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SAT Critical Reading Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Most important and noticeable






2. A special liking for sth






3. Extremely bad






4. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen






5. Very dry; having no or little rain






6. Strong and not easily damaged






7. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)






8. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up






9. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought






10. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space






11. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)






12. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way






13. Rule d and controlled by men






14. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible






15. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth






16. A bad sense of something will happen






17. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used






18. Something that encourage a process or activity






19. Very expensive and looking very impressive






20. Extremely wet






21. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left






22. Wipe out






23. Very disappointing






24. The outer edge of a particular area






25. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.






26. To move in an awkward way - pushing people around out of the way or crash into them






27. Only; single






28. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.






29. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important






30. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people






31. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere






32. (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






33. A person who commit the crime of setting fire






34. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles






35. To make sth happen or be produced






36. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)






37. Dull gray - like lead






38. Money paid regularly to sb as wages






39. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said






40. A lack of sth






41. Horrible or terrible






42. To make sb less angry about sth






43. Not interesting or exciting






44. How serious - important - large sth is






45. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true






46. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem






47. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference






48. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk






49. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective






50. Unwilling to tell people about things







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