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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. To make sth happen or be produced
exemption
accomplice
provincial
spawn
2. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
preeminent
promiscuous
bequeath
courtly
3. A highly poisonous chemical
founder
wax and wane
cyanide
spawn
4. To destroy completely or accidentally
exuberant
amorous
demolish
exemption
5. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
annex
lofty
lambaste
cognizant
6. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
concession
barrage
liberator
applicable
7. Unwilling to tell people about things
humanitarian
reticent
hasty
magnify
8. Regulated
prescribed
belligerent
subtle
embark on
9. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
assortment
founder
barge
rout
10. Extremely bad
lambaste
egregious
subtle
lanky
11. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
enthrall with
ammunition
mercenary
cognizant
12. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
frugal
arsonist
feign
elicited
13. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
titillate
cede
grant
trivial
14. To depend on something
hinges on
cynically
serenade
confront
15. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
condone
dire
chivalry
farce
16. Not safe and certain; dangerous
courtly
forlorn
instrumental
precarious
17. (informal) different from what most people expect
wax and wane
imprudence
offbeat
viscous
18. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
offbeat
morale
miserly
venue
19. The complete destruction of every trace of something
eradication
prudence
annex
refute
20. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
deprecate
thwart
liberator
pantomime
21. Not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing
mournful
scanty
stolid
aggravate
22. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
reapportion
titillate
fauna
dreary
23. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
rout
viciously
upbraid
morale
24. To enjoy or desire much
barrage
compile
relish
vague
25. Search inside sth
progenitor
delve into
notion
vague
26. To make sb less angry about sth
editorial
inept
placate
magnify
27. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
pretentious
conjecture
progenitor
promiscuous
28. Wipe out
rarefy
warily
accomplice
exterminate
29. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
redundant
refute
salutary
harbinger
30. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
bustling
bequeath
editorial
enact
31. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
lanky
vague
niche
vassal
32. To try hard not to show your feelings
ammunition
mirth
rail at
chock back
33. Ancestor
rail at
condone
unpalatable
progenitor
34. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
prudence
mundane
formality
viciously
35. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
feign
benefactor
enthrall with
hasty
36. Plunge
plummet
bombastic
condone
rout
37. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
notion
fallacy
cessation
glum
38. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
clash with
wistfully
vexed
addendum
39. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
amorous
viscous
elicited
embark
40. Souvenir
dexterous
periphery
dreary
mementos
41. Showing much or too much emotion
enact
preeminent
curmudgeon
effusive
42. To give sth to sb to show respect
mementos
barrage
bestow
lofty
43. (spots) done very fast with great energy
blistering
bout
periphery
unrest
44. Using only a few words to say sth
persistently
syncopated
extolling
laconic
45. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
frugal
metes out
explicitly
grin
46. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
ghastly
humanitarian
spurious
disrupt
47. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
feral
viscous
misnomer
pretentious
48. To make yourself responsible for sth
procure
undertake
seedy
conjecture
49. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
elicited
arbitrary
explicitly
phenomenon
50. Being lack of variety
chock back
wane
monotony
humility