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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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sat
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
editorial
nourish
probity
insinuate
2. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
assortment
blatant
displace
embark
3. Supporter
proponent
ration
sodden
ascetic
4. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
persistently
sodden
catalogue
elicited
5. Not interesting or exciting
enact
mundane
hierarchical
scanty
6. To make you sad
rejoinder
dreary
reign over
vetiver
7. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
curmudgeon
vetiver
mercenary
morale
8. Unexpectedly amusing
viscous
timorous
droll
disseminate
9. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
unrest
rejoinder
founder
equivocal
10. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
phenomenon
reapportion
clump
redundant
11. Very sad
refute
mournful
grin
incensed
12. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
denounce
cyanide
demolish
proponent
13. Something that encourages you to do sth
refute
voluminous
bestow
incentive
14. Ambiguous
concession
distraught
equivocal
placate
15. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
sodden
rejoinder
titillate
conceal
16. The act of conceding
concession
redundant
magnify
hybrid
17. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
fauna
obsequious
upbraid
ungainly
18. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
confront
beguile
blatant
enact
19. A name used b y writer that is not real
spurn
pseudonym
tentative
shear
20. Most important and noticeable
displace
catalogue
salient
hierarchical
21. Able to spread around
feral
infectious
procure
progenitor
22. (spots) done very fast with great energy
blistering
confront
bequeath
lanky
23. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
unrest
bustling
insinuate
repudiate
24. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
persistently
amorous
cyanide
upbraid
25. The quality of being loyal to sb/sth
criteria
monotonously
fidelity
incentive
26. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
warily
voluminous
vexed
lethargy
27. Of many kinds; having great variety
multifarious
reluctant
hierarchical
vague
28. Violent and brutal
periphery
precipitate
envision
viciously
29. (informal) different from what most people expect
assortment
offbeat
refute
alias
30. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
grin
feral
enact
dearth
31. Plunge
candor
plummet
rash
cognizant
32. A code that knights adopted in the late Middle Ages; requiring them to be brave - loyal and true to their word; they had to fight fairly in battle
chivalry
altruistic
entreat
aggravate
33. To depend on something
misconstrue
hinges on
demolish
patron
34. To become gradually weaker or less important
denounce
wane
thwart
phenomenon
35. Incompetent; not having the skill
conceal
coax
inept
patron
36. Using only a few words to say sth
lamentable
laconic
placate
prompt
37. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
reluctant
stipend
demolish
patriarchal
38. To move away sth
erosion
impetus
chivalry
displace
39. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
chivalry
redundant
heirloom
hybrid
40. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
rail at
garrulous
clash with
chivalry
41. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
embark
innuendo
cognizant
founder
42. Needing great effort and energy
resemble
vague
strenuous
fidelity
43. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
subsidize
alias
amorous
viscous
44. To make sth into catalogue
cognizant
catalogue
procure
deficit
45. Having a good effect on sb/sth - though often seeming unpleasant
retelling
salutary
beguile
concession
46. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
thwart
stolid
cynically
refute
47. To make unpleasant sound
enthrall with
mementos
jangle
indefatigable
48. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
embark on
fidelity
nourish
wax
49. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
salient
aggravate
patron
genial
50. (formal) a costumer
patron
chivalry
liberator
vexed