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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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sat
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
arsonist
stolid
sodden
dexterous
2. To have foretold vision
envision
deplete
trivial
surpass
3. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
embark on
probity
topography
spurn
4. To get onto a sheep
bestow
displace
altruistic
embark
5. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
deficit
delve into
rubric
spurn
6. Very high (loft=attic)
rarefy
hierarchical
cede
lofty
7. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
mirth
multifarious
wane
vexed
8. Narrow-minded
explicitly
lofty
provincial
cyanide
9. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
probity
relish
prudence
venerate
10. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
seedy
sturdy
reapportion
conjecture
11. Needing great effort and energy
strenuous
subtle
unrest
assortment
12. To fell disgust or strong dislike
repulsed
monetary
dire
garrulous
13. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
strenuous
refute
denounce
cynically
14. To talk sb into gently
egregious
arid
coax
spawn
15. To give sth to sb to show respect
bestow
laconic
pantomime
conjecture
16. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
cede
able-bodied
harbinger
reign over
17. The quality of being completely honest
superfluous
wistfully
distraught
probity
18. False - although seeming to be genuine
spurious
indigenous
exterminate
feral
19. Souvenir
mementos
venue
annex
able-bodied
20. A person living in a country that's not their own
perturbed
expatriate
thwart
criteria
21. To make into compartment (room)
candor
expatriate
infectious
compartmentalize
22. To be worried and anxious
placate
bout
perturbed
famished
23. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
sturdy
alias
arbitrary
farce
24. The outer edge of a particular area
pretentious
persistently
famished
periphery
25. To give subsidy
subsidize
extolling
undertake
strenuous
26. Small and poor in quality
benchmark
addendum
meager
fallacy
27. Very dry; having no or little rain
misnomer
concession
viciously
arid
28. A match of boxing/wrestling
grudgingly
strenuous
bout
dexterous
29. To copy sth exactly
topography
applicable
assortment
replicate
30. A name used b y writer that is not real
grant
embark on
pseudonym
clash with
31. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
relinquish
vexed
obtuse
utilitarian
32. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
scanty
denounce
promiscuous
innuendo
33. Very disappointing
dilution
lamentable
equivocal
dreary
34. Unexpectedly amusing
repudiate
rhetoric
droll
distraught
35. Not interesting or exciting
mirth
conjecture
mundane
grin
36. Something that encourages you to do sth
incentive
mementos
deficit
erosion
37. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
editorial
bustling
viciously
conventional
38. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
altruistic
indefatigable
eradication
leaden
39. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
chock back
disrupt
surpass
lethargy
40. Supply of bullets
benefactor
envision
repulsed
ammunition
41. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
lanky
cynically
subsidize
mime
42. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
topography
miserly
ascetic
rubric
43. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
impetus
hasty
viscous
prescribed
44. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
glum
barrage
resemble
patriarchal
45. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
provincial
spurious
barrage
curt
46. Dull gray - like lead
multifarious
unvarying
leaden
convoluted
47. Unfriendly and aggressive
aggravate
sturdy
belligerent
diminish
48. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
grant
altruistic
unrest
viscous
49. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
pyromaniac
wane
fallacy
glowing
50. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
altruistic
agnostic
obsequious
placid