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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. The quality of being humble
confront
vassal
humility
sodden
2. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
unvarying
mirth
thwart
convoluted
3. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
mundane
innuendo
captive
barge
4. Of many kinds; having great variety
salient
multifarious
diminish
explicitly
5. To make sth weaker
benign
denounce
cessation
dilution
6. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
multifarious
superfluous
vassal
cognizant
7. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
prevalent
glowing
topography
distraught
8. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
superfluous
hull
compile
captive
9. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
lamentable
mundane
bombastic
deprecate
10. Rage
clash with
haste
rail at
fauna
11. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
criteria
blistering
extent
assortment
12. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
applicable
grin
curmudgeon
ration
13. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
dire
scanty
trivial
aggravate
14. To tell again
integrity
refute
retelling
embark
15. Able to spread around
impetus
infectious
convoluted
misconstrue
16. How serious - important - large sth is
extent
imprudence
concession
spurn
17. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
hierarchical
belligerent
concession
hybrid
18. (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
impetus
formality
cessation
proponent
19. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
rail at
entreat
repudiate
enact
20. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
utilitarian
rail at
relinquish
liberator
21. The complete destruction of every trace of something
extent
bequeath
eradication
delve into
22. To obtain - especially with difficulty
dearth
procure
sumptuous
impetus
23. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
plummet
patron
niche
verbose
24. A gradual decline of sth
arid
erosion
acerbic
compartmentalize
25. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
premonition
insinuate
bombastic
discreet
26. A mix of different things found together
conglomeration
liberator
dreary
timorous
27. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
disseminate
surpass
wax
nourish
28. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
serenade
lamentable
retelling
surpass
29. To fell disgust or strong dislike
plummet
repulsed
prudence
relinquish
30. (formal) a costumer
repudiate
patron
hierarchical
topography
31. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
cynically
genial
thwart
serenade
32. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
pyromaniac
blatant
vague
conceal
33. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
acerbic
arsonist
probity
integrity
34. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
rarefy
compile
droll
syncopated
35. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
seedy
undertake
morale
retelling
36. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
glowing
venerate
hull
misconstrue
37. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
pantomime
misnomer
clash with
deficit
38. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
viscous
embark on
notion
imprudence
39. Unfriendly and aggressive
belligerent
salient
haste
reticent
40. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
flimsy
spurn
mementos
criteria
41. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
venue
cede
warily
deprecate
42. Connected with money
monetary
cede
founder
compartmentalize
43. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
rhetoric
stipend
upbraid
patron
44. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
amorous
utilitarian
cognizant
vexed
45. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
fidelity
reapportion
rarefy
warily
46. Starving
subvert
famished
impetus
exuberant
47. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
grant
pantomime
prescribed
jangle
48. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
cynically
warily
pretentious
precipitate
49. To hide sth
dire
conceal
pretentious
vague
50. To do or be better than sb/sth
totter
annex
surpass
deprecate