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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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Subjects
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
preeminent
impetus
altruistic
barrage
2. Clear and easy to understand
explicitly
addendum
arid
convoluted
3. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
eradication
rout
sodden
effusive
4. To move away sth
rash
acerbic
displace
plummet
5. Unexpectedly amusing
droll
stipend
prudence
courtly
6. A name used b y writer that is not real
verbose
pseudonym
ascetic
redundant
7. To smile widely
entitle
barrage
grin
entrench
8. To refuse - reject in a proud way
retelling
spurn
compartmentalize
jangle
9. To make sth into catalogue
catalogue
totter
cede
multifarious
10. A cranky old person
exterminate
replicate
lanky
curmudgeon
11. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
arsonist
phenomenon
captive
grudgingly
12. To make you sad
clump
dreary
captive
cyanide
13. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
rescind
curt
captive
conceal
14. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
monetary
lanky
upbraid
extent
15. Very important in making sth to happen
patron
distraught
instrumental
jangle
16. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
entrench
voluminous
shear
ration
17. Very high (loft=attic)
refute
benefactor
lofty
forlorn
18. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
pyromaniac
reservoir
periphery
vetiver
19. To make sth smaller or weak
plummet
diminish
dreary
unpalatable
20. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
illuminate
grant
conjecture
scanty
21. Nervous and easily frightened
timorous
superfluous
prompt
fallacy
22. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
insinuate
conceal
seedy
condone
23. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
elicited
illuminate
relinquish
placate
24. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
precipitate
indefatigable
elicited
writ
25. Cheerful and friendly
hasty
equivocal
condone
genial
26. Very angry
incensed
belligerent
reapportion
virulent
27. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
refute
virulent
resemble
frugal
28. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
rescind
flimsy
preeminent
formality
29. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
rhetoric
effusive
acerbic
misconstrue
30. Focus more on function than other qualities
entrench
utilitarian
deprecate
grudgingly
31. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
founder
imprudence
misnomer
superfluous
32. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
omit
disrupt
misnomer
havoc
33. Plunge
plummet
stipend
retelling
courtly
34. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
enact
prompt
excommunicate
egregious
35. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
mime
beguile
relinquish
fauna
36. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
subtle
extolling
miserly
convoluted
37. Common - widespread
refute
humility
prevalent
imprudence
38. To talk sb into gently
coax
feign
entitle
unvarying
39. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
amorous
heirloom
repudiate
magnify
40. Starving
demolish
famished
agnostic
ammunition
41. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
cognizant
coax
effusive
wane
42. Strong and not easily damaged
sturdy
dire
dilution
enthrall with
43. A bad sense of something will happen
miserly
premonition
niche
courtly
44. Not wise or sensible
imprudence
genial
wane
rash
45. Extremely bad
egregious
upbraid
reapportion
barge
46. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
stipend
ungainly
patriarchal
heirloom
47. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
ascetic
relish
distraught
sole
48. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
discreet
subsidize
redundant
obsequious
49. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
precarious
cynically
deficit
denounce
50. False - although seeming to be genuine
warily
strenuous
spurious
enact