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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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sat
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Able to spread around
infectious
venue
superfluous
glowing
2. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
elicited
clump
placate
phenomenon
3. Dirty of any kind
grudgingly
entrench
courtly
clash with
4. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
cessation
fallacy
vetiver
writ
5. Physically strong and healthy
patriarchal
able-bodied
patron
pyromaniac
6. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
indigenous
phenomenon
stipend
criteria
7. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
incentive
viable
sole
agnostic
8. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
flimsy
fallacy
spurious
amorous
9. A mix of different things found together
spurious
conglomeration
delve into
venue
10. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
repudiate
bombastic
forlorn
sumptuous
11. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
benefactor
able-bodied
coax
rout
12. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
wax
placid
shear
benchmark
13. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
plummet
timorous
cede
unpalatable
14. Using only a few words to say sth
misconstrue
promiscuous
wane
laconic
15. Showing much or too much emotion
phenomenon
seedy
prudence
effusive
16. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
catalogue
candor
timorous
forlorn
17. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
subtle
deprecate
hull
laconic
18. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
writ
distraught
salient
viable
19. To make sth smaller or weak
probity
enthrall with
spawn
diminish
20. A name used b y writer that is not real
dearth
pseudonym
reservoir
scanty
21. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
formality
bequeath
beguile
stipend
22. To try hard not to show your feelings
chock back
prudence
grin
vague
23. = mime; = farce
pantomime
genial
agnostic
feral
24. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
arid
obsequious
vassal
reservoir
25. Strong and not easily damaged
sturdy
wane
forlorn
benefactor
26. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
warily
promiscuous
progenitor
syncopated
27. Small and poor in quality
meager
glowing
reapportion
excommunicate
28. Narrow-minded
agnostic
impetus
provincial
expatriate
29. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
reticent
viscous
viable
verbose
30. Rage
rail at
flimsy
captive
enact
31. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
exemption
cessation
periphery
extolling
32. Beg; seriously asking for
entreat
fauna
viciously
enact
33. Unwilling to tell people about things
retelling
captive
conceal
reticent
34. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
concession
illuminate
indefatigable
leaden
35. Rule d and controlled by men
patriarchal
viscous
beguile
dreary
36. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
warily
impetus
totter
virulent
37. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
patron
spurious
disseminate
prompt
38. Extremely bad
placate
egregious
unrest
meager
39. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
spawn
amorous
liberator
disseminate
40. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
beguile
farce
vague
incentive
41. False - although seeming to be genuine
impetus
mundane
exemption
spurious
42. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
reapportion
havoc
mime
misconstrue
43. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
indefatigable
dearth
explicitly
miserly
44. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
pantomime
conjecture
sole
ascetic
45. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
patriarchal
morale
glum
arbitrary
46. Of many kinds; having great variety
multifarious
dilution
bestow
metes out
47. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
entitle
arbitrary
patriarchal
wax
48. Nervous and easily frightened
patron
fauna
pyromaniac
timorous
49. To pretend to have a particular feeling
able-bodied
reign over
feign
spurious
50. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
integrity
vexed
dilution
fallacy