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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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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. (spots) done very fast with great energy
frugal
blistering
undertake
trivial
2. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
mirth
thwart
exemption
arbitrary
3. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
demolish
belligerent
thwart
pretentious
4. Very dry; having no or little rain
misconstrue
bout
vexed
arid
5. A code that knights adopted in the late Middle Ages; requiring them to be brave - loyal and true to their word; they had to fight fairly in battle
periphery
replicate
pseudonym
chivalry
6. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
beguile
catalogue
sole
expatriate
7. Not wise or sensible
feral
ghastly
precarious
imprudence
8. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
conventional
spurious
harbinger
wane
9. Additional information
courtly
addendum
effusive
patron
10. Supply of bullets
ammunition
harbinger
catalogue
illuminate
11. To make sth weaker
equivocal
dilution
trivial
catalogue
12. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
accomplice
candor
sodden
innuendo
13. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
chivalry
misconstrue
clump
farce
14. Ambiguous
equivocal
founder
mime
amorous
15. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
retelling
venue
notion
deficit
16. Never changing
disseminate
sodden
timorous
unvarying
17. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
venerate
excommunicate
acerbic
extolling
18. To do or be better than sb/sth
leaden
unpalatable
surpass
egregious
19. Unfriendly and aggressive
arbitrary
belligerent
agnostic
rhetoric
20. Not important or serious; not worth considering
bequeath
trivial
monotony
cognizant
21. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
lanky
elicited
spurn
prompt
22. Lonely and unhappy
grin
pyromaniac
assortment
forlorn
23. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
innuendo
founder
jangle
garrulous
24. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
sodden
stolid
illuminate
applicable
25. The act of conceding
deprecate
utilitarian
relish
concession
26. Very large
ammunition
lethargy
undertake
voluminous
27. To leave out
aggravate
indigenous
omit
periphery
28. To pretend to have a particular feeling
feign
cede
lamentable
warily
29. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
obsequious
wistfully
precipitate
benign
30. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
benchmark
stipend
seedy
entitle
31. A lack of sth
voluminous
forlorn
dearth
belligerent
32. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
ascetic
catalogue
eradication
provincial
33. Kind and gentle
benign
genial
bequeath
deprecate
34. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
rejoinder
upbraid
hybrid
curt
35. Unexpectedly amusing
promiscuous
droll
titillate
stipend
36. Not noticeable or obvious
fauna
indefatigable
subtle
criteria
37. Supporter
progenitor
scanty
proponent
viable
38. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
vassal
phenomenon
enact
divulge
39. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
ungainly
egregious
pantomime
grin
40. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
probity
rout
concession
spawn
41. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
rejoinder
cynically
misconstrue
syncopated
42. Regulated
reticent
humility
prescribed
venue
43. Souvenir
harbinger
entreat
mementos
ghastly
44. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
metes out
fauna
alias
able-bodied
45. Clear and easy to understand
mundane
cyanide
explicitly
indigenous
46. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
addendum
pretentious
reluctant
rubric
47. Small and poor in quality
mime
ghastly
captive
meager
48. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
assortment
arid
rash
prudence
49. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
salutary
delve into
aggravate
vassal
50. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
chivalry
wax
exemption
vague