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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. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
disseminate
explicitly
incentive
agnostic
2. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
aggravate
promiscuous
condone
relish
3. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
barge
clash with
virulent
pretentious
4. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
humanitarian
retelling
wax
deficit
5. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
pyromaniac
embark on
preeminent
compile
6. Supporter
timorous
proponent
spawn
pyromaniac
7. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
envision
imprudence
magnify
hierarchical
8. Being lack of variety
hierarchical
monotony
chivalry
prudence
9. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
subvert
fallacy
pseudonym
pantomime
10. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
probity
rarefy
enact
concession
11. A special liking for sth
benchmark
applicable
penchant
misconstrue
12. To fell disgust or strong dislike
misconstrue
glowing
repulsed
arsonist
13. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
fallacy
bestow
clash with
perturbed
14. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
clash with
stolid
vexed
replicate
15. The quality of being humble
disrupt
promiscuous
barrage
humility
16. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
exemption
envision
pyromaniac
enthrall with
17. Souvenir
dire
inept
mementos
displace
18. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
liberator
diminish
compile
cede
19. Full of people moving around in a busy way
illuminate
rarefy
bustling
humility
20. Able to spread around
editorial
verbose
infectious
concession
21. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
indefatigable
salutary
patron
elicited
22. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
magnify
barge
venue
reservoir
23. The act of conceding
elicited
progenitor
concession
salutary
24. Not wise or sensible
imprudence
deprecate
formality
writ
25. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
shear
rout
rescind
seedy
26. Small and poor in quality
stolid
meager
progenitor
cynically
27. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
unpalatable
convoluted
verbose
grant
28. give up
relinquish
spurn
bequeath
totter
29. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
penchant
liberator
benefactor
obsequious
30. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
humility
notion
blatant
conceal
31. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
famished
trivial
exuberant
deprecate
32. Very serious
dire
rejoinder
conglomeration
inept
33. Dirty of any kind
grudgingly
arbitrary
spurn
founder
34. To give sth to sb to show respect
indefatigable
reapportion
bestow
reservoir
35. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
lambaste
infectious
prescribed
barrage
36. To talk sb into gently
patron
dilution
reservoir
coax
37. Ancestor
mercenary
progenitor
subsidize
belligerent
38. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
perturbed
obsequious
tentative
rejoinder
39. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
harbinger
wax
prescribed
seedy
40. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
thwart
courtly
rail at
meager
41. Very sad
periphery
misnomer
prescribed
mournful
42. Very angry
impetus
lamentable
mirth
incensed
43. Unfriendly and aggressive
replicate
vexed
demolish
belligerent
44. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
beguile
reign over
thwart
glowing
45. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
leaden
benchmark
periphery
wistfully
46. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
indigenous
hybrid
entitle
inept
47. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
titillate
infectious
innuendo
prudence
48. Most important and noticeable
chock back
salient
bestow
famished
49. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
laconic
genial
instrumental
benefactor
50. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
curt
incensed
placid
bestow