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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. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
explicitly
famished
titillate
mime
2. A gradual decline of sth
erosion
innuendo
equivocal
rejoinder
3. A mix of different things found together
repudiate
curt
displace
conglomeration
4. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
entrench
vague
progenitor
topography
5. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
ration
havoc
eradication
reign over
6. Physically strong and healthy
jangle
able-bodied
exterminate
scanty
7. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
leaden
viable
prompt
benign
8. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
writ
hull
spawn
prescribed
9. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
disseminate
wistfully
hybrid
mementos
10. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
plummet
rail at
prevalent
wistfully
11. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
bequeath
niche
mirth
instrumental
12. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
farce
disrupt
ration
prescribed
13. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
explicitly
ascetic
equivocal
haste
14. Very sad
mournful
probity
timorous
innuendo
15. To move away sth
pantomime
displace
conceal
refute
16. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
barge
cynically
sturdy
mime
17. To give sb the right to do sth
arsonist
entitle
magnify
barrage
18. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
refute
trivial
distraught
lofty
19. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
rejoinder
viscous
cynically
liberator
20. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
innuendo
coax
magnify
monotony
21. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor
fallacy
compartmentalize
viscous
22. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
forlorn
amorous
timorous
glowing
23. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
magnify
confront
morale
mournful
24. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
vassal
rhetoric
flimsy
humility
25. Not interesting or exciting
vassal
reign over
famished
mundane
26. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
feign
ration
venerate
enthrall with
27. The act of conceding
arid
concession
reticent
jangle
28. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
hasty
vexed
titillate
bestow
29. Supply of bullets
sturdy
curt
unpalatable
ammunition
30. How serious - important - large sth is
glowing
extent
humanitarian
viable
31. To depend on something
farce
plummet
benefactor
hinges on
32. A legal document from a court of order
displace
heirloom
verbose
writ
33. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
alias
serenade
laconic
procure
34. Cheerful and friendly
obsequious
verbose
venerate
genial
35. To have foretold vision
envision
genial
famished
effusive
36. More than you need or want
elicited
catalogue
superfluous
formality
37. Not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing
stolid
harbinger
superfluous
multifarious
38. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
preeminent
dearth
sole
heirloom
39. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
multifarious
hybrid
hasty
subvert
40. To obtain - especially with difficulty
procure
benefactor
lambaste
benign
41. To smile widely
grin
coax
bestow
candor
42. Not safe and certain; dangerous
topography
precarious
inept
hierarchical
43. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
magnify
ghastly
rash
lambaste
44. Very expensive and looking very impressive
mundane
refute
spawn
sumptuous
45. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
infectious
plummet
indefatigable
replicate
46. Focus more on function than other qualities
utilitarian
cyanide
flimsy
incentive
47. To make sth into catalogue
editorial
magnify
metes out
catalogue
48. To make sth smaller or weak
condone
diminish
entitle
rash
49. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
acerbic
salient
courtly
lamentable
50. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
editorial
unrest
misnomer
reapportion