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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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Subjects
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
grant
misconstrue
glowing
applicable
2. Ambiguous
equivocal
insinuate
lethargy
rout
3. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
acerbic
impetus
hybrid
flimsy
4. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
venerate
trivial
compile
thwart
5. Rule d and controlled by men
patriarchal
effusive
retelling
hinges on
6. A series of unpleasant things that happen
rash
ghastly
vague
clump
7. Concerned with making people live better
retelling
placate
mirth
humanitarian
8. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
extent
shear
phenomenon
misnomer
9. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
accomplice
spurious
ration
annex
10. Dirty of any kind
morale
grudgingly
extent
progenitor
11. A person who helps in criminal incidents
miserly
spurious
accomplice
egregious
12. Regulated
penchant
havoc
reapportion
prescribed
13. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
rescind
sumptuous
arsonist
wax and wane
14. To smile widely
entrench
grin
upbraid
delve into
15. A cranky old person
annex
niche
pantomime
curmudgeon
16. To make you sad
frugal
hasty
dreary
assortment
17. Cheerful and friendly
exemption
genial
preeminent
misnomer
18. Supply of bullets
lethargy
ration
effusive
ammunition
19. Unwilling to tell people about things
diminish
compartmentalize
lanky
reticent
20. Very high (loft=attic)
aggravate
conjecture
humanitarian
lofty
21. To make sb less angry about sth
hybrid
placate
premonition
topography
22. Supporter
proponent
misnomer
relinquish
hierarchical
23. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
clump
harbinger
deprecate
subtle
24. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
spurious
miserly
ammunition
feral
25. Lonely and unhappy
forlorn
benchmark
perturbed
miserly
26. Physically strong and healthy
prescribed
effusive
warily
able-bodied
27. A bad sense of something will happen
voluminous
proponent
enact
premonition
28. Not noticeable or obvious
subtle
exterminate
genial
famished
29. Able to spread around
demolish
discreet
subtle
infectious
30. A special liking for sth
laconic
able-bodied
mercenary
penchant
31. The complete destruction of every trace of something
eradication
nourish
indefatigable
dilution
32. To give sb the right to do sth
fidelity
deplete
resemble
entitle
33. Unfriendly and aggressive
prescribed
belligerent
ascetic
delve into
34. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
alias
confront
totter
provincial
35. To destroy completely or accidentally
frugal
rout
demolish
infectious
36. Not enough
scanty
jangle
laconic
grant
37. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
discreet
effusive
chivalry
fallacy
38. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
rescind
bombastic
hierarchical
ascetic
39. Dull gray - like lead
reticent
resemble
leaden
shear
40. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
courtly
accomplice
barge
offbeat
41. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
famished
applicable
provincial
beguile
42. (formal) a costumer
ungainly
catalogue
patron
voluminous
43. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
timorous
embark on
elicited
mime
44. To give sth to sb to show respect
bestow
warily
jangle
benefactor
45. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
eradication
metes out
clash with
altruistic
46. Nervous and easily frightened
vetiver
addendum
haste
timorous
47. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
accomplice
instrumental
jangle
cede
48. Needing great effort and energy
upbraid
hinges on
strenuous
ungainly
49. To tell again
surpass
repudiate
retelling
hinges on
50. To have foretold vision
addendum
envision
pretentious
feral