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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 be respected very much as being very important or holy
erosion
hinges on
venerate
deplete
2. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
indigenous
cognizant
distraught
fidelity
3. (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
mundane
resemble
venue
4. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
mirth
stolid
reservoir
miserly
5. Incompetent; not having the skill
inept
beguile
explicitly
coax
6. To hide sth
beguile
conceal
lambaste
nourish
7. 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
wax
chivalry
deprecate
precipitate
8. To talk sb into gently
coax
rhetoric
pretentious
envision
9. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
misconstrue
discreet
glum
genial
10. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
heirloom
haste
compile
mercenary
11. Rule d and controlled by men
phenomenon
patriarchal
confront
conceal
12. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
deficit
farce
blatant
embark
13. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
ascetic
innuendo
undertake
confront
14. Not clear in a person's mind
vague
innuendo
feral
assortment
15. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
clash with
lambaste
salutary
seedy
16. Not noticeable or obvious
incensed
ammunition
prudence
subtle
17. Able to spread around
incentive
mournful
amorous
infectious
18. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
jangle
confront
disseminate
wax and wane
19. To fell disgust or strong dislike
reticent
ammunition
repulsed
fallacy
20. Plunge
deplete
plummet
unpalatable
lethargy
21. To obtain - especially with difficulty
subsidize
penchant
procure
mercenary
22. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
enact
ghastly
mercenary
entreat
23. Not enough
benefactor
scanty
benchmark
vetiver
24. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
inept
resemble
formality
preeminent
25. To take control of a country - region - etc - especially by force
scanty
ascetic
indefatigable
annex
26. Full of people moving around in a busy way
bustling
distraught
chivalry
rescind
27. To make into compartment (room)
retelling
divulge
rhetoric
compartmentalize
28. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
scanty
seedy
ungainly
deficit
29. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
venue
surpass
reluctant
wax and wane
30. A bad sense of something will happen
integrity
tentative
alias
premonition
31. give up
divulge
cyanide
mirth
relinquish
32. Search inside sth
belligerent
deplete
utilitarian
delve into
33. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
patron
cynically
heirloom
forlorn
34. = mime; = farce
pantomime
procure
captive
undertake
35. Narrow-minded
feign
editorial
provincial
cyanide
36. Most important and noticeable
salient
undertake
grudgingly
placid
37. A person living in a country that's not their own
arid
expatriate
resemble
hinges on
38. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
condone
totter
laconic
patron
39. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
expatriate
benefactor
bout
patriarchal
40. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
ghastly
preeminent
disrupt
condone
41. Not safe and certain; dangerous
liberator
cede
precarious
deprecate
42. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
pretentious
provincial
rejoinder
spurn
43. (formal) a costumer
misnomer
patron
retelling
grant
44. To give subsidy
amorous
sumptuous
perturbed
subsidize
45. Concerned with making people live better
bequeath
humanitarian
viable
barrage
46. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
criteria
delve into
dexterous
annex
47. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
altruistic
misconstrue
glowing
cyanide
48. Kind and gentle
benign
forlorn
explicitly
topography
49. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
precarious
obsequious
venue
ungainly
50. How serious - important - large sth is
extent
convoluted
sumptuous
bequeath