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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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1. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
bombastic
provincial
precarious
excommunicate
2. Very sad
procure
promiscuous
scanty
mournful
3. Lonely and unhappy
imprudence
applicable
forlorn
feral
4. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
curt
wax and wane
explicitly
enact
5. Sad - quite and unhappy
farce
erosion
glum
viciously
6. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
rescind
venue
haste
persistently
7. To leave out
omit
fauna
blatant
subtle
8. Very angry
illuminate
leaden
candor
incensed
9. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
cognizant
famished
entrench
entreat
10. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
totter
incentive
omit
miserly
11. Not easily irritated
hull
placid
subvert
proponent
12. Able to spread around
rarefy
chock back
infectious
bequeath
13. To enjoy or desire much
prudence
mirth
magnify
relish
14. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
wistfully
vassal
superfluous
trivial
15. To obtain - especially with difficulty
procure
inept
conceal
prescribed
16. To tell again
farce
proponent
shear
retelling
17. To talk sb into gently
patriarchal
coax
tentative
heirloom
18. To fell disgust or strong dislike
repulsed
relinquish
prudence
dearth
19. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
beguile
egregious
cyanide
viscous
20. To become gradually weaker or less important
wane
grudgingly
hybrid
displace
21. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
conventional
mercenary
imprudence
dilution
22. To praise sb/sth very much
spawn
upbraid
extolling
assortment
23. The act of conceding
concession
upbraid
niche
clump
24. To make sth happen or be produced
disrupt
blatant
placid
spawn
25. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
glowing
reign over
genial
captive
26. Incompetent; not having the skill
inept
nourish
cede
shear
27. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
salient
annex
imprudence
subvert
28. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
penchant
provincial
morale
editorial
29. Of many kinds; having great variety
multifarious
wax and wane
feign
catalogue
30. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
venerate
hull
coax
sturdy
31. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
wistfully
enact
precipitate
stipend
32. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
glum
retelling
pantomime
stipend
33. Violent and brutal
cognizant
bout
viciously
surpass
34. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
liberator
enact
entrench
indigenous
35. Reveal a secret
genial
extent
divulge
prescribed
36. Not interesting or exciting
candor
subtle
able-bodied
mundane
37. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
insinuate
liberator
prevalent
ration
38. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
grin
ascetic
delve into
effusive
39. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
pyromaniac
benign
reticent
provincial
40. Small and poor in quality
relish
vassal
ration
meager
41. To copy sth exactly
humility
replicate
subtle
premonition
42. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
pyromaniac
repudiate
exterminate
replicate
43. Narrow-minded
perturbed
provincial
wax
seedy
44. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
rash
hybrid
applicable
disseminate
45. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
barge
conglomeration
conjecture
ghastly
46. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
liberator
trivial
distraught
entitle
47. Having a good effect on sb/sth - though often seeming unpleasant
heirloom
aggravate
salutary
conceal
48. (informal) different from what most people expect
reluctant
lethargy
offbeat
addendum
49. Unwilling to tell people about things
reticent
havoc
nourish
redundant
50. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
syncopated
insinuate
placate
feign