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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. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
prevalent
persistently
hinges on
timorous
2. Dirty of any kind
writ
extolling
grudgingly
forlorn
3. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
titillate
extolling
eradication
applicable
4. Not wise or sensible
eradication
imprudence
hierarchical
demolish
5. Showing much or too much emotion
effusive
hybrid
topography
exuberant
6. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
excommunicate
mercenary
leaden
syncopated
7. To make sth smaller or weak
compile
voluminous
droll
diminish
8. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
humility
scanty
rescind
venerate
9. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
compile
viable
arbitrary
dearth
10. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
reservoir
jangle
enact
indefatigable
11. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
syncopated
reservoir
prompt
compile
12. Physically strong and healthy
bombastic
bequeath
dreary
able-bodied
13. Unwilling to tell people about things
reticent
compile
meager
mirth
14. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
niche
stipend
illuminate
founder
15. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
topography
subsidize
metes out
disseminate
16. (formal) a costumer
curmudgeon
patron
spurious
condone
17. Of many kinds; having great variety
genial
pseudonym
multifarious
indigenous
18. Not safe and certain; dangerous
hinges on
pyromaniac
precarious
sole
19. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
addendum
placid
denounce
penchant
20. To make sb less angry about sth
placate
applicable
cynically
mime
21. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
mime
venue
ghastly
incensed
22. To pretend to have a particular feeling
metes out
feign
perturbed
clash with
23. A match of boxing/wrestling
exuberant
stipend
bout
repudiate
24. Full of people moving around in a busy way
impetus
coax
bustling
laconic
25. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
totter
lethargy
misnomer
refute
26. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
accomplice
monotony
misconstrue
conventional
27. More than you need or want
ammunition
subvert
liberator
superfluous
28. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
hasty
extent
amorous
subsidize
29. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
embark on
topography
probity
repulsed
30. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
mementos
surpass
misconstrue
flimsy
31. Never changing therefore boring
elicited
periphery
monotonously
salient
32. To make yourself responsible for sth
promiscuous
concession
hierarchical
undertake
33. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
sodden
demolish
pyromaniac
cognizant
34. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
rash
subsidize
applicable
clash with
35. = mime; = farce
discreet
pantomime
grant
criteria
36. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
glowing
rhetoric
plummet
haste
37. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
barrage
captive
havoc
lambaste
38. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
pyromaniac
reticent
lambaste
embark on
39. (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
chivalry
divulge
notion
formality
40. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
insinuate
ammunition
benchmark
spurn
41. Not enough
reticent
scanty
hasty
garrulous
42. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
eradication
rejoinder
undertake
metes out
43. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
unrest
phenomenon
distraught
deplete
44. To praise sb/sth very much
founder
inept
extolling
rescind
45. To give sth to sb to show respect
bestow
arsonist
pretentious
compile
46. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
refute
formality
prescribed
virulent
47. Dull gray - like lead
hinges on
concession
glum
leaden
48. Not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing
entreat
rejoinder
stolid
mime
49. To have foretold vision
magnify
unvarying
envision
periphery
50. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
arbitrary
beguile
shear
obtuse