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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. Common - widespread
prevalent
enthrall with
ungainly
repulsed
2. Something that encourage a process or activity
accomplice
impetus
aggravate
entrench
3. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
lofty
rejoinder
venue
entrench
4. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
pretentious
deficit
metes out
stipend
5. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
rubric
fauna
curmudgeon
jangle
6. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
reapportion
sumptuous
heirloom
trivial
7. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
patron
criteria
retelling
denounce
8. To copy sth exactly
jangle
replicate
assortment
nourish
9. The quality of being completely honest
stolid
probity
persistently
candor
10. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
rout
ungainly
cynically
clump
11. Focus more on function than other qualities
rash
blatant
utilitarian
wax and wane
12. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
prudence
catalogue
effusive
miserly
13. A bad sense of something will happen
verbose
premonition
illuminate
instrumental
14. To make unpleasant sound
lethargy
incentive
writ
jangle
15. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
meager
obsequious
disrupt
curt
16. To take control of a country - region - etc - especially by force
laconic
trivial
annex
candor
17. Connected with money
viscous
reluctant
distraught
monetary
18. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
notion
confront
cede
applicable
19. The complete destruction of every trace of something
magnify
salient
patriarchal
eradication
20. To praise sb/sth very much
repulsed
leaden
extolling
placate
21. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
rejoinder
seedy
explicitly
resemble
22. A highly poisonous chemical
incensed
deprecate
fauna
cyanide
23. To become gradually weaker or less important
wane
curmudgeon
cessation
entitle
24. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
repulsed
notion
strenuous
deficit
25. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
egregious
pretentious
monotony
phenomenon
26. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
embark
compartmentalize
utilitarian
misconstrue
27. Rule d and controlled by men
wistfully
condone
vetiver
patriarchal
28. (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
feign
repulsed
aggravate
29. Supply of bullets
benefactor
ammunition
hasty
entreat
30. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
enact
discreet
flimsy
humility
31. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
prescribed
ration
hierarchical
wane
32. Not easily irritated
belligerent
placid
vexed
impetus
33. Search inside sth
disrupt
delve into
curt
reapportion
34. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
barrage
arid
prompt
serenade
35. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
genial
repudiate
feral
viable
36. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
reapportion
conglomeration
accomplice
dexterous
37. Very angry
incensed
divulge
criteria
dexterous
38. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
miserly
lanky
mime
unpalatable
39. A person living in a country that's not their own
expatriate
forlorn
prudence
incentive
40. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
promiscuous
farce
liberator
meager
41. (spots) done very fast with great energy
blistering
precarious
reservoir
incensed
42. Very dry; having no or little rain
plummet
rejoinder
ammunition
arid
43. Nervous and easily frightened
timorous
bestow
repudiate
voluminous
44. Not safe and certain; dangerous
virulent
flimsy
pretentious
precarious
45. Extremely wet
leaden
reluctant
redundant
sodden
46. 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
dreary
addendum
reluctant
omit
47. A cranky old person
hybrid
ungainly
curmudgeon
discreet
48. Additional information
hull
formality
addendum
pretentious
49. A legal document from a court of order
diminish
clump
writ
excommunicate
50. To make you sad
subvert
dreary
genial
arid