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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. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
grant
dire
discreet
agnostic
2. Very large
fauna
innuendo
mournful
voluminous
3. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
clump
rescind
wistfully
lanky
4. A special liking for sth
penchant
progenitor
excommunicate
eradication
5. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
mementos
glowing
courtly
mirth
6. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
persistently
denounce
relinquish
cynically
7. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
divulge
topography
precipitate
aggravate
8. Dull gray - like lead
envision
liberator
diminish
leaden
9. To make yourself responsible for sth
undertake
relinquish
displace
surpass
10. Regulated
prescribed
concession
arid
curmudgeon
11. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
compile
surpass
assortment
cessation
12. To obtain - especially with difficulty
procure
glum
obsequious
mundane
13. Never changing
lamentable
unvarying
notion
embark
14. Rage
misnomer
rail at
effusive
grudgingly
15. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
vexed
persistently
prevalent
curmudgeon
16. Ambiguous
obtuse
wax and wane
salient
equivocal
17. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
arsonist
distraught
placate
unrest
18. A cranky old person
curmudgeon
divulge
patron
formality
19. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
barge
arsonist
rarefy
grin
20. Search inside sth
wax
delve into
addendum
obsequious
21. The quality of being completely honest
subtle
probity
lamentable
captive
22. Of many kinds; having great variety
plummet
reservoir
multifarious
candor
23. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
wax
subsidize
envision
rejoinder
24. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
eradication
notion
spurn
courtly
25. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
flimsy
exemption
voluminous
applicable
26. Very angry
demolish
denounce
incensed
dexterous
27. Not safe and certain; dangerous
dilution
precarious
fidelity
relinquish
28. Most important and noticeable
seedy
curt
salient
entrench
29. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
convoluted
bequeath
utilitarian
liberator
30. (spots) done very fast with great energy
blistering
deprecate
metes out
viciously
31. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
convoluted
writ
virulent
genial
32. A fake name of a criminal or actor
excommunicate
alias
monetary
dire
33. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
pretentious
relish
rescind
elicited
34. Beg; seriously asking for
monotony
exuberant
precarious
entreat
35. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
subvert
sodden
arid
accomplice
36. Rule d and controlled by men
patriarchal
humility
rail at
compile
37. To make unpleasant sound
humanitarian
cessation
jangle
divulge
38. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
fallacy
preeminent
wax
bustling
39. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
eradication
distraught
denounce
ascetic
40. To talk sb into gently
rail at
coax
arid
bestow
41. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
grant
nourish
criteria
innuendo
42. A bad sense of something will happen
premonition
placate
discreet
humanitarian
43. Cheerful and friendly
illuminate
cynically
genial
lamentable
44. A mix of different things found together
retelling
concession
conglomeration
placate
45. Supply of bullets
bombastic
ammunition
barrage
garrulous
46. Not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing
wax
bombastic
stolid
offbeat
47. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
cynically
thwart
grin
fidelity
48. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
deplete
conventional
perturbed
delve into
49. How serious - important - large sth is
leaden
extent
exuberant
titillate
50. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
obsequious
niche
blatant
harbinger