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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 situation of destruction - damage and confusion
havoc
rhetoric
feign
relinquish
2. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
innuendo
farce
voluminous
acerbic
3. Ancestor
rout
progenitor
reservoir
pretentious
4. To make you sad
dreary
superfluous
demolish
exuberant
5. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
grin
conventional
ration
lambaste
6. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
placid
hinges on
formality
rubric
7. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
egregious
entrench
altruistic
famished
8. Supply of bullets
ammunition
catalogue
wax
unrest
9. To make yourself responsible for sth
undertake
wax
annex
seedy
10. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
relinquish
redundant
agnostic
multifarious
11. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
morale
exuberant
pyromaniac
vexed
12. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
obsequious
utilitarian
flimsy
jangle
13. To tell again
vetiver
unrest
retelling
preeminent
14. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
serenade
mirth
glum
indefatigable
15. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
seedy
mime
droll
candor
16. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
patriarchal
barrage
unvarying
hybrid
17. To destroy completely or accidentally
vetiver
chock back
courtly
demolish
18. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
rail at
subtle
premonition
venue
19. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
havoc
rubric
misconstrue
embark
20. To leave out
enact
ascetic
virulent
omit
21. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
vassal
explicitly
captive
illuminate
22. 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
chivalry
perturbed
reapportion
rail at
23. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
hierarchical
enthrall with
aggravate
wistfully
24. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
assortment
delve into
superfluous
curmudgeon
25. A highly poisonous chemical
assortment
totter
barrage
cyanide
26. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
shear
vassal
persistently
grant
27. Very high (loft=attic)
lofty
pseudonym
exterminate
morale
28. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
exuberant
indefatigable
benefactor
equivocal
29. Unwilling to tell people about things
deficit
reticent
lamentable
hinges on
30. A legal document from a court of order
writ
exemption
conventional
dearth
31. A person who helps in criminal incidents
envision
spawn
clash with
accomplice
32. A person living in a country that's not their own
leaden
divulge
writ
expatriate
33. give up
relinquish
progenitor
altruistic
ascetic
34. Not interesting or exciting
mundane
preeminent
venue
illuminate
35. To make sth smaller or weak
rescind
diminish
bout
shear
36. To depend on something
belligerent
relish
hinges on
lambaste
37. To try hard not to show your feelings
lethargy
chock back
indefatigable
patron
38. Incompetent; not having the skill
grant
feign
inept
concession
39. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
bombastic
displace
fallacy
verbose
40. Not important or serious; not worth considering
trivial
effusive
fidelity
precarious
41. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
obtuse
rout
rarefy
conjecture
42. To obtain - especially with difficulty
rout
procure
disrupt
plummet
43. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
infectious
embark on
egregious
compile
44. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
rarefy
amorous
thwart
conventional
45. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor
prompt
serenade
bout
46. Starving
famished
denounce
sumptuous
feral
47. (informal) different from what most people expect
persistently
lamentable
annex
offbeat
48. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
wax and wane
meager
titillate
misnomer
49. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
sole
prompt
criteria
clump
50. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
innuendo
clash with
expatriate
condone