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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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1. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
precarious
exterminate
thwart
rhetoric
2. A series of unpleasant things that happen
reign over
penchant
rash
virulent
3. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
hasty
innuendo
famished
feral
4. Rule d and controlled by men
glowing
precipitate
multifarious
patriarchal
5. Focus more on function than other qualities
refute
multifarious
utilitarian
frugal
6. give up
lambaste
relinquish
spawn
flimsy
7. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
rhetoric
virulent
placate
indigenous
8. Not interesting or exciting
misconstrue
salutary
mundane
scanty
9. Clear and easy to understand
compile
mirth
retelling
explicitly
10. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
serenade
pseudonym
wax and wane
chock back
11. Beg; seriously asking for
entreat
phenomenon
accomplice
benchmark
12. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
courtly
compile
omit
magnify
13. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
arbitrary
instrumental
harbinger
vexed
14. Dirty of any kind
bestow
hinges on
grudgingly
stipend
15. To destroy completely or accidentally
feign
cynically
demolish
mime
16. Supporter
disseminate
notion
elicited
proponent
17. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
totter
periphery
alias
feral
18. (spots) done very fast with great energy
reluctant
imprudence
mirth
blistering
19. 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
repudiate
accomplice
chivalry
replicate
20. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
prudence
frugal
chock back
titillate
21. To praise sb/sth very much
extolling
refute
trivial
surpass
22. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
dire
deficit
mementos
promiscuous
23. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
compartmentalize
stolid
misconstrue
amorous
24. A name used b y writer that is not real
cede
pseudonym
deficit
venerate
25. To make sth happen or be produced
glowing
pseudonym
delve into
spawn
26. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
farce
assortment
rejoinder
nourish
27. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
applicable
lanky
sturdy
clump
28. A match of boxing/wrestling
progenitor
bout
eradication
nourish
29. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
sumptuous
morale
instrumental
pseudonym
30. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
wax and wane
discreet
agnostic
blistering
31. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
clump
deficit
blistering
lethargy
32. To make into compartment (room)
trivial
envision
compartmentalize
vexed
33. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
strenuous
chock back
unpalatable
resemble
34. Kind and gentle
embark on
alias
benign
bout
35. A person living in a country that's not their own
wax
expatriate
barrage
leaden
36. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
wax
multifarious
conceal
relish
37. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
feign
rejoinder
dearth
eradication
38. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
excommunicate
curmudgeon
surpass
pyromaniac
39. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
monetary
hybrid
embark on
feral
40. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
clash with
dexterous
disrupt
nourish
41. To make sb less angry about sth
plummet
jangle
placate
conglomeration
42. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
titillate
benchmark
formality
rescind
43. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
prevalent
formality
hinges on
lethargy
44. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
insinuate
wistfully
distraught
genial
45. (formal) a costumer
redundant
grin
heirloom
patron
46. Reveal a secret
grin
premonition
divulge
humility
47. Something that encourage a process or activity
monetary
extolling
impetus
ascetic
48. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
magnify
morale
chivalry
titillate
49. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
viable
topography
procure
premonition
50. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
penchant
envision
benchmark
amorous