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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. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
liberator
humanitarian
precipitate
wane
2. Incompetent; not having the skill
delve into
inept
obsequious
replicate
3. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
syncopated
distraught
mirth
totter
4. Very serious
dire
conventional
cyanide
frugal
5. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
procure
lethargy
sole
prescribed
6. Violent and brutal
viciously
feral
refute
concession
7. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
mementos
embark on
deplete
verbose
8. Beg; seriously asking for
lofty
entreat
bout
retelling
9. Of many kinds; having great variety
cessation
multifarious
writ
monotonously
10. A fake name of a criminal or actor
alias
mercenary
captive
displace
11. To smile widely
warily
patriarchal
dire
grin
12. Rage
lofty
distraught
rail at
explicitly
13. Small and poor in quality
meager
coax
hasty
thwart
14. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
vetiver
rout
compile
multifarious
15. To enjoy or desire much
hinges on
relish
clash with
mirth
16. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
patriarchal
totter
fauna
editorial
17. Full of people moving around in a busy way
placid
bustling
fauna
garrulous
18. To be worried and anxious
vassal
perturbed
dearth
farce
19. (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
denounce
indigenous
excommunicate
formality
20. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
patron
obsequious
deficit
reapportion
21. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
probity
wistfully
conglomeration
disseminate
22. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
unpalatable
mirth
monotony
reticent
23. Unexpectedly amusing
fallacy
lamentable
titillate
droll
24. Kind and gentle
humanitarian
reticent
enthrall with
benign
25. Wipe out
criteria
exterminate
conceal
innuendo
26. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
stolid
alias
monotony
ration
27. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
vague
catalogue
effusive
syncopated
28. Supporter
offbeat
proponent
disseminate
humility
29. A cranky old person
blatant
precipitate
instrumental
curmudgeon
30. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
deficit
grant
viable
notion
31. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
cyanide
droll
exuberant
curt
32. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
curt
pseudonym
demolish
beguile
33. Not enough
entrench
scanty
relish
periphery
34. Having a good effect on sb/sth - though often seeming unpleasant
rail at
accomplice
salutary
hull
35. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
viable
reticent
spurious
shear
36. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
delve into
lanky
agnostic
exemption
37. A gradual decline of sth
erosion
deplete
benign
seedy
38. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
subvert
trivial
seedy
fidelity
39. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
hybrid
prompt
accomplice
monotonously
40. Extremely bad
mercenary
egregious
arbitrary
mundane
41. Extremely wet
integrity
viable
phenomenon
sodden
42. give up
indefatigable
venerate
monetary
relinquish
43. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
curt
humanitarian
indigenous
pretentious
44. To have foretold vision
placate
envision
deprecate
reservoir
45. To copy sth exactly
criteria
dilution
replicate
stipend
46. Very angry
incensed
embark on
topography
omit
47. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
enact
cyanide
resemble
integrity
48. To tell again
metes out
retelling
benchmark
reservoir
49. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
timorous
feral
benign
vetiver
50. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
cyanide
totter
reapportion
tentative