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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. Supporter
placid
warily
proponent
illuminate
2. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
altruistic
indefatigable
genial
havoc
3. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
effusive
bout
eradication
altruistic
4. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
applicable
bequeath
lambaste
aggravate
5. Never changing
offbeat
unvarying
dearth
repulsed
6. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
venue
glowing
captive
serenade
7. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
farce
divulge
incensed
promiscuous
8. A person living in a country that's not their own
expatriate
forlorn
ammunition
dearth
9. Not noticeable or obvious
subtle
divulge
conjecture
cyanide
10. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
topography
inept
refute
annex
11. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
exemption
entitle
virulent
redundant
12. A highly poisonous chemical
vetiver
cyanide
relish
provincial
13. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
rejoinder
deficit
salient
fidelity
14. (spots) done very fast with great energy
blistering
reign over
founder
dilution
15. Reveal a secret
divulge
fauna
disrupt
dire
16. Very dry; having no or little rain
entreat
prompt
vassal
arid
17. Of many kinds; having great variety
notion
niche
subvert
multifarious
18. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
offbeat
trivial
famished
verbose
19. Cheerful and friendly
bestow
genial
placid
disrupt
20. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
barrage
lambaste
rout
hasty
21. A series of unpleasant things that happen
rash
redundant
reign over
seedy
22. More than you need or want
spurn
superfluous
lambaste
lanky
23. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
fauna
phenomenon
patriarchal
patron
24. To refuse - reject in a proud way
spurn
tentative
discreet
prudence
25. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
nourish
spawn
premonition
rescind
26. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
pantomime
enthrall with
titillate
courtly
27. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
scanty
reign over
haste
imprudence
28. To do or be better than sb/sth
monetary
surpass
extent
enact
29. To move in an awkward way - pushing people around out of the way or crash into them
barge
morale
stolid
undertake
30. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
ammunition
rash
mercenary
viable
31. Having a good effect on sb/sth - though often seeming unpleasant
rash
salutary
wax and wane
assortment
32. Most important and noticeable
hull
salient
titillate
confront
33. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
rhetoric
entrench
cede
glowing
34. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
divulge
leaden
stolid
enact
35. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
unpalatable
refute
extent
fauna
36. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
mementos
deplete
exterminate
distraught
37. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
nourish
rescind
retelling
clump
38. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
indigenous
egregious
warily
blistering
39. To enjoy or desire much
glowing
founder
lamentable
relish
40. Not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing
stolid
stipend
rarefy
periphery
41. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
discreet
havoc
exuberant
mercenary
42. Ancestor
wane
harbinger
progenitor
shear
43. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
bombastic
benchmark
preeminent
barrage
44. To make sth into catalogue
catalogue
candor
probity
obsequious
45. A lack of sth
blatant
rash
liberator
dearth
46. To become gradually weaker or less important
vassal
bestow
wane
inept
47. (formal) a costumer
rhetoric
patron
accomplice
conjecture
48. Not easily irritated
criteria
harbinger
eradication
placid
49. Unexpectedly amusing
droll
reapportion
redundant
conjecture
50. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
editorial
venue
divulge
barge