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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. To give subsidy
replicate
verbose
chock back
subsidize
2. Supply of bullets
grin
ammunition
reservoir
compile
3. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
repulsed
dexterous
subsidize
rubric
4. 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
rhetoric
wistfully
chivalry
equivocal
5. To enjoy or desire much
stolid
embark on
relish
formality
6. Very high (loft=attic)
flimsy
lofty
mementos
applicable
7. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
arbitrary
bombastic
diminish
convoluted
8. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
warily
chock back
precipitate
amorous
9. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
vetiver
cede
extolling
entrench
10. A person living in a country that's not their own
ghastly
incentive
entrench
expatriate
11. Very serious
dire
topography
forlorn
rubric
12. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
ungainly
surpass
trivial
verbose
13. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
lambaste
venue
mirth
assortment
14. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
rejoinder
vexed
chock back
assortment
15. To hide sth
conceal
viscous
compartmentalize
insinuate
16. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
glum
harbinger
agnostic
founder
17. A person who helps in criminal incidents
strenuous
accomplice
catalogue
able-bodied
18. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
liberator
reapportion
addendum
phenomenon
19. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
wane
virulent
pretentious
compile
20. Very important in making sth to happen
hinges on
cognizant
pretentious
instrumental
21. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
venerate
bestow
forlorn
agnostic
22. To move away sth
venerate
displace
conglomeration
cognizant
23. 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
reluctant
exuberant
titillate
viscous
24. Extremely wet
feral
vague
sodden
cessation
25. To copy sth exactly
amorous
replicate
phenomenon
deplete
26. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
relinquish
reign over
harbinger
fallacy
27. To pretend to have a particular feeling
stolid
wax and wane
lamentable
feign
28. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
precipitate
exuberant
editorial
rarefy
29. To give sth to sb to show respect
editorial
rash
lamentable
bestow
30. To be worried and anxious
garrulous
penchant
perturbed
spawn
31. (spots) done very fast with great energy
replicate
blistering
ration
subvert
32. The act of conceding
spurn
entitle
concession
retelling
33. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
rail at
serenade
replicate
embark
34. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
preeminent
extolling
ascetic
egregious
35. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
feral
repudiate
upbraid
verbose
36. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
warily
delve into
feral
patron
37. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
annex
pantomime
monotony
vetiver
38. To become gradually weaker or less important
wane
vexed
entreat
sumptuous
39. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
sole
ammunition
cessation
entrench
40. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
applicable
hierarchical
precipitate
heirloom
41. Supporter
incentive
proponent
erosion
egregious
42. Additional information
addendum
courtly
vetiver
bustling
43. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
cognizant
criteria
mementos
hasty
44. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
obtuse
titillate
ration
conceal
45. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
courtly
arbitrary
blatant
famished
46. Not needed or useful
totter
redundant
discreet
viable
47. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
syncopated
tentative
cyanide
humanitarian
48. Search inside sth
persistently
dexterous
lambaste
delve into
49. Violent and brutal
demolish
reticent
curmudgeon
viciously
50. (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
viscous
formality
metes out
rash