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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. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
embark on
expatriate
syncopated
niche
2. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
clump
indigenous
repulsed
catalogue
3. Physically strong and healthy
monotonously
spawn
able-bodied
fidelity
4. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
haste
conventional
notion
stipend
5. Violent and brutal
annex
strenuous
eradication
viciously
6. Having a good effect on sb/sth - though often seeming unpleasant
ration
entreat
venue
salutary
7. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
clash with
lanky
garrulous
haste
8. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
condone
progenitor
replicate
embark on
9. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
titillate
fallacy
aggravate
redundant
10. Horrible or terrible
elicited
frugal
denounce
ghastly
11. Showing much or too much emotion
agnostic
innuendo
relinquish
effusive
12. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
jangle
misconstrue
preeminent
resemble
13. Nervous and easily frightened
timorous
repudiate
superfluous
embark
14. A person living in a country that's not their own
glum
notion
timorous
expatriate
15. Unwilling to tell people about things
procure
dreary
impetus
reticent
16. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
salutary
embark
nourish
imprudence
17. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
procure
venue
inept
warily
18. To break under pressure
coax
progenitor
shear
grant
19. To praise sb/sth very much
delve into
omit
extolling
cede
20. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
beguile
hull
expatriate
frugal
21. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
dearth
grant
unpalatable
cynically
22. Cheerful and friendly
salutary
beguile
genial
wane
23. Beg; seriously asking for
conglomeration
patriarchal
innuendo
entreat
24. To get onto a sheep
embark
clump
dilution
arsonist
25. A legal document from a court of order
fidelity
writ
chock back
catalogue
26. A series of unpleasant things that happen
rash
salutary
arsonist
integrity
27. Connected with money
instrumental
monetary
nourish
candor
28. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
morale
verbose
deprecate
shear
29. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
criteria
fauna
hasty
concession
30. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
provincial
humanitarian
tentative
lethargy
31. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
utilitarian
thwart
mirth
eradication
32. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
topography
rejoinder
prudence
pantomime
33. To pretend to have a particular feeling
warily
viciously
feign
reluctant
34. Not important or serious; not worth considering
prompt
writ
voluminous
trivial
35. To be worried and anxious
timorous
envision
stolid
perturbed
36. To tell again
morale
retelling
diminish
misconstrue
37. To give sb the right to do sth
virulent
criteria
entitle
arid
38. (informal) different from what most people expect
offbeat
upbraid
instrumental
expatriate
39. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
cessation
applicable
forlorn
shear
40. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
dreary
ascetic
courtly
convoluted
41. 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
obsequious
reluctant
syncopated
fallacy
42. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
mercenary
integrity
salutary
titillate
43. Something that encourage a process or activity
accomplice
impetus
persistently
havoc
44. Supply of bullets
bombastic
sole
enthrall with
ammunition
45. To take control of a country - region - etc - especially by force
annex
concession
assortment
alias
46. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
fallacy
leaden
seedy
sumptuous
47. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
viscous
promiscuous
flimsy
criteria
48. Ancestor
plummet
progenitor
voluminous
ghastly
49. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
prudence
prompt
egregious
liberator
50. To destroy completely or accidentally
demolish
illuminate
imprudence
barrage