophant
belie
exuberance
8. Overjoyed; in high spirits
elated
remorse
discount
astute
9. Injure; hurt
impair
accessible
partisan
morose
10. Struggle; compete; assert earnestly
turmoil
contend
constraint
optimist
11. Arrangements by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks
mitigate
incongruous
hierarchy
cryptic
12. Firmly established by nature or habit
inherent
composure
compile
appease
13. Medicine to counteract a poison or disease
listless
sustain
antidote
seclusion
14. Turn upside down or inside out
acclaim
coercion
invert
opaque
15. Sociable
discordant
candor
gregarious
whimsical
16. Unmoved or unconcerned by; mediocre
indifferent
indiscriminate
belie
implausible
17. Wasteful; reckless with money
prodigal
prudent
gravity
proliferation
18. Put into effect; carry out
impeccable
turmoil
consensus
execute
19. Object made by human beings - either handmade or mass-produced
artifact
thrive
reprehensible
ambiguous
20. Occurring irregularly
terse
phenomena
induce
sporadic
21. Contradict; give a false impression
belie
eloquence
ponderous
ratify
22. Assemble; gather; accumulate
emulate
inundate
restraint
compile
23. Pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language
philanthropist
thrive
rhetorical
dissent
24. Of the same kind
gullible
augment
homogeneous
recount
25. Widespread; generally accepted
hedonist
tranquility
glutton
prevalent
26. Ill will; hatred
opaque
ratify
detached
enmity
27. Short account of an amusing or interesting event
marred
furtive
credulity
anecdote
28. Portray; depict; sketch
cursory
delineate
furtive
affable
29. Belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess
pessimism
autonomous
levity
compile
30. Positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
turmoil
insularity
affirmation
placate
31. Sameness; monotony
euphemism
uniformity
susceptible
sycophant
32. Respectful; worshipful
ironic
erroneous
reverent
skeptic
33. Mental calmness
composure
flagrant
tentative
predator
34. Thrift; economy
vacillate
prevalent
disparage
frugality
35. Steadiness of effort; persistent hard work
diligence
impede
whimsical
invert
36. Active strength
dissent
ephemeral
fervor
vigor
37. Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
austere
confound
discordant
deprecate
38. Hinder; block; delay
repel
deterrent
analogous
impede
39. Determination; resolve
insularity
resolution
garrulous
concur
40. Depressed; gloomy
condone
inconsequential
antidote
despondent
41. Deserving blame
reprehensible
turmoil
ominous
repudiate
42. Composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
inherent
reticence
eclectic
capricious
43. Help bring about; make less difficult
artisan
predator
gregarious
facilitate
44. Mysterious; hidden; secret
compile
cryptic
anarchist
concede
45. Mentally quick and observant; having insight
discerning
discordant
analogous
uniformity
46. Comparable
analogous
vilify
tranquility
conciliatory
47. Disprove
belie
garrulous
provincial
refute
48. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
ambiguous
enhance
calculated
somber
49. Advanced in development
rhetorical
precocious
morose
enmity
50. Withdraw; take back
indict
pacifist
retract
elated