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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 talk sb into gently
imprudence
blatant
repulsed
coax
2. Not clear in a person's mind
editorial
vague
perturbed
hierarchical
3. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
acerbic
salutary
viscous
clash with
4. A bad sense of something will happen
premonition
liberator
replicate
titillate
5. Not interesting or exciting
venerate
superfluous
clump
mundane
6. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
wax and wane
curmudgeon
superfluous
notion
7. To praise sb/sth very much
extolling
agnostic
rash
ammunition
8. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
utilitarian
magnify
captive
ascetic
9. A person living in a country that's not their own
expatriate
effusive
incentive
sodden
10. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
eradication
diminish
benchmark
acerbic
11. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
innuendo
mournful
wax
superfluous
12. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
deplete
promiscuous
entreat
stolid
13. To make sth weaker
dilution
curmudgeon
incensed
wane
14. give up
relinquish
tentative
lanky
barrage
15. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
thwart
surpass
enthrall with
jangle
16. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
rubric
haste
famished
nourish
17. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
serenade
wistfully
jangle
harbinger
18. Physically strong and healthy
refute
obtuse
able-bodied
impetus
19. To get onto a sheep
jangle
wax and wane
wistfully
embark
20. Clear and easy to understand
explicitly
rail at
salutary
monotony
21. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
undertake
morale
deprecate
multifarious
22. To make sth into catalogue
catalogue
rail at
timorous
rout
23. Rage
rail at
entitle
glum
monetary
24. To fell disgust or strong dislike
disrupt
salutary
bustling
repulsed
25. To give subsidy
subsidize
havoc
diminish
vague
26. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
placid
probity
grin
obtuse
27. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
lanky
virulent
repudiate
distraught
28. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
ascetic
hull
enthrall with
garrulous
29. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
prompt
meager
thwart
mirth
30. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
perturbed
ungainly
viable
stipend
31. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
sodden
havoc
innuendo
distraught
32. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
serenade
persistently
rhetoric
coax
33. A name used b y writer that is not real
humanitarian
niche
pseudonym
mime
34. Sad - quite and unhappy
beguile
wistfully
lamentable
glum
35. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
upbraid
vexed
bequeath
lamentable
36. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
acerbic
surpass
disseminate
bout
37. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
criteria
wistfully
vassal
rubric
38. Extremely wet
mime
sodden
relinquish
periphery
39. To pretend to have a particular feeling
feral
excommunicate
glowing
feign
40. Not noticeable or obvious
subtle
vague
proponent
metes out
41. To copy sth exactly
replicate
annex
premonition
chivalry
42. Being lack of variety
incensed
monotony
prevalent
frugal
43. To depend on something
hinges on
prudence
deprecate
precarious
44. To move away sth
confront
displace
dexterous
exuberant
45. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
reticent
unpalatable
topography
beguile
46. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
feign
precipitate
cynically
incentive
47. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
persistently
syncopated
blatant
totter
48. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
refute
plummet
formality
pseudonym
49. Showing much or too much emotion
ascetic
effusive
arsonist
dilution
50. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
totter
rail at
lambaste
obsequious