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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. To punish or make sb suffer
pseudonym
magnify
metes out
seedy
2. Unwilling to tell people about things
serenade
deplete
reticent
laconic
3. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
bombastic
tentative
patriarchal
benign
4. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
formality
cede
harbinger
placate
5. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
frugal
incensed
unrest
relish
6. Violent and brutal
viciously
rejoinder
vague
rout
7. Unfriendly and aggressive
belligerent
precarious
enthrall with
fallacy
8. The complete destruction of every trace of something
mercenary
monotony
cede
eradication
9. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
lethargy
dreary
curt
morale
10. To have foretold vision
insinuate
able-bodied
envision
persistently
11. Unexpectedly amusing
curmudgeon
conventional
exuberant
droll
12. Regulated
prescribed
laconic
probity
rhetoric
13. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
indefatigable
captive
grant
unpalatable
14. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
rail at
distraught
relish
deprecate
15. To move in an awkward way - pushing people around out of the way or crash into them
addendum
blistering
impetus
barge
16. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
garrulous
heirloom
courtly
cede
17. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
viable
curmudgeon
indefatigable
deficit
18. Something that encourages you to do sth
mime
conglomeration
incentive
sturdy
19. Reveal a secret
fallacy
divulge
arid
courtly
20. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
clash with
mime
altruistic
compile
21. (spots) done very fast with great energy
forlorn
blistering
mournful
blatant
22. Cheerful and friendly
genial
grant
reservoir
barge
23. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
entrench
magnify
liberator
obtuse
24. Clear and easy to understand
explicitly
curt
ghastly
viciously
25. Rule d and controlled by men
fidelity
grin
patriarchal
salutary
26. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
dexterous
stolid
prudence
grudgingly
27. Beg; seriously asking for
entreat
timorous
envision
magnify
28. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
applicable
infectious
arsonist
hull
29. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
formality
venue
famished
garrulous
30. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
founder
prompt
indigenous
captive
31. Supply of bullets
cynically
grant
ammunition
courtly
32. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
topography
exemption
mime
unpalatable
33. Being lack of variety
reservoir
probity
monotony
benefactor
34. To make sb less angry about sth
dilution
arbitrary
exemption
placate
35. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
viciously
illuminate
feign
surpass
36. A person living in a country that's not their own
applicable
benefactor
unrest
expatriate
37. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
excommunicate
lofty
promiscuous
premonition
38. (usually plural) a thing you must do as a formal or official part of a legal process - a social situation - etc - (usually singular) a thing - that you must do as part of an official progress - but which has little meaning and will not affect what ha
probity
liberator
ascetic
formality
39. A cranky old person
voluminous
exterminate
venue
curmudgeon
40. Very important in making sth to happen
instrumental
premonition
mournful
wistfully
41. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
rubric
premonition
cede
benchmark
42. Very disappointing
venue
pyromaniac
criteria
lamentable
43. Nervous and easily frightened
criteria
timorous
cyanide
elicited
44. The quality of being completely honest
hasty
totter
hybrid
probity
45. Not clear in a person's mind
vague
distraught
compile
omit
46. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
incensed
exemption
wistfully
lambaste
47. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
pseudonym
lanky
inept
amorous
48. The act of conceding
equivocal
concession
conventional
genial
49. How serious - important - large sth is
dilution
entrench
unvarying
extent
50. Focus more on function than other qualities
wistfully
innuendo
utilitarian
altruistic