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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Not important or serious; not worth considering
trivial
famished
replicate
unrest
2. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
stipend
syncopated
vassal
virulent
3. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
exuberant
indigenous
innuendo
patriarchal
4. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
nourish
elicited
acerbic
misconstrue
5. Not needed or useful
genial
redundant
dreary
conceal
6. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
timorous
mime
cede
tentative
7. Very large
rubric
voluminous
syncopated
hasty
8. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
embark on
pretentious
notion
grin
9. A bad sense of something will happen
prescribed
hybrid
premonition
reluctant
10. To make into compartment (room)
dexterous
venue
hull
compartmentalize
11. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
heirloom
metes out
promiscuous
refute
12. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
addendum
enthrall with
bombastic
promiscuous
13. Not wise or sensible
timorous
haste
misnomer
imprudence
14. False - although seeming to be genuine
able-bodied
conventional
spurious
clump
15. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
feral
benchmark
eradication
laconic
16. A gradual decline of sth
erosion
conjecture
utilitarian
notion
17. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
pyromaniac
illuminate
formality
salutary
18. A special liking for sth
feral
lamentable
verbose
penchant
19. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
rhetoric
spurn
reapportion
cyanide
20. Very important in making sth to happen
deprecate
misconstrue
perturbed
instrumental
21. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
lofty
liberator
viscous
cessation
22. Dull gray - like lead
leaden
writ
conceal
eradication
23. To obtain - especially with difficulty
dire
procure
assortment
replicate
24. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
exemption
penchant
excommunicate
applicable
25. Hesitating before doing sth because you don't want to do it or because you aren't sure that if it's the right thing to do
reluctant
scanty
virulent
seedy
26. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
dilution
deplete
lethargy
procure
27. The quality of being humble
proponent
humility
excommunicate
deplete
28. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
enthrall with
conceal
reservoir
resemble
29. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
distraught
grant
mime
barrage
30. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
refute
placate
mercenary
seedy
31. To try hard not to show your feelings
chock back
clump
havoc
entreat
32. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
captive
subsidize
hasty
courtly
33. To leave out
prescribed
virulent
omit
viscous
34. Plunge
plummet
progenitor
surpass
inept
35. Very angry
entitle
altruistic
incensed
infectious
36. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
vexed
diminish
enthrall with
bombastic
37. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
courtly
prudence
vassal
infectious
38. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
bequeath
utilitarian
cognizant
proponent
39. To make you sad
divulge
dreary
benign
wax and wane
40. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
denounce
courtly
fauna
bestow
41. To talk sb into gently
lofty
coax
reluctant
conceal
42. To make unpleasant sound
vague
jangle
accomplice
offbeat
43. Small and poor in quality
timorous
captive
meager
chivalry
44. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
placid
deficit
barrage
erosion
45. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
eradication
explicitly
insinuate
pretentious
46. Search inside sth
timorous
delve into
lanky
exuberant
47. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
mournful
hull
benefactor
ghastly
48. A cranky old person
exemption
assortment
lethargy
curmudgeon
49. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
integrity
benchmark
fallacy
perturbed
50. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
beguile
expatriate
aggravate
precipitate