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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. Being lack of variety
superfluous
concession
formality
monotony
2. (spots) done very fast with great energy
disrupt
serenade
blistering
liberator
3. Wipe out
exterminate
verbose
mirth
applicable
4. A match of boxing/wrestling
applicable
salient
bout
entreat
5. Very high (loft=attic)
lofty
ghastly
embark on
confront
6. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
expatriate
confront
relinquish
barge
7. Violent and brutal
magnify
viciously
assortment
offbeat
8. To talk sb into gently
deprecate
coax
wistfully
garrulous
9. Very expensive and looking very impressive
voluminous
redundant
sumptuous
subtle
10. Not important or serious; not worth considering
spurious
trivial
writ
harbinger
11. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
able-bodied
mime
arid
sole
12. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
phenomenon
vassal
lanky
exterminate
13. The quality of being completely honest
probity
venue
embark on
criteria
14. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
conventional
deplete
editorial
enact
15. (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
egregious
formality
infectious
sumptuous
16. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
benefactor
envision
amorous
glowing
17. To copy sth exactly
imprudence
replicate
hybrid
ungainly
18. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
thwart
sturdy
reluctant
laconic
19. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
dearth
wistfully
persistently
stipend
20. A highly poisonous chemical
promiscuous
inept
cyanide
reign over
21. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
infectious
farce
embark
phenomenon
22. To destroy completely or accidentally
bustling
demolish
nourish
extolling
23. Lonely and unhappy
wax and wane
conglomeration
vassal
forlorn
24. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
confront
entrench
deprecate
arid
25. To take control of a country - region - etc - especially by force
wane
unrest
annex
divulge
26. To refuse - reject in a proud way
plummet
offbeat
spurn
repulsed
27. To try hard not to show your feelings
resemble
chock back
lanky
probity
28. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
prevalent
embark on
excommunicate
genial
29. Unwilling to tell people about things
hasty
bombastic
reticent
spurious
30. To make sb less angry about sth
ration
beguile
venerate
placate
31. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
condone
perturbed
exemption
divulge
32. To have foretold vision
unrest
verbose
envision
delve into
33. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
bombastic
mercenary
conjecture
farce
34. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
integrity
shear
candor
insinuate
35. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
disrupt
beguile
glowing
prompt
36. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
enact
fidelity
fallacy
phenomenon
37. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
disrupt
thwart
rout
arbitrary
38. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
feral
placid
spurn
magnify
39. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
unrest
pretentious
rhetoric
fauna
40. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
discreet
vexed
seedy
sumptuous
41. To tell again
spurn
havoc
miserly
retelling
42. Supply of bullets
lofty
erosion
refute
ammunition
43. To move in an awkward way - pushing people around out of the way or crash into them
innuendo
altruistic
prescribed
barge
44. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
bombastic
indefatigable
verbose
rescind
45. Something that encourage a process or activity
misnomer
impetus
rout
spurn
46. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
courtly
bequeath
redundant
periphery
47. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
integrity
rarefy
precarious
laconic
48. To punish or make sb suffer
curt
glowing
patron
metes out
49. Using only a few words to say sth
exemption
eradication
laconic
courtly
50. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
eradication
enact
humility
miserly