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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. Common - widespread
mime
prevalent
discreet
ration
2. Rule d and controlled by men
mirth
patriarchal
concession
entitle
3. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
arsonist
dearth
conventional
obtuse
4. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
convoluted
lethargy
dexterous
blatant
5. To fell disgust or strong dislike
lamentable
repulsed
bequeath
progenitor
6. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
formality
progenitor
vassal
innuendo
7. To be worried and anxious
conventional
discreet
perturbed
mercenary
8. (spots) done very fast with great energy
unpalatable
liberator
meager
blistering
9. To make yourself responsible for sth
upbraid
voluminous
undertake
viscous
10. To pretend to have a particular feeling
arbitrary
feign
conceal
cede
11. To give sth to sb to show respect
bestow
multifarious
serenade
retelling
12. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
wax and wane
dilution
editorial
venue
13. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
totter
beguile
embark
incentive
14. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
humility
sumptuous
serenade
venerate
15. Needing great effort and energy
strenuous
harbinger
spurn
illuminate
16. Of many kinds; having great variety
dreary
omit
misnomer
multifarious
17. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
viscous
subvert
infectious
unrest
18. Not safe and certain; dangerous
fauna
precarious
explicitly
stipend
19. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
flimsy
fidelity
farce
wane
20. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
mementos
feign
insinuate
viable
21. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
plummet
bustling
stolid
heirloom
22. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
venerate
topography
vassal
cyanide
23. Violent and brutal
viciously
rhetoric
farce
blatant
24. How serious - important - large sth is
feral
grant
extent
grin
25. To obtain - especially with difficulty
procure
fauna
reservoir
humanitarian
26. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
relinquish
benchmark
effusive
indefatigable
27. To make sth happen or be produced
notion
spawn
venerate
erosion
28. A match of boxing/wrestling
rout
embark
bout
grudgingly
29. Clear and easy to understand
reticent
explicitly
leaden
conglomeration
30. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
mercenary
droll
blistering
bustling
31. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
wax
assortment
excommunicate
expatriate
32. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
spurious
totter
explicitly
serenade
33. Plunge
humanitarian
leaden
plummet
monetary
34. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
promiscuous
voluminous
vetiver
acerbic
35. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
distraught
hull
deficit
salutary
36. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
blistering
altruistic
cognizant
inept
37. Additional information
stolid
criteria
addendum
dearth
38. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
glum
prompt
pyromaniac
benign
39. Souvenir
clump
mementos
denounce
relish
40. Being lack of variety
monotony
hybrid
morale
stipend
41. To copy sth exactly
excommunicate
replicate
compartmentalize
effusive
42. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
hybrid
explicitly
mime
vetiver
43. Something that encourage a process or activity
denounce
persistently
impetus
imprudence
44. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
titillate
viscous
cognizant
dexterous
45. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
curt
rarefy
able-bodied
explicitly
46. Very disappointing
mirth
effusive
lamentable
confront
47. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
accomplice
precipitate
flimsy
phenomenon
48. Strong and not easily damaged
hinges on
sturdy
instrumental
prompt
49. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
demolish
editorial
strenuous
grant
50. Something that encourages you to do sth
editorial
incentive
wax and wane
clump