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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. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
stolid
disseminate
applicable
hull
2. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
integrity
haste
mournful
notion
3. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
envision
monetary
placid
reign over
4. To copy sth exactly
replicate
cessation
displace
divulge
5. To fell disgust or strong dislike
repulsed
cyanide
compile
mercenary
6. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
arbitrary
reluctant
lambaste
lethargy
7. Needing great effort and energy
dexterous
feral
strenuous
wane
8. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
mime
inept
benchmark
metes out
9. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
trivial
verbose
perturbed
sole
10. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
imprudence
indigenous
timorous
vague
11. Concerned with making people live better
deficit
hull
humanitarian
compile
12. Small and poor in quality
excommunicate
repudiate
altruistic
meager
13. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
sumptuous
mournful
hybrid
lanky
14. The outer edge of a particular area
penchant
illuminate
periphery
metes out
15. To do or be better than sb/sth
envision
imprudence
stipend
surpass
16. Common - widespread
arid
founder
unrest
prevalent
17. Using only a few words to say sth
laconic
glowing
procure
metes out
18. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
lamentable
erosion
sodden
morale
19. Supply of bullets
ammunition
superfluous
nourish
benefactor
20. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
upbraid
dearth
curt
pyromaniac
21. Focus more on function than other qualities
utilitarian
altruistic
bustling
conventional
22. A gradual decline of sth
rarefy
obtuse
integrity
erosion
23. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
miserly
arbitrary
sole
applicable
24. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
hybrid
rash
condone
mournful
25. Clear and easy to understand
explicitly
agnostic
laconic
ammunition
26. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
convoluted
egregious
assortment
timorous
27. Something that encourage a process or activity
exemption
impetus
grin
miserly
28. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
reign over
condone
conventional
preeminent
29. The quality of being completely honest
writ
convoluted
leaden
probity
30. Being lack of variety
monotony
spurious
egregious
rubric
31. To punish or make sb suffer
periphery
metes out
multifarious
incentive
32. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
chivalry
extolling
effusive
repudiate
33. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
exemption
precipitate
precarious
pyromaniac
34. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
venue
preeminent
benefactor
rhetoric
35. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
bequeath
formality
reservoir
reticent
36. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
hierarchical
ungainly
displace
niche
37. A name used b y writer that is not real
clash with
deficit
pseudonym
rash
38. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
relish
impetus
vexed
mirth
39. Ancestor
arsonist
phenomenon
progenitor
enact
40. Unexpectedly amusing
droll
rescind
chock back
benchmark
41. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
flimsy
innuendo
aggravate
fallacy
42. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
distraught
founder
leaden
multifarious
43. The quality of being humble
humility
prudence
subsidize
topography
44. To make you sad
enthrall with
distraught
dreary
frugal
45. Supporter
patron
multifarious
cessation
proponent
46. Horrible or terrible
altruistic
ghastly
mercenary
precarious
47. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
omit
havoc
grant
clash with
48. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
repulsed
sole
fallacy
dearth
49. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
wistfully
envision
ascetic
monotony
50. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
lofty
flimsy
conventional
forlorn