SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
SAT Critical Reading Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
sat
,
logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
egregious
premonition
hinges on
harbinger
2. To copy sth exactly
replicate
curmudgeon
impetus
mundane
3. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
warily
benign
incentive
divulge
4. To be worried and anxious
perturbed
replicate
blatant
relinquish
5. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
surpass
tentative
topography
famished
6. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
morale
disseminate
prompt
notion
7. To talk sb into gently
demolish
ghastly
rubric
coax
8. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
acerbic
patron
cyanide
surpass
9. (spots) done very fast with great energy
distraught
conglomeration
blistering
leaden
10. Unexpectedly amusing
droll
verbose
magnify
reluctant
11. Connected with money
monetary
captive
confront
strenuous
12. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
vexed
probity
integrity
elicited
13. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
surpass
writ
heirloom
embark on
14. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
innuendo
metes out
flimsy
forlorn
15. The act of conceding
concession
glowing
perturbed
incensed
16. To try hard not to show your feelings
incensed
chock back
serenade
enact
17. A mix of different things found together
indefatigable
candor
conglomeration
criteria
18. Showing much or too much emotion
arsonist
mercenary
lofty
effusive
19. To take control of a country - region - etc - especially by force
placid
chivalry
titillate
annex
20. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
erosion
liberator
excommunicate
deprecate
21. The quality of being humble
droll
humility
refute
dearth
22. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
stolid
arbitrary
arsonist
resemble
23. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
elicited
cynically
proponent
glowing
24. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
grudgingly
prevalent
reign over
effusive
25. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
reign over
denounce
addendum
dearth
26. Starving
famished
spawn
integrity
venerate
27. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
haste
mime
salutary
venue
28. Additional information
monotony
bestow
effusive
addendum
29. To pretend to have a particular feeling
spawn
viciously
placate
feign
30. A lack of sth
fidelity
discreet
dearth
lethargy
31. Dull gray - like lead
leaden
totter
cyanide
viable
32. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
disseminate
discreet
instrumental
periphery
33. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
lambaste
embark on
refute
premonition
34. Rule d and controlled by men
addendum
patriarchal
bequeath
magnify
35. Extremely wet
beguile
patron
subtle
sodden
36. Clear and easy to understand
titillate
criteria
explicitly
cede
37. A code that knights adopted in the late Middle Ages; requiring them to be brave - loyal and true to their word; they had to fight fairly in battle
infectious
chivalry
timorous
aggravate
38. Common - widespread
haste
farce
probity
prevalent
39. Search inside sth
obsequious
delve into
grin
scanty
40. To destroy completely or accidentally
denounce
demolish
pyromaniac
coax
41. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
verbose
wane
dearth
obsequious
42. Very expensive and looking very impressive
prevalent
sumptuous
miserly
pretentious
43. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
dire
arbitrary
ungainly
diminish
44. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
disseminate
utilitarian
insinuate
unpalatable
45. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
vetiver
exuberant
cynically
persistently
46. To make you sad
dreary
displace
morale
harbinger
47. To give sth to sb to show respect
bestow
unvarying
mournful
magnify
48. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
wistfully
founder
phenomenon
bequeath
49. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
arbitrary
venerate
lanky
benign
50. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
rash
wistfully
meager
dreary