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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. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
formality
criteria
chivalry
coax
2. Supply of bullets
stipend
criteria
writ
ammunition
3. Rule d and controlled by men
viscous
patriarchal
exemption
rubric
4. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
salient
alias
wax
subtle
5. Not wise or sensible
hybrid
thwart
chivalry
imprudence
6. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
rout
liberator
entreat
repulsed
7. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
reservoir
lanky
spurn
topography
8. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
probity
erosion
niche
viable
9. Showing much or too much emotion
effusive
blistering
sumptuous
prompt
10. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
conceal
indigenous
persistently
discreet
11. Starving
lethargy
famished
pretentious
reapportion
12. To become gradually weaker or less important
pseudonym
monotony
wane
ascetic
13. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
genial
reapportion
grudgingly
viciously
14. The outer edge of a particular area
amorous
exemption
compile
periphery
15. To make sth into catalogue
catalogue
obsequious
perturbed
repulsed
16. Violent and brutal
glowing
viciously
exuberant
trivial
17. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
altruistic
metes out
conventional
wax
18. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
placate
stipend
refute
haste
19. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
monetary
integrity
rout
hasty
20. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
impetus
cognizant
haste
accomplice
21. Clear and easy to understand
indigenous
jangle
explicitly
ration
22. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
cessation
bustling
conventional
dilution
23. To talk sb into gently
coax
grant
incensed
curt
24. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
humanitarian
glowing
vague
omit
25. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
fallacy
lambaste
frugal
humility
26. To punish or make sb suffer
clash with
titillate
humility
metes out
27. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
unvarying
accomplice
confront
topography
28. To depend on something
hinges on
thwart
sumptuous
monotonously
29. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
patron
imprudence
humility
lethargy
30. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
amorous
founder
hierarchical
benefactor
31. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
barrage
mime
wane
salient
32. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
replicate
unrest
agnostic
wistfully
33. Not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing
multifarious
rhetoric
strenuous
stolid
34. To obtain - especially with difficulty
lanky
procure
rubric
rarefy
35. To have foretold vision
unvarying
envision
promiscuous
droll
36. Ambiguous
viscous
offbeat
equivocal
reign over
37. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
bequeath
hierarchical
glum
upbraid
38. give up
pantomime
relinquish
cessation
rhetoric
39. To be worried and anxious
perturbed
titillate
blistering
liberator
40. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
assortment
rhetoric
benign
resemble
41. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
refute
repudiate
hinges on
expatriate
42. Something that encourages you to do sth
nourish
vetiver
diminish
incentive
43. To give sb the right to do sth
rail at
heirloom
entitle
leaden
44. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
placid
imprudence
exuberant
deplete
45. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
beguile
demolish
perturbed
harbinger
46. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
captive
innuendo
integrity
retelling
47. Very angry
incensed
superfluous
discreet
deplete
48. A highly poisonous chemical
dilution
pretentious
cyanide
arbitrary
49. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
bestow
farce
hierarchical
refute
50. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
rescind
prevalent
phenomenon
assortment