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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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Subjects
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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. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
denounce
ascetic
droll
clash with
2. How serious - important - large sth is
shear
divulge
extent
strenuous
3. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
mournful
captive
entrench
repulsed
4. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
precarious
grudgingly
formality
misnomer
5. To give sth to sb to show respect
bestow
stipend
prevalent
placate
6. To become gradually weaker or less important
eradication
wane
timorous
lamentable
7. Extremely bad
mercenary
egregious
distraught
feign
8. Plunge
niche
humanitarian
mournful
plummet
9. Cheerful and friendly
genial
entitle
surpass
periphery
10. Supporter
ascetic
proponent
penchant
glum
11. The outer edge of a particular area
strenuous
periphery
spurn
divulge
12. Rage
rail at
conglomeration
glowing
miserly
13. A lack of sth
dearth
wane
condone
prompt
14. Physically strong and healthy
able-bodied
plummet
sturdy
venerate
15. give up
relinquish
redundant
probity
spurn
16. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
deprecate
accomplice
perturbed
mementos
17. To make sth into catalogue
sodden
seedy
catalogue
integrity
18. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
prompt
provincial
criteria
altruistic
19. Beg; seriously asking for
entreat
conceal
denounce
clash with
20. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
havoc
arbitrary
lethargy
timorous
21. Not noticeable or obvious
proponent
subtle
rail at
multifarious
22. Connected with money
extolling
cognizant
entreat
monetary
23. (informal) different from what most people expect
bequeath
offbeat
belligerent
integrity
24. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
feign
mercenary
chivalry
embark on
25. To make sb less angry about sth
placate
unpalatable
sole
utilitarian
26. To make you sad
rubric
glum
reservoir
dreary
27. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
lofty
lambaste
distraught
candor
28. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
disrupt
conventional
egregious
refute
29. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
feign
mirth
clump
diminish
30. Very angry
incensed
patron
inept
meager
31. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
bombastic
excommunicate
persistently
grin
32. To get onto a sheep
wax and wane
conceal
indigenous
embark
33. Very dry; having no or little rain
exemption
arid
addendum
replicate
34. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
vassal
illuminate
mirth
wistfully
35. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
grant
extent
fauna
formality
36. Most important and noticeable
wax
salient
ammunition
mundane
37. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
mournful
progenitor
cognizant
obtuse
38. Violent and brutal
viciously
dearth
glum
prudence
39. To talk sb into gently
embark on
patriarchal
coax
prescribed
40. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
thwart
catalogue
vexed
droll
41. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
extolling
shear
beguile
retelling
42. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
infectious
editorial
mime
meager
43. Ambiguous
equivocal
mementos
rash
multifarious
44. A special liking for sth
bestow
extolling
chock back
penchant
45. To refuse - reject in a proud way
spawn
spurn
promiscuous
sumptuous
46. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
subvert
vassal
utilitarian
lanky
47. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
monetary
famished
enthrall with
virulent
48. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
viciously
repudiate
conventional
venerate
49. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
lambaste
indigenous
farce
heirloom
50. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
indigenous
dilution
probity
dearth