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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. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
ascetic
rout
applicable
vague
2. To move away sth
patron
vetiver
displace
insinuate
3. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
promiscuous
strenuous
disrupt
hierarchical
4. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
havoc
excommunicate
forlorn
misconstrue
5. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
haste
miserly
enact
forlorn
6. Very expensive and looking very impressive
sumptuous
multifarious
tentative
spurn
7. Common - widespread
prevalent
upbraid
feral
extolling
8. A match of boxing/wrestling
vetiver
refute
lanky
bout
9. A lack of sth
laconic
convoluted
dearth
diminish
10. The quality of being completely honest
probity
incentive
egregious
thwart
11. To tell again
replicate
retelling
heirloom
divulge
12. Supply of bullets
exuberant
precipitate
ammunition
sole
13. To hide sth
warily
havoc
replicate
conceal
14. Something that encourages you to do sth
ghastly
reapportion
humanitarian
incentive
15. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
dearth
demolish
notion
rescind
16. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
titillate
chock back
syncopated
exemption
17. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
monotony
insinuate
disseminate
embark
18. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
indigenous
bombastic
prudence
sodden
19. (spots) done very fast with great energy
farce
divulge
blistering
mirth
20. Violent and brutal
retelling
lethargy
viciously
monotony
21. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
denounce
ungainly
effusive
monotonously
22. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
displace
arsonist
delve into
magnify
23. Rage
frugal
topography
rail at
salient
24. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
lanky
hinges on
extolling
clash with
25. To punish or make sb suffer
dearth
distraught
metes out
chock back
26. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
spurn
fauna
relinquish
prudence
27. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
exterminate
seedy
retelling
dexterous
28. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
pyromaniac
agnostic
miserly
incensed
29. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
thwart
grin
laconic
conventional
30. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
convoluted
hull
bestow
serenade
31. To do or be better than sb/sth
salient
enthrall with
benign
surpass
32. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
voluminous
preeminent
fallacy
superfluous
33. To get onto a sheep
embark
prudence
fallacy
frugal
34. To fell disgust or strong dislike
criteria
repulsed
deplete
fallacy
35. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
unpalatable
elicited
famished
discreet
36. A series of unpleasant things that happen
chivalry
forlorn
rash
provincial
37. To become gradually weaker or less important
cede
rhetoric
wistfully
wane
38. A person who helps in criminal incidents
notion
accomplice
viable
relish
39. To make sth into catalogue
catalogue
editorial
unrest
bestow
40. Hesitating before doing sth because you don't want to do it or because you aren't sure that if it's the right thing to do
reluctant
glum
erosion
rout
41. To leave out
able-bodied
tentative
omit
inept
42. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
cynically
seedy
undertake
verbose
43. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
nourish
addendum
ungainly
resemble
44. A mix of different things found together
laconic
altruistic
conglomeration
multifarious
45. A special liking for sth
salient
discreet
penchant
applicable
46. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
conceal
compile
hasty
syncopated
47. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
reluctant
courtly
voluminous
bustling
48. To break under pressure
reign over
shear
benign
entrench
49. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
incentive
captive
ghastly
able-bodied
50. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
grin
serenade
cognizant
compile