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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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sat
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logic-and-reasoning
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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. The act of conceding
concession
lanky
laconic
addendum
2. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
retelling
haste
disseminate
benefactor
3. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
curt
innuendo
shear
hybrid
4. Supply of bullets
beguile
ammunition
fauna
deficit
5. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
stipend
surpass
nourish
seedy
6. To hide sth
conceal
resemble
reluctant
totter
7. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
illuminate
ration
provincial
beguile
8. (usually plural) a thing you must do as a formal or official part of a legal process - a social situation - etc - (usually singular) a thing - that you must do as part of an official progress - but which has little meaning and will not affect what ha
editorial
expatriate
formality
warily
9. To praise sb/sth very much
extolling
conglomeration
shear
conceal
10. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
condone
forlorn
liberator
denounce
11. To obtain - especially with difficulty
compartmentalize
viscous
incentive
procure
12. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
premonition
reign over
conglomeration
vexed
13. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
topography
bustling
frugal
misnomer
14. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
persistently
mundane
conceal
viable
15. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
refute
ration
omit
displace
16. Nervous and easily frightened
timorous
spurn
venerate
multifarious
17. To make sth weaker
dilution
notion
omit
dexterous
18. Supporter
proponent
nourish
undertake
sodden
19. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
redundant
exemption
lethargy
garrulous
20. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
virulent
agnostic
blatant
unpalatable
21. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
bout
feign
scanty
hull
22. Rule d and controlled by men
annex
altruistic
infectious
patriarchal
23. Hesitating before doing sth because you don't want to do it or because you aren't sure that if it's the right thing to do
applicable
reluctant
venue
hybrid
24. A lack of sth
sturdy
meager
dearth
lethargy
25. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
captive
expatriate
rescind
genial
26. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
inept
blistering
fauna
courtly
27. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
wistfully
lamentable
blatant
totter
28. Extremely bad
niche
repudiate
reservoir
egregious
29. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
delve into
salient
acerbic
procure
30. Clear and easy to understand
penchant
venerate
explicitly
infectious
31. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
distraught
blatant
placate
mournful
32. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
ungainly
niche
humanitarian
rout
33. To make sth into catalogue
catalogue
illuminate
infectious
venerate
34. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
benign
rubric
haste
reign over
35. Not wise or sensible
conjecture
heirloom
imprudence
extolling
36. A mix of different things found together
bombastic
coax
able-bodied
conglomeration
37. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
ascetic
repulsed
placid
hybrid
38. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
meager
misnomer
hinges on
insinuate
39. To talk sb into gently
coax
pyromaniac
catalogue
preeminent
40. A series of unpleasant things that happen
rash
lanky
convoluted
formality
41. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
precipitate
titillate
pretentious
ungainly
42. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
unpalatable
pretentious
reticent
envision
43. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
courtly
topography
haste
coax
44. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
demolish
benchmark
preeminent
droll
45. To do or be better than sb/sth
syncopated
editorial
unvarying
surpass
46. Not safe and certain; dangerous
notion
acerbic
confront
precarious
47. Wipe out
exterminate
vetiver
divulge
altruistic
48. Small and poor in quality
meager
undertake
venue
candor
49. Souvenir
able-bodied
mementos
shear
criteria
50. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
topography
magnify
penchant
resemble