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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. Extremely bad
excommunicate
droll
niche
egregious
2. A series of unpleasant things that happen
rash
prompt
viciously
viable
3. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
salutary
penchant
glum
disseminate
4. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
conceal
equivocal
exuberant
deprecate
5. A gradual decline of sth
erosion
indefatigable
rejoinder
annex
6. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
obtuse
mirth
shear
compile
7. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
ammunition
barrage
fallacy
benefactor
8. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
dexterous
entreat
precipitate
bestow
9. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
mundane
spurious
hasty
pantomime
10. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
haste
perturbed
upbraid
topography
11. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
criteria
famished
accomplice
subsidize
12. The act of conceding
rejoinder
concession
prevalent
flimsy
13. Very dry; having no or little rain
conglomeration
arid
cessation
dreary
14. The quality of being completely honest
extent
mirth
probity
dire
15. To destroy completely or accidentally
morale
demolish
subtle
refute
16. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
plummet
effusive
mementos
notion
17. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
indefatigable
curmudgeon
undertake
obtuse
18. A mix of different things found together
impetus
conglomeration
feign
rail at
19. Dull gray - like lead
misconstrue
leaden
havoc
arid
20. Something that encourages you to do sth
undertake
placate
wane
incentive
21. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
subsidize
resemble
humility
rejoinder
22. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
viscous
patron
ungainly
demolish
23. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
viable
monetary
probity
venerate
24. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
elicited
blatant
prudence
divulge
25. To do or be better than sb/sth
wane
amorous
lanky
surpass
26. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
insinuate
grin
pretentious
clump
27. To make sth into catalogue
catalogue
penchant
sole
surpass
28. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
indefatigable
conglomeration
pyromaniac
catalogue
29. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
incentive
ascetic
patriarchal
misnomer
30. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
clash with
phenomenon
frugal
denounce
31. Not enough
wax
omit
scanty
salutary
32. To enjoy or desire much
humanitarian
dilution
hierarchical
relish
33. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
arbitrary
omit
unpalatable
blatant
34. 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
eradication
probity
chivalry
fidelity
35. Not needed or useful
dreary
benchmark
redundant
deplete
36. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
condone
rescind
deficit
famished
37. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
pyromaniac
tentative
compartmentalize
phenomenon
38. Dirty of any kind
scanty
verbose
grudgingly
frugal
39. Strong and not easily damaged
frugal
sturdy
lambaste
aggravate
40. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
rescind
benchmark
erosion
metes out
41. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
fallacy
reign over
garrulous
lethargy
42. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
strenuous
reign over
feign
progenitor
43. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
rescind
harbinger
curt
enact
44. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
hull
chock back
provincial
rash
45. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
thwart
precipitate
envision
miserly
46. To hide sth
agnostic
diminish
relinquish
conceal
47. A special liking for sth
feral
concession
penchant
famished
48. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
ascetic
nourish
distraught
morale
49. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
indigenous
precipitate
dearth
hull
50. To smile widely
upbraid
grin
blatant
lamentable