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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. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
plummet
grant
cede
reapportion
2. Ambiguous
repudiate
discreet
viscous
equivocal
3. To make yourself responsible for sth
reticent
undertake
humanitarian
warily
4. A highly poisonous chemical
arsonist
writ
dexterous
cyanide
5. To make you sad
harbinger
dreary
monotony
cyanide
6. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
harbinger
indigenous
reluctant
periphery
7. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
aggravate
indefatigable
subsidize
prevalent
8. Not wise or sensible
curt
imprudence
delve into
humility
9. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
preeminent
ration
criteria
beguile
10. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
relish
dexterous
entitle
distraught
11. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
captive
spurious
pantomime
benign
12. Needing great effort and energy
coax
fallacy
stolid
strenuous
13. A gradual decline of sth
displace
diminish
rarefy
erosion
14. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
scanty
excommunicate
rubric
wane
15. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
promiscuous
glowing
beguile
diminish
16. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
illuminate
grin
grant
bequeath
17. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
ungainly
niche
obsequious
innuendo
18. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
condone
perturbed
sturdy
exemption
19. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
syncopated
condone
resemble
cynically
20. Ancestor
reign over
penchant
progenitor
envision
21. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
bout
patron
conventional
infectious
22. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
captive
feral
eradication
mementos
23. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
feign
lofty
meager
integrity
24. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
genial
stipend
compile
topography
25. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
integrity
misnomer
venue
repudiate
26. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
shear
condone
mournful
exterminate
27. A bad sense of something will happen
strenuous
misconstrue
bout
premonition
28. To make sth into catalogue
salient
catalogue
venue
disrupt
29. A person living in a country that's not their own
ungainly
titillate
voluminous
expatriate
30. Very high (loft=attic)
writ
conventional
forlorn
lofty
31. Starving
insinuate
famished
lofty
feral
32. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
mementos
expatriate
totter
entrench
33. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
elicited
entitle
benign
effusive
34. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
elicited
rescind
multifarious
vetiver
35. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
stolid
exemption
magnify
embark on
36. Most important and noticeable
ungainly
salient
omit
chivalry
37. Showing much or too much emotion
effusive
extent
assortment
ascetic
38. Wipe out
exterminate
repudiate
pretentious
aggravate
39. The quality of being completely honest
convoluted
probity
spawn
strenuous
40. Additional information
inept
pretentious
addendum
indigenous
41. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
preeminent
embark on
curt
convoluted
42. Very serious
condone
laconic
misconstrue
dire
43. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
wax and wane
ration
syncopated
rarefy
44. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
editorial
phenomenon
jangle
obsequious
45. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
exemption
fauna
curt
stipend
46. Very expensive and looking very impressive
deplete
spawn
sumptuous
flimsy
47. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
indigenous
conjecture
embark
hierarchical
48. Incompetent; not having the skill
inept
garrulous
phenomenon
replicate
49. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
enthrall with
mercenary
frugal
placate
50. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
arid
chock back
innuendo
venerate