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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 become gradually weaker or less important
redundant
wax and wane
wane
harbinger
2. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
frugal
perturbed
cede
able-bodied
3. A gradual decline of sth
flimsy
divulge
forlorn
erosion
4. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
precarious
serenade
repudiate
vexed
5. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
reticent
grant
blistering
stipend
6. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
disseminate
misconstrue
arbitrary
persistently
7. A special liking for sth
monetary
extolling
penchant
persistently
8. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
upbraid
placate
phenomenon
illuminate
9. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
lambaste
exterminate
aggravate
upbraid
10. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
reluctant
formality
promiscuous
sodden
11. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
obsequious
precipitate
elicited
preeminent
12. The act of conceding
topography
concession
offbeat
lethargy
13. To copy sth exactly
egregious
obtuse
niche
replicate
14. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
obtuse
denounce
demolish
persistently
15. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
miserly
venue
glowing
strenuous
16. Very expensive and looking very impressive
sumptuous
hull
prompt
ammunition
17. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
grudgingly
benchmark
hasty
reluctant
18. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
bustling
monotonously
precipitate
blistering
19. Not wise or sensible
imprudence
hinges on
scanty
cyanide
20. To fell disgust or strong dislike
illuminate
repulsed
resemble
disseminate
21. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
haste
subvert
subsidize
rejoinder
22. Additional information
explicitly
denounce
genial
addendum
23. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
obtuse
wax
monetary
insinuate
24. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
cynically
condone
entreat
monotony
25. To talk sb into gently
exemption
lambaste
obsequious
coax
26. Unfriendly and aggressive
belligerent
surpass
glowing
altruistic
27. Violent and brutal
benchmark
viciously
cynically
provincial
28. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
wax
famished
precipitate
virulent
29. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor
pseudonym
persistently
omit
30. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
integrity
subtle
convoluted
lethargy
31. A fake name of a criminal or actor
lambaste
phenomenon
alias
innuendo
32. The quality of being loyal to sb/sth
blistering
conglomeration
addendum
fidelity
33. A series of unpleasant things that happen
rash
leaden
accomplice
equivocal
34. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
bequeath
integrity
amorous
forlorn
35. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
incensed
arsonist
dire
spawn
36. Using only a few words to say sth
jangle
laconic
virulent
enact
37. Very serious
misconstrue
dire
seedy
unrest
38. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
fauna
sodden
seedy
rubric
39. Not clear in a person's mind
hull
progenitor
serenade
vague
40. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
havoc
benign
farce
humanitarian
41. To give subsidy
subsidize
altruistic
pseudonym
fauna
42. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
arbitrary
dexterous
candor
strenuous
43. Strong and not easily damaged
sturdy
pyromaniac
bequeath
rubric
44. Needing great effort and energy
clash with
stolid
strenuous
monotonously
45. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
bequeath
sumptuous
stolid
chivalry
46. A person living in a country that's not their own
expatriate
plummet
conjecture
progenitor
47. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
ungainly
impetus
relinquish
hierarchical
48. Search inside sth
curmudgeon
delve into
dexterous
prudence
49. Talking a lot - especially about unimportant things
ration
sodden
curmudgeon
garrulous
50. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
alias
entreat
humanitarian
nourish