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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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1. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
expatriate
mercenary
insinuate
curmudgeon
2. Reveal a secret
meager
viscous
verbose
divulge
3. Incompetent; not having the skill
thwart
inept
reign over
rejoinder
4. give up
reapportion
relinquish
mime
utilitarian
5. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
glowing
extolling
nourish
dreary
6. To pretend to have a particular feeling
spurious
rarefy
feign
unrest
7. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
conjecture
lethargy
dreary
reign over
8. Supply of bullets
ammunition
precarious
redundant
convoluted
9. Not easily irritated
placid
entitle
delve into
wax
10. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
wistfully
phenomenon
blatant
grant
11. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
entreat
denounce
distraught
fauna
12. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
effusive
voluminous
innuendo
flimsy
13. Very expensive and looking very impressive
droll
vetiver
unvarying
sumptuous
14. Beg; seriously asking for
strenuous
rarefy
entreat
amorous
15. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
disseminate
disrupt
unvarying
arsonist
16. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
prompt
progenitor
wane
indefatigable
17. The complete destruction of every trace of something
virulent
eradication
unrest
fidelity
18. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
curmudgeon
warily
thwart
garrulous
19. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
totter
benign
exterminate
blatant
20. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
hierarchical
reapportion
ammunition
undertake
21. To break under pressure
shear
writ
pseudonym
seedy
22. To give sth to sb to show respect
bestow
genial
exterminate
entrench
23. = mime; = farce
fallacy
pantomime
dire
thwart
24. Not needed or useful
persistently
redundant
extolling
rarefy
25. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
disrupt
benchmark
miserly
lethargy
26. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
resemble
beguile
delve into
preeminent
27. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
mercenary
nourish
plummet
discreet
28. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
rarefy
cessation
repudiate
frugal
29. Very dry; having no or little rain
arid
grin
conglomeration
shear
30. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
formality
morale
tentative
genial
31. Very serious
benchmark
dire
candor
cynically
32. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
frugal
embark on
demolish
persistently
33. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
ghastly
venerate
assortment
liberator
34. A legal document from a court of order
tentative
concession
writ
monotony
35. A person living in a country that's not their own
fidelity
expatriate
sodden
enact
36. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
vexed
mundane
courtly
reticent
37. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
bestow
placate
preeminent
feral
38. To leave out
ascetic
harbinger
disrupt
omit
39. A special liking for sth
mementos
penchant
mournful
shear
40. The outer edge of a particular area
obtuse
patriarchal
periphery
dearth
41. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
applicable
strenuous
havoc
amorous
42. To take control of a country - region - etc - especially by force
lambaste
annex
salient
aggravate
43. To make sth weaker
leaden
dilution
compile
candor
44. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
feign
fauna
barrage
deplete
45. To make sth into catalogue
catalogue
inept
penchant
superfluous
46. Search inside sth
lamentable
delve into
hull
dilution
47. Concerned with making people live better
founder
venerate
humanitarian
conglomeration
48. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
proponent
deprecate
repudiate
placid
49. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
obsequious
viable
cognizant
rarefy
50. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
rout
mundane
formality
mirth