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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. To talk sb into gently
sturdy
coax
warily
meager
2. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
procure
vetiver
garrulous
dire
3. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
rout
egregious
curmudgeon
conventional
4. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
bustling
founder
miserly
alias
5. Not clear in a person's mind
bout
vague
beguile
rout
6. Horrible or terrible
elicited
ghastly
dire
exuberant
7. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
bustling
subtle
wax and wane
cede
8. To make unpleasant sound
jangle
diminish
lethargy
pretentious
9. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
strenuous
ammunition
topography
wistfully
10. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
condone
bequeath
extent
tentative
11. Showing much or too much emotion
vague
effusive
precarious
concession
12. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
extent
incensed
refute
ration
13. To have foretold vision
conceal
envision
morale
tentative
14. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
prescribed
harbinger
preeminent
multifarious
15. To make you sad
dreary
sumptuous
pantomime
reticent
16. Not safe and certain; dangerous
candor
precarious
spurn
voluminous
17. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
inept
deplete
precipitate
ration
18. Supply of bullets
mirth
placate
ammunition
editorial
19. Very dry; having no or little rain
extent
applicable
arid
viscous
20. A person who helps in criminal incidents
indefatigable
accomplice
equivocal
unvarying
21. Search inside sth
humility
delve into
indefatigable
barrage
22. To fell disgust or strong dislike
imprudence
unvarying
repulsed
conventional
23. More than you need or want
proponent
persistently
trivial
superfluous
24. Something that encourages you to do sth
incentive
grin
surpass
relish
25. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
liberator
notion
prudence
bestow
26. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
mementos
fidelity
obtuse
rarefy
27. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
compile
conjecture
ghastly
rhetoric
28. How serious - important - large sth is
disseminate
extent
incensed
repudiate
29. The outer edge of a particular area
syncopated
subtle
periphery
havoc
30. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
candor
upbraid
precipitate
totter
31. Rule d and controlled by men
catalogue
able-bodied
infectious
patriarchal
32. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
elicited
unpalatable
patriarchal
delve into
33. Starving
barrage
coax
explicitly
famished
34. To try hard not to show your feelings
chock back
dire
prevalent
addendum
35. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
deplete
compile
reapportion
unrest
36. Extremely wet
morale
acerbic
condone
sodden
37. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
criteria
bustling
provincial
prudence
38. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
titillate
founder
extent
precarious
39. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
enthrall with
ration
monotonously
entitle
40. A special liking for sth
penchant
rarefy
clump
convoluted
41. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
conventional
agnostic
delve into
enthrall with
42. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
deprecate
upbraid
exuberant
deficit
43. To depend on something
hinges on
vassal
placid
procure
44. = mime; = farce
agnostic
pantomime
fauna
periphery
45. To copy sth exactly
acerbic
topography
replicate
egregious
46. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
amorous
curt
mercenary
farce
47. To enjoy or desire much
amorous
topography
relish
fidelity
48. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
fidelity
thwart
coax
scanty
49. Not wise or sensible
criteria
conjecture
grant
imprudence
50. To pretend to have a particular feeling
salient
disseminate
feign
arbitrary