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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. Unwilling to tell people about things
reticent
conceal
viciously
condone
2. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
wax
stipend
viable
embark
3. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
innuendo
bout
arbitrary
cynically
4. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
embark
conceal
liberator
feral
5. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
grudgingly
timorous
integrity
lofty
6. Beg; seriously asking for
omit
entreat
blatant
effusive
7. The outer edge of a particular area
periphery
spurious
entreat
integrity
8. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
deficit
barge
tentative
reapportion
9. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
cynically
elicited
niche
inept
10. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
blistering
indigenous
serenade
meager
11. (informal) different from what most people expect
enact
offbeat
grin
wax and wane
12. (formal) a costumer
wax
unpalatable
exuberant
patron
13. Very important in making sth to happen
benefactor
instrumental
effusive
fallacy
14. Something that encourages you to do sth
scanty
provincial
incentive
amorous
15. Lonely and unhappy
forlorn
venerate
titillate
ration
16. To hide sth
forlorn
expatriate
scanty
conceal
17. To become gradually weaker or less important
wane
mirth
cognizant
venerate
18. To smile widely
retelling
phenomenon
grin
blatant
19. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
repudiate
unrest
barrage
dexterous
20. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
denounce
meager
rhetoric
resemble
21. Not safe and certain; dangerous
precarious
famished
extent
captive
22. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
compile
refute
sole
entrench
23. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
egregious
arbitrary
benign
syncopated
24. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
wax
egregious
reign over
multifarious
25. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
venue
amorous
lambaste
utilitarian
26. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
catalogue
miserly
pretentious
curt
27. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
thwart
havoc
persistently
rejoinder
28. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
multifarious
misnomer
sole
vassal
29. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
undertake
candor
courtly
perturbed
30. A gradual decline of sth
erosion
genial
undertake
pseudonym
31. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
strenuous
aggravate
conjecture
compartmentalize
32. Not wise or sensible
imprudence
compile
chock back
thwart
33. To praise sb/sth very much
viable
droll
effusive
extolling
34. To make sth smaller or weak
expatriate
diminish
humility
cognizant
35. Very serious
cede
syncopated
dire
cyanide
36. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
deplete
subsidize
incentive
hinges on
37. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
denounce
rubric
garrulous
integrity
38. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
ascetic
vague
writ
convoluted
39. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
sodden
clump
wax and wane
exuberant
40. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
wistfully
famished
rejoinder
venerate
41. Of many kinds; having great variety
addendum
enthrall with
titillate
multifarious
42. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
heirloom
perturbed
glowing
condone
43. Dirty of any kind
lamentable
grudgingly
thwart
precipitate
44. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
cessation
exuberant
ungainly
amorous
45. A name used b y writer that is not real
pseudonym
rejoinder
resemble
clump
46. Rule d and controlled by men
prompt
coax
patriarchal
vexed
47. Never changing therefore boring
misnomer
monotonously
editorial
salutary
48. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
venerate
founder
spurious
dire
49. Only; single
sole
chock back
virulent
annex
50. Able to spread around
infectious
monotonously
viable
candor