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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 fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
confront
phenomenon
ungainly
surpass
2. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
prudence
cyanide
misnomer
ungainly
3. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
assortment
warily
feral
garrulous
4. Beg; seriously asking for
dilution
infectious
unrest
entreat
5. To make you sad
clump
amorous
dreary
enact
6. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
enact
exuberant
vague
exterminate
7. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
equivocal
bequeath
grant
prompt
8. Very large
voluminous
bout
repulsed
belligerent
9. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
reluctant
rout
applicable
clash with
10. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
retelling
criteria
hierarchical
misnomer
11. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
cede
liberator
excommunicate
envision
12. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
rescind
tentative
frugal
disrupt
13. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
convoluted
benign
patriarchal
scanty
14. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
benign
upbraid
hasty
convoluted
15. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
blatant
infectious
viable
virulent
16. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
sole
exemption
founder
prudence
17. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
annex
expatriate
niche
beguile
18. Search inside sth
obsequious
wistfully
delve into
perturbed
19. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
notion
obtuse
farce
lambaste
20. Small and poor in quality
unvarying
meager
hierarchical
voluminous
21. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
dexterous
elicited
unvarying
prompt
22. Extremely wet
grant
conventional
sodden
enact
23. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
entreat
acerbic
superfluous
lamentable
24. The act of conceding
leaden
indefatigable
concession
verbose
25. Very serious
garrulous
mournful
exterminate
dire
26. Rage
illuminate
leaden
rail at
dire
27. The quality of being humble
probity
effusive
voluminous
humility
28. Regulated
embark on
prescribed
undertake
flimsy
29. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
deplete
perturbed
reluctant
precipitate
30. Not wise or sensible
enthrall with
imprudence
lethargy
entitle
31. Plunge
plummet
fidelity
incentive
lanky
32. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
enthrall with
clash with
grant
mercenary
33. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
clash with
serenade
bequeath
precipitate
34. To do or be better than sb/sth
plummet
surpass
fauna
mundane
35. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
imprudence
frugal
mundane
effusive
36. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
ungainly
founder
resemble
sumptuous
37. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
heirloom
patriarchal
inept
mercenary
38. Souvenir
mementos
placid
multifarious
plummet
39. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
insinuate
confront
exterminate
monotony
40. Violent and brutal
candor
viciously
bombastic
provincial
41. A series of unpleasant things that happen
rash
misconstrue
indefatigable
pyromaniac
42. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
clump
enthrall with
hull
totter
43. To tell again
probity
retelling
vetiver
conglomeration
44. Ambiguous
enthrall with
ungainly
preeminent
equivocal
45. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
reservoir
prudence
viciously
feral
46. To obtain - especially with difficulty
founder
retelling
procure
offbeat
47. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
rejoinder
morale
feral
agnostic
48. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
fallacy
hierarchical
procure
stipend
49. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
humanitarian
lethargy
droll
repudiate
50. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
salutary
spawn
equivocal
barrage