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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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1. Physically strong and healthy
syncopated
rubric
able-bodied
misnomer
2. Not interesting or exciting
rash
monotonously
mundane
extent
3. Concerned with making people live better
indefatigable
rash
embark on
humanitarian
4. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
benchmark
promiscuous
omit
mementos
5. Ancestor
progenitor
lambaste
glowing
deficit
6. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
vetiver
hybrid
cynically
acerbic
7. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
lethargy
prudence
deplete
venue
8. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
editorial
courtly
embark
blatant
9. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
patron
denounce
topography
reluctant
10. To be worried and anxious
exemption
probity
perturbed
compile
11. (informal) different from what most people expect
editorial
offbeat
bestow
prudence
12. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
beguile
salient
liberator
flimsy
13. To destroy completely or accidentally
multifarious
verbose
exterminate
demolish
14. Not enough
sumptuous
curmudgeon
glum
scanty
15. To make yourself responsible for sth
pretentious
imprudence
disrupt
undertake
16. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
venerate
integrity
trivial
wistfully
17. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
obtuse
rescind
deprecate
shear
18. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
leaden
altruistic
dire
belligerent
19. To depend on something
impetus
captive
hinges on
assortment
20. Additional information
addendum
garrulous
fallacy
sumptuous
21. A special liking for sth
unrest
retelling
trivial
penchant
22. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
sumptuous
integrity
resemble
frugal
23. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
insinuate
demolish
candor
innuendo
24. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
vexed
mime
applicable
equivocal
25. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
dreary
clash with
conventional
cognizant
26. Search inside sth
hybrid
delve into
exemption
leaden
27. To make sb less angry about sth
clump
infectious
offbeat
placate
28. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
agnostic
farce
extolling
omit
29. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
founder
prescribed
extolling
divulge
30. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
vassal
enact
arid
rash
31. Showing much or too much emotion
effusive
founder
lamentable
elicited
32. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
procure
reservoir
illuminate
blatant
33. A lack of sth
dearth
havoc
perturbed
phenomenon
34. Cheerful and friendly
periphery
genial
placid
relinquish
35. A gradual decline of sth
wax and wane
perturbed
premonition
erosion
36. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
indefatigable
vexed
deprecate
misconstrue
37. A highly poisonous chemical
nourish
mementos
cyanide
stolid
38. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
aggravate
reticent
rout
feign
39. To make into compartment (room)
extent
instrumental
feign
compartmentalize
40. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
bequeath
jangle
viable
prevalent
41. Unwilling to tell people about things
reticent
proponent
viciously
egregious
42. Souvenir
ration
mementos
bombastic
heirloom
43. To make sth weaker
conjecture
patron
warily
dilution
44. Strong and not easily damaged
plummet
provincial
sturdy
grudgingly
45. A match of boxing/wrestling
reapportion
bout
farce
dilution
46. To leave out
wax
omit
humanitarian
indigenous
47. A mix of different things found together
unvarying
conglomeration
repulsed
compartmentalize
48. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
lambaste
shear
farce
entreat
49. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
feral
courtly
utilitarian
mime
50. A bad sense of something will happen
provincial
premonition
criteria
superfluous