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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 break under pressure
prescribed
shear
verbose
benign
2. Supporter
convoluted
patron
bequeath
proponent
3. To copy sth exactly
candor
reapportion
infectious
replicate
4. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
sturdy
mournful
lanky
agnostic
5. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
blistering
serenade
misnomer
precipitate
6. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
mementos
criteria
extolling
acerbic
7. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
humanitarian
rout
elicited
insinuate
8. To make you sad
rout
phenomenon
thwart
dreary
9. Ambiguous
equivocal
mournful
condone
effusive
10. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
conjecture
titillate
humility
sturdy
11. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
insinuate
aggravate
multifarious
fallacy
12. Plunge
plummet
shear
bestow
exemption
13. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
unrest
stipend
sole
patron
14. A person living in a country that's not their own
exterminate
expatriate
chivalry
rarefy
15. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
scanty
rhetoric
subsidize
dearth
16. Showing much or too much emotion
warily
envision
effusive
fidelity
17. Beg; seriously asking for
entreat
unrest
benefactor
dexterous
18. Not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing
stolid
rejoinder
bestow
bustling
19. Kind and gentle
benign
timorous
prevalent
dearth
20. Supply of bullets
entitle
humanitarian
benefactor
ammunition
21. To destroy completely or accidentally
subsidize
cognizant
demolish
phenomenon
22. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
denounce
mercenary
arbitrary
writ
23. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
miserly
cognizant
benign
reservoir
24. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
morale
reign over
grudgingly
aggravate
25. (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
salient
formality
syncopated
enthrall with
26. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
applicable
arbitrary
voluminous
vassal
27. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
exemption
viable
grudgingly
clump
28. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
morale
elicited
annex
coax
29. Incompetent; not having the skill
inept
blatant
precarious
belligerent
30. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
nourish
farce
hinges on
unvarying
31. Nervous and easily frightened
pyromaniac
embark
timorous
innuendo
32. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
glowing
glum
expatriate
thwart
33. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
reign over
fauna
illuminate
integrity
34. To move away sth
ration
eradication
venerate
displace
35. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
venue
monotony
condone
bustling
36. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
benefactor
provincial
frugal
bestow
37. A series of unpleasant things that happen
misconstrue
rash
instrumental
verbose
38. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
bustling
lethargy
placate
ration
39. Dirty of any kind
grudgingly
conglomeration
resemble
obsequious
40. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
lofty
syncopated
applicable
displace
41. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
rubric
curt
mementos
cede
42. Very important in making sth to happen
persistently
instrumental
benign
subtle
43. Not safe and certain; dangerous
exuberant
upbraid
precarious
spurious
44. Full of people moving around in a busy way
ammunition
incensed
wistfully
bustling
45. A fake name of a criminal or actor
mercenary
viable
coax
alias
46. A code that knights adopted in the late Middle Ages; requiring them to be brave - loyal and true to their word; they had to fight fairly in battle
viscous
heirloom
nourish
chivalry
47. A highly poisonous chemical
unpalatable
refute
leaden
cyanide
48. Never changing
unvarying
cognizant
impetus
arid
49. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
lambaste
unpalatable
morale
indigenous
50. To become gradually weaker or less important
relish
wane
morale
upbraid