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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 complete destruction of every trace of something
mournful
eradication
mundane
hinges on
2. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
embark on
warily
subvert
preeminent
3. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
aggravate
niche
totter
venerate
4. Very important in making sth to happen
harbinger
instrumental
grant
obsequious
5. Showing much or too much emotion
dearth
droll
eradication
effusive
6. Physically strong and healthy
placate
elicited
heirloom
able-bodied
7. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
pantomime
bout
serenade
insinuate
8. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
harbinger
virulent
reservoir
premonition
9. Dull gray - like lead
rail at
miserly
delve into
leaden
10. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
provincial
rubric
divulge
reign over
11. Connected with money
monetary
humanitarian
dreary
addendum
12. Wipe out
multifarious
condone
exterminate
wax and wane
13. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
magnify
beguile
relish
perturbed
14. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
accomplice
barrage
incentive
mirth
15. Kind and gentle
benign
candor
impetus
arsonist
16. Unfriendly and aggressive
embark
droll
compile
belligerent
17. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
mime
candor
multifarious
agnostic
18. Rule d and controlled by men
vetiver
patriarchal
ammunition
mementos
19. To make sth happen or be produced
spawn
spurn
innuendo
hull
20. To give sth to sb to show respect
mercenary
periphery
sturdy
bestow
21. Souvenir
subsidize
hybrid
heirloom
mementos
22. To make sth into catalogue
catalogue
leaden
persistently
arid
23. Very serious
ascetic
dire
hull
ungainly
24. The quality of being humble
blatant
concession
misnomer
humility
25. Additional information
vetiver
addendum
salient
dreary
26. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
instrumental
unpalatable
precarious
enact
27. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
applicable
monotony
egregious
barrage
28. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
hybrid
reservoir
curmudgeon
bombastic
29. 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
fallacy
chivalry
subtle
envision
30. To give sb the right to do sth
prudence
agnostic
viscous
entitle
31. Not safe and certain; dangerous
omit
stipend
plummet
precarious
32. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
flimsy
farce
formality
monotonously
33. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
obsequious
refute
distraught
voluminous
34. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
spurn
dilution
premonition
venerate
35. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
farce
resemble
clump
conglomeration
36. To depend on something
subvert
chivalry
hinges on
perturbed
37. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
prompt
feign
miserly
plummet
38. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
reluctant
editorial
mournful
perturbed
39. Narrow-minded
eradication
provincial
misnomer
bestow
40. Focus more on function than other qualities
utilitarian
relish
erosion
sole
41. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
disseminate
ascetic
egregious
harbinger
42. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
agnostic
seedy
premonition
humanitarian
43. Starving
venue
arbitrary
famished
topography
44. Horrible or terrible
ghastly
fidelity
prudence
venerate
45. A fake name of a criminal or actor
erosion
alias
lofty
rhetoric
46. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
denounce
precipitate
elicited
hasty
47. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
cede
syncopated
serenade
spurn
48. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
feign
founder
ungainly
reticent
49. To do or be better than sb/sth
disseminate
misnomer
reluctant
surpass
50. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
vetiver
glowing
conventional
conjecture