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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. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
exemption
accomplice
disrupt
bustling
2. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
misconstrue
wane
havoc
hull
3. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
editorial
dire
accomplice
cynically
4. Rage
ration
vetiver
rail at
arsonist
5. To be worried and anxious
impetus
perturbed
delve into
humility
6. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
verbose
pantomime
misnomer
phenomenon
7. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
excommunicate
criteria
enact
accomplice
8. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
founder
illuminate
verbose
virulent
9. A lack of sth
lethargy
enact
dearth
conglomeration
10. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
aggravate
patriarchal
procure
patron
11. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
hinges on
proponent
pyromaniac
patron
12. Additional information
addendum
fallacy
pyromaniac
entrench
13. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
clump
reign over
flimsy
exuberant
14. Extremely wet
sodden
perturbed
eradication
sturdy
15. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
monetary
enthrall with
proponent
bout
16. Incompetent; not having the skill
replicate
virulent
ascetic
inept
17. Not needed or useful
redundant
candor
mercenary
warily
18. 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
rail at
rash
arbitrary
chivalry
19. Having a good effect on sb/sth - though often seeming unpleasant
obsequious
vague
salient
salutary
20. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
pseudonym
convoluted
rash
viable
21. Kind and gentle
monotony
benign
morale
sole
22. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
fauna
exterminate
incentive
compile
23. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
wax and wane
ghastly
spawn
lambaste
24. A name used b y writer that is not real
venue
rubric
prompt
pseudonym
25. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
integrity
incensed
relinquish
surpass
26. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
strenuous
enact
spurn
placid
27. To make into compartment (room)
rash
wax and wane
confront
compartmentalize
28. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
aggravate
assortment
bestow
incensed
29. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
cessation
egregious
warily
mime
30. Reveal a secret
rarefy
divulge
subvert
arbitrary
31. Supply of bullets
able-bodied
extolling
ammunition
arsonist
32. Not clear in a person's mind
prevalent
vague
lambaste
glowing
33. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
reapportion
stolid
clash with
reign over
34. Beg; seriously asking for
entreat
phenomenon
embark
denounce
35. A bad sense of something will happen
delve into
premonition
subtle
proponent
36. Search inside sth
elicited
rash
subvert
delve into
37. To refuse - reject in a proud way
spurn
mime
chivalry
hinges on
38. = mime; = farce
egregious
pantomime
droll
shear
39. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
shear
relinquish
eradication
distraught
40. Very sad
monetary
mournful
fauna
grant
41. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
extent
salient
refute
vague
42. Never changing
lofty
enthrall with
pantomime
unvarying
43. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
ghastly
frugal
benchmark
rescind
44. Narrow-minded
ration
provincial
viable
cessation
45. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
enthrall with
reluctant
persistently
exemption
46. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
arid
denounce
lofty
spurious
47. (informal) different from what most people expect
mementos
insinuate
offbeat
wistfully
48. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
misconstrue
hasty
reticent
sumptuous
49. Unfriendly and aggressive
placid
belligerent
assortment
effusive
50. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
hybrid
explicitly
compile
fidelity