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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Most important and noticeable
timorous
salient
ration
stolid
2. A special liking for sth
altruistic
notion
penchant
mime
3. Extremely bad
egregious
plummet
flimsy
denounce
4. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
ammunition
precipitate
undertake
entreat
5. Very dry; having no or little rain
reservoir
provincial
envision
arid
6. Strong and not easily damaged
monetary
droll
pantomime
sturdy
7. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
provincial
totter
formality
repudiate
8. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
mundane
illuminate
mournful
infectious
9. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
innuendo
promiscuous
bestow
compartmentalize
10. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
eradication
founder
captive
entitle
11. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
lethargy
nourish
aggravate
refute
12. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
titillate
mementos
divulge
vassal
13. Rule d and controlled by men
patriarchal
disseminate
effusive
aggravate
14. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
wax
stolid
exuberant
multifarious
15. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
conglomeration
grudgingly
chivalry
applicable
16. A bad sense of something will happen
clash with
confront
sumptuous
premonition
17. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
garrulous
glowing
flimsy
mundane
18. Something that encourage a process or activity
upbraid
impetus
tentative
misconstrue
19. Very expensive and looking very impressive
glowing
harbinger
sumptuous
resemble
20. Extremely wet
wistfully
sodden
redundant
deplete
21. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
venerate
deplete
rescind
alias
22. Wipe out
fauna
exterminate
belligerent
agnostic
23. Very disappointing
wistfully
fidelity
lamentable
feign
24. The outer edge of a particular area
humility
periphery
meager
arid
25. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
leaden
writ
bequeath
embark on
26. To move in an awkward way - pushing people around out of the way or crash into them
topography
instrumental
barge
benchmark
27. Only; single
titillate
utilitarian
sole
serenade
28. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
penchant
wistfully
nourish
barrage
29. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
expatriate
disrupt
precipitate
obsequious
30. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
extent
disseminate
bombastic
lamentable
31. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
rhetoric
viable
hasty
penchant
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
formality
prescribed
preeminent
notion
33. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
compile
arsonist
patriarchal
egregious
34. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
heirloom
probity
integrity
disseminate
35. To make sth happen or be produced
spawn
assortment
cyanide
founder
36. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
ghastly
retelling
clash with
titillate
37. Dull gray - like lead
leaden
magnify
rout
genial
38. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
hasty
obtuse
proponent
stipend
39. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
dearth
subtle
pantomime
upbraid
40. A lack of sth
catalogue
bequeath
insinuate
dearth
41. Horrible or terrible
ungainly
pseudonym
benefactor
ghastly
42. To make sb less angry about sth
ration
placate
vassal
hierarchical
43. Not interesting or exciting
bout
premonition
spawn
mundane
44. How serious - important - large sth is
wax and wane
ungainly
embark on
extent
45. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
procure
undertake
insinuate
accomplice
46. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
founder
conventional
imprudence
prudence
47. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
hierarchical
farce
venue
conjecture
48. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
fidelity
vague
deficit
clump
49. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
subvert
rhetoric
glum
amorous
50. Unwilling to tell people about things
curt
spurious
reticent
diminish
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