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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. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
trivial
extolling
acerbic
mundane
2. Incompetent; not having the skill
monotony
harbinger
glowing
inept
3. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
ungainly
perturbed
refute
extolling
4. A code that knights adopted in the late Middle Ages; requiring them to be brave - loyal and true to their word; they had to fight fairly in battle
chivalry
superfluous
rout
obsequious
5. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
refute
droll
vexed
assortment
6. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
blistering
promiscuous
resemble
reapportion
7. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
rubric
barrage
hybrid
plummet
8. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
pretentious
unrest
refute
arsonist
9. Talking a lot - especially about unimportant things
prompt
dilution
garrulous
subsidize
10. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
arsonist
prescribed
enact
able-bodied
11. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
inept
arbitrary
jangle
benefactor
12. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
lamentable
pyromaniac
arbitrary
spawn
13. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
nourish
deplete
indigenous
dilution
14. To make into compartment (room)
lambaste
compartmentalize
provincial
disseminate
15. Not needed or useful
arid
grin
mementos
redundant
16. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
bout
pretentious
wane
alias
17. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
topography
innuendo
illuminate
entrench
18. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
miserly
rarefy
exterminate
curt
19. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
hasty
courtly
stolid
incentive
20. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
reservoir
formality
insinuate
effusive
21. Being lack of variety
monotony
clump
flimsy
amorous
22. To enjoy or desire much
clash with
relish
utilitarian
seedy
23. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
cognizant
stipend
mime
sole
24. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
cessation
repulsed
famished
monetary
25. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
deficit
hierarchical
refute
captive
26. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
notion
accomplice
precipitate
reticent
27. To destroy completely or accidentally
repudiate
venerate
famished
demolish
28. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
clash with
upbraid
harbinger
discreet
29. Unexpectedly amusing
droll
discreet
spurn
sturdy
30. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
fidelity
exemption
hasty
mournful
31. To make sth happen or be produced
miserly
inept
spawn
genial
32. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
feral
prevalent
miserly
offbeat
33. Sad - quite and unhappy
entitle
enact
glum
hinges on
34. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
salient
clump
seedy
sumptuous
35. Lonely and unhappy
deficit
expatriate
ungainly
forlorn
36. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
nourish
arid
procure
coax
37. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
deprecate
diminish
bustling
grin
38. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
glowing
refute
convoluted
benign
39. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
lanky
divulge
deprecate
liberator
40. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
reluctant
obtuse
vassal
pantomime
41. To fell disgust or strong dislike
repulsed
rail at
amorous
alias
42. Not important or serious; not worth considering
periphery
catalogue
repulsed
trivial
43. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
humanitarian
lambaste
lanky
dexterous
44. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
viable
condone
ascetic
rescind
45. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
expatriate
ration
addendum
offbeat
46. To try hard not to show your feelings
utilitarian
chock back
probity
exemption
47. To give subsidy
viable
repulsed
elicited
subsidize
48. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
mirth
pseudonym
ration
mundane
49. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
excommunicate
effusive
impetus
venue
50. Unwilling to tell people about things
entitle
equivocal
hybrid
reticent