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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. (usually plural) a thing you must do as a formal or official part of a legal process - a social situation - etc - (usually singular) a thing - that you must do as part of an official progress - but which has little meaning and will not affect what ha
pyromaniac
confront
bustling
formality
2. The complete destruction of every trace of something
demolish
multifarious
eradication
upbraid
3. To leave out
arid
placate
voluminous
omit
4. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
wax and wane
morale
plummet
miserly
5. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
benefactor
vexed
embark
coax
6. To make unpleasant sound
deprecate
jangle
reluctant
viscous
7. To enjoy or desire much
accomplice
relish
convoluted
condone
8. Clear and easy to understand
explicitly
ammunition
chock back
rhetoric
9. (informal) different from what most people expect
procure
feral
curt
offbeat
10. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
upbraid
unrest
altruistic
dilution
11. Not enough
viscous
scanty
wax
pseudonym
12. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
totter
annex
cede
enact
13. The quality of being completely honest
able-bodied
probity
extolling
salient
14. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
trivial
dreary
altruistic
liberator
15. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
grant
seedy
discreet
denounce
16. Kind and gentle
notion
annex
reign over
benign
17. A name used b y writer that is not real
erosion
pseudonym
annex
dexterous
18. A highly poisonous chemical
conglomeration
seedy
accomplice
cyanide
19. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
venue
elicited
hasty
grudgingly
20. Very angry
liberator
bequeath
dreary
incensed
21. Small and poor in quality
candor
conglomeration
bustling
meager
22. Cheerful and friendly
humility
instrumental
genial
cyanide
23. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
arbitrary
ammunition
virulent
humanitarian
24. Not important or serious; not worth considering
divulge
trivial
shear
timorous
25. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
salutary
extent
applicable
impetus
26. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
replicate
aggravate
reluctant
niche
27. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
refute
equivocal
wane
effusive
28. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
retelling
captive
probity
rescind
29. Very important in making sth to happen
belligerent
venerate
instrumental
vetiver
30. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
serenade
captive
spawn
miserly
31. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
curmudgeon
curt
expatriate
misnomer
32. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
clump
entitle
lambaste
lanky
33. Incompetent; not having the skill
obtuse
inept
reapportion
delve into
34. To move away sth
displace
innuendo
harbinger
famished
35. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
misconstrue
multifarious
promiscuous
sumptuous
36. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
arsonist
cognizant
hasty
titillate
37. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
provincial
feign
syncopated
glowing
38. Never changing
mementos
conventional
unvarying
reluctant
39. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
droll
lanky
harbinger
indigenous
40. 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
ungainly
addendum
chivalry
mournful
41. To become gradually weaker or less important
genial
wane
undertake
ammunition
42. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
monotonously
enthrall with
rout
persistently
43. Of many kinds; having great variety
probity
multifarious
miserly
meager
44. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
warily
sumptuous
patron
condone
45. Not needed or useful
exemption
bequeath
disrupt
redundant
46. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
plummet
bequeath
utilitarian
rescind
47. To refuse - reject in a proud way
feral
arsonist
coax
spurn
48. To get onto a sheep
thwart
belligerent
embark
lanky
49. Physically strong and healthy
deplete
discreet
patriarchal
able-bodied
50. Reveal a secret
divulge
hinges on
undertake
addendum