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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. To punish or make sb suffer
metes out
integrity
magnify
distraught
2. To destroy completely or accidentally
demolish
grin
curt
captive
3. Nervous and easily frightened
penchant
heirloom
timorous
undertake
4. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
venue
progenitor
arid
scanty
5. To make sth weaker
reservoir
stipend
dilution
integrity
6. Able to spread around
arbitrary
displace
infectious
salutary
7. (formal) a costumer
patron
venue
writ
disrupt
8. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
illuminate
pretentious
condone
vexed
9. Dirty of any kind
formality
grudgingly
able-bodied
forlorn
10. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
dreary
alias
promiscuous
wax and wane
11. Very sad
ghastly
patron
editorial
mournful
12. To give sth to sb to show respect
totter
persistently
bestow
laconic
13. Physically strong and healthy
courtly
spurious
able-bodied
tentative
14. Not easily irritated
placid
offbeat
strenuous
infectious
15. Very large
voluminous
frugal
altruistic
benchmark
16. How serious - important - large sth is
sole
scanty
cessation
extent
17. Talking a lot - especially about unimportant things
fallacy
precarious
garrulous
blistering
18. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
compile
instrumental
rout
deprecate
19. The outer edge of a particular area
barrage
founder
trivial
periphery
20. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
embark on
blatant
spurious
monotonously
21. A special liking for sth
captive
dexterous
hierarchical
penchant
22. The quality of being humble
humility
amorous
arbitrary
cognizant
23. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
hull
redundant
assortment
viable
24. Starving
famished
laconic
acerbic
exterminate
25. Needing great effort and energy
editorial
disrupt
salient
strenuous
26. Rule d and controlled by men
repulsed
patriarchal
trivial
dire
27. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
discreet
cessation
relinquish
insinuate
28. To enjoy or desire much
relish
bestow
annex
wane
29. To make sb less angry about sth
entitle
penchant
placate
flimsy
30. Not safe and certain; dangerous
precarious
sumptuous
effusive
erosion
31. A highly poisonous chemical
rail at
rash
cyanide
exuberant
32. Something that encourage a process or activity
reluctant
scanty
belligerent
impetus
33. (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
feral
formality
imprudence
infectious
34. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
monetary
patriarchal
hierarchical
vague
35. To depend on something
hinges on
formality
exterminate
glowing
36. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
indefatigable
assortment
sodden
curt
37. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
preeminent
prevalent
famished
confront
38. To take control of a country - region - etc - especially by force
scanty
premonition
annex
topography
39. To try hard not to show your feelings
incentive
chock back
repulsed
arbitrary
40. Kind and gentle
benign
grant
monotony
extent
41. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
founder
prevalent
laconic
refute
42. To move away sth
applicable
concession
surpass
displace
43. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
scanty
fallacy
spawn
entrench
44. A match of boxing/wrestling
bout
havoc
hasty
ungainly
45. To leave out
wax and wane
excommunicate
dearth
omit
46. To give subsidy
perturbed
subsidize
multifarious
rubric
47. Rage
rail at
placate
diminish
scanty
48. To break under pressure
conceal
reign over
precarious
shear
49. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
rarefy
verbose
embark
acerbic
50. Strong and not easily damaged
arbitrary
sturdy
fidelity
deficit