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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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sat
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Rule d and controlled by men
patriarchal
garrulous
hull
clash with
2. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
obtuse
indigenous
pseudonym
wax and wane
3. Reveal a secret
stipend
patriarchal
divulge
illuminate
4. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
morale
arid
vetiver
retelling
5. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
addendum
undertake
divulge
misconstrue
6. Unexpectedly amusing
demolish
editorial
meager
droll
7. To enjoy or desire much
imprudence
displace
salient
relish
8. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
frugal
probity
forlorn
conventional
9. The outer edge of a particular area
periphery
chock back
captive
extolling
10. A mix of different things found together
titillate
obsequious
founder
conglomeration
11. Never changing therefore boring
monotonously
utilitarian
heirloom
chivalry
12. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
penchant
equivocal
infectious
indefatigable
13. To break under pressure
reticent
shear
bestow
subvert
14. Violent and brutal
arid
hull
subsidize
viciously
15. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
arsonist
agnostic
candor
mime
16. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
conventional
dire
cessation
disseminate
17. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
humility
grin
cognizant
rejoinder
18. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
able-bodied
deficit
criteria
deplete
19. To give sb the right to do sth
rash
seedy
entreat
entitle
20. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
stolid
compile
acerbic
magnify
21. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
cognizant
amorous
barge
unpalatable
22. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
probity
reapportion
envision
mime
23. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
arbitrary
rhetoric
multifarious
coax
24. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
unrest
imprudence
acerbic
meager
25. Concerned with making people live better
concession
pseudonym
humanitarian
demolish
26. A name used b y writer that is not real
pseudonym
hull
glum
disrupt
27. Something that encourages you to do sth
preeminent
incentive
annex
topography
28. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
monotony
viable
notion
glowing
29. To fell disgust or strong dislike
agnostic
reservoir
perturbed
repulsed
30. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
misconstrue
arbitrary
ungainly
resemble
31. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
reluctant
embark on
benign
extolling
32. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
agnostic
deficit
cynically
progenitor
33. Very serious
dire
insinuate
rejoinder
incentive
34. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
glowing
strenuous
courtly
catalogue
35. To pretend to have a particular feeling
acerbic
feign
effusive
mournful
36. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
stolid
compartmentalize
fauna
benchmark
37. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
persistently
morale
progenitor
venue
38. To depend on something
pyromaniac
coax
hinges on
lambaste
39. Something that encourage a process or activity
leaden
sumptuous
impetus
concession
40. Additional information
divulge
frugal
candor
addendum
41. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
grin
displace
serenade
enthrall with
42. A person living in a country that's not their own
sodden
probity
expatriate
concession
43. To be worried and anxious
perturbed
hinges on
feral
altruistic
44. Regulated
viciously
prescribed
plummet
illuminate
45. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
magnify
repulsed
reticent
fidelity
46. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
curmudgeon
courtly
demolish
penchant
47. To destroy completely or accidentally
distraught
courtly
divulge
demolish
48. Very large
proponent
resemble
voluminous
spawn
49. A match of boxing/wrestling
virulent
integrity
bout
disrupt
50. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
egregious
clump
relish
rescind