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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
salutary
nourish
rout
shear
2. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
addendum
reapportion
plummet
leaden
3. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
strenuous
cognizant
barrage
effusive
4. Being lack of variety
effusive
diminish
spurn
monotony
5. A highly poisonous chemical
cyanide
obsequious
conjecture
redundant
6. To pretend to have a particular feeling
bestow
strenuous
shear
feign
7. Showing much or too much emotion
effusive
erosion
reapportion
miserly
8. Not easily irritated
vassal
placid
topography
displace
9. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
refute
vexed
catalogue
wistfully
10. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
harbinger
prescribed
metes out
convoluted
11. A cranky old person
timorous
curmudgeon
meager
obsequious
12. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor
venerate
wistfully
subsidize
13. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
arbitrary
subvert
concession
condone
14. Supply of bullets
obtuse
preeminent
rout
ammunition
15. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
infectious
exemption
humility
phenomenon
16. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
benefactor
topography
enact
frugal
17. To do or be better than sb/sth
blatant
surpass
nourish
courtly
18. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
feral
concession
frugal
beguile
19. Not wise or sensible
imprudence
virulent
enthrall with
plummet
20. The act of conceding
concession
deficit
spawn
incentive
21. Cheerful and friendly
exterminate
extent
genial
excommunicate
22. Regulated
prescribed
explicitly
salutary
infectious
23. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
voluminous
integrity
ungainly
frugal
24. Common - widespread
editorial
dilution
prevalent
clash with
25. False - although seeming to be genuine
rejoinder
exterminate
curt
spurious
26. Very important in making sth to happen
droll
vassal
laconic
instrumental
27. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
viable
venue
lanky
frugal
28. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
extent
explicitly
reign over
grant
29. (informal) different from what most people expect
mirth
syncopated
offbeat
nourish
30. To make unpleasant sound
jangle
mementos
humanitarian
pyromaniac
31. Search inside sth
delve into
jangle
addendum
bequeath
32. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
egregious
deficit
feign
ration
33. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
miserly
hierarchical
vague
bestow
34. The quality of being humble
mime
exuberant
humility
barrage
35. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
pretentious
benefactor
preeminent
incensed
36. (spots) done very fast with great energy
accomplice
blistering
denounce
diminish
37. Unexpectedly amusing
strenuous
impetus
preeminent
droll
38. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
wax and wane
disrupt
beguile
repudiate
39. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
bequeath
catalogue
exuberant
indigenous
40. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
barrage
surpass
extent
vassal
41. Narrow-minded
hybrid
blatant
bestow
provincial
42. To give sth to sb to show respect
bestow
addendum
offbeat
chock back
43. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
enact
arid
indigenous
distraught
44. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
indigenous
morale
confront
ascetic
45. Reveal a secret
editorial
divulge
imprudence
spawn
46. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
lanky
stipend
discreet
procure
47. To talk sb into gently
multifarious
benchmark
belligerent
coax
48. To make sth happen or be produced
spawn
topography
rash
rout
49. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
sturdy
deficit
pseudonym
bombastic
50. To break under pressure
venue
shear
sole
vexed