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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. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
rejoinder
candor
salient
placid
2. Incompetent; not having the skill
amorous
inept
cede
bestow
3. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
precarious
cynically
conjecture
criteria
4. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
coax
viable
grant
impetus
5. Very disappointing
havoc
monotony
deplete
lamentable
6. Plunge
blatant
rejoinder
wane
plummet
7. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
farce
humanitarian
laconic
benign
8. Talking a lot - especially about unimportant things
relinquish
haste
garrulous
droll
9. Rule d and controlled by men
promiscuous
penchant
patriarchal
lofty
10. Able to spread around
timorous
wax and wane
coax
infectious
11. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
assortment
ghastly
leaden
conglomeration
12. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
conventional
repulsed
subsidize
viable
13. (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
deplete
formality
subvert
patron
14. 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
hasty
viable
reluctant
dearth
15. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
cynically
penchant
viscous
patriarchal
16. Kind and gentle
patron
procure
conventional
benign
17. Souvenir
replicate
premonition
mementos
stolid
18. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
bequeath
wax
arbitrary
ungainly
19. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
morale
premonition
strenuous
convoluted
20. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
instrumental
subsidize
venue
confront
21. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
chock back
misconstrue
subsidize
imprudence
22. Needing great effort and energy
promiscuous
pantomime
deficit
strenuous
23. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
lethargy
lambaste
fallacy
conjecture
24. Common - widespread
belligerent
barge
prevalent
probity
25. Reveal a secret
flimsy
divulge
amorous
reign over
26. To hide sth
assortment
bout
upbraid
conceal
27. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
resemble
undertake
infectious
editorial
28. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
magnify
clash with
unpalatable
ration
29. Very dry; having no or little rain
arid
enact
reign over
candor
30. Not interesting or exciting
prudence
mundane
lofty
reapportion
31. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
assortment
spawn
subvert
unvarying
32. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
monotonously
multifarious
wistfully
bestow
33. Nervous and easily frightened
arsonist
resemble
timorous
rout
34. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
vague
conglomeration
convoluted
rarefy
35. Unexpectedly amusing
founder
reapportion
bequeath
droll
36. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
topography
surpass
sumptuous
flimsy
37. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
serenade
repudiate
obsequious
effusive
38. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
metes out
exemption
relinquish
inept
39. How serious - important - large sth is
extent
spurn
expatriate
compile
40. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
timorous
insinuate
seedy
exuberant
41. To depend on something
cynically
hinges on
patron
wax and wane
42. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
hybrid
grant
assortment
barrage
43. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
periphery
vassal
entrench
resemble
44. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
indefatigable
voluminous
fauna
liberator
45. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
disseminate
resemble
belligerent
elicited
46. Something that encourage a process or activity
delve into
prudence
lethargy
impetus
47. To pretend to have a particular feeling
offbeat
feign
procure
courtly
48. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
exuberant
famished
upbraid
reluctant
49. Dirty of any kind
bustling
inept
grudgingly
farce
50. Full of people moving around in a busy way
feign
barge
miserly
bustling