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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 depend on something
hinges on
bequeath
patron
proponent
2. To break under pressure
compile
disrupt
confront
shear
3. To make sb less angry about sth
ration
vexed
placate
scanty
4. Starving
embark on
disseminate
famished
convoluted
5. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
subtle
totter
pretentious
heirloom
6. Sad - quite and unhappy
flimsy
glum
placid
annex
7. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
compile
niche
benefactor
aggravate
8. Needing great effort and energy
wax
strenuous
humility
dearth
9. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
voluminous
exemption
rail at
lambaste
10. To fell disgust or strong dislike
mournful
pseudonym
thwart
repulsed
11. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
liberator
prudence
phenomenon
insinuate
12. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
arbitrary
diminish
precipitate
courtly
13. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
obtuse
obsequious
replicate
cessation
14. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
laconic
benign
clash with
delve into
15. A fake name of a criminal or actor
venerate
totter
alias
enthrall with
16. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
morale
barge
unrest
criteria
17. Horrible or terrible
trivial
ghastly
rhetoric
bequeath
18. A cranky old person
subvert
humility
excommunicate
curmudgeon
19. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
titillate
dearth
timorous
arsonist
20. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
topography
scanty
omit
voluminous
21. Focus more on function than other qualities
enact
utilitarian
plummet
viciously
22. Supporter
placid
proponent
lamentable
instrumental
23. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
hull
indefatigable
havoc
annex
24. Very sad
mournful
conglomeration
bestow
venerate
25. A series of unpleasant things that happen
retelling
pyromaniac
rash
prudence
26. Physically strong and healthy
viable
able-bodied
notion
surpass
27. To do or be better than sb/sth
subtle
wane
able-bodied
surpass
28. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
rejoinder
periphery
farce
droll
29. Concerned with making people live better
humanitarian
shear
glowing
rescind
30. Very important in making sth to happen
displace
subvert
glum
instrumental
31. To become gradually weaker or less important
wane
innuendo
clash with
persistently
32. Most important and noticeable
editorial
salient
hull
metes out
33. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
pyromaniac
misnomer
scanty
accomplice
34. A person who helps in criminal incidents
accomplice
hinges on
premonition
heirloom
35. To talk sb into gently
upbraid
coax
condone
writ
36. Not needed or useful
garrulous
redundant
provincial
ungainly
37. To enjoy or desire much
relish
entitle
dire
frugal
38. Plunge
chivalry
innuendo
placid
plummet
39. To make you sad
dreary
leaden
reticent
placate
40. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
hasty
perturbed
magnify
glowing
41. To make sth into catalogue
feral
concession
curmudgeon
catalogue
42. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
repudiate
captive
wax and wane
famished
43. Very serious
dire
unpalatable
forlorn
candor
44. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
glowing
totter
precarious
repulsed
45. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
convoluted
clump
imprudence
candor
46. To move in an awkward way - pushing people around out of the way or crash into them
bout
leaden
barge
indefatigable
47. To be worried and anxious
sodden
perturbed
heirloom
bout
48. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
enthrall with
relinquish
barrage
rail at
49. Very high (loft=attic)
spurious
liberator
mundane
lofty
50. False - although seeming to be genuine
concession
rhetoric
procure
spurious