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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. Having a good effect on sb/sth - though often seeming unpleasant
salutary
famished
monetary
timorous
2. To break under pressure
shear
provincial
misconstrue
frugal
3. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
spurn
refute
hybrid
curmudgeon
4. 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
explicitly
nourish
dexterous
chivalry
5. To enjoy or desire much
relish
repulsed
leaden
fidelity
6. (informal) different from what most people expect
embark
rescind
offbeat
enthrall with
7. Common - widespread
prevalent
bout
clump
unvarying
8. To destroy completely or accidentally
bestow
strenuous
demolish
frugal
9. The quality of being humble
humility
elicited
rarefy
notion
10. Unexpectedly amusing
droll
mime
benchmark
acerbic
11. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
mundane
refute
harbinger
altruistic
12. Only; single
undertake
sole
leaden
incensed
13. Very sad
ascetic
multifarious
dearth
mournful
14. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
surpass
prompt
wistfully
tentative
15. Of many kinds; having great variety
multifarious
cessation
pretentious
placid
16. To obtain - especially with difficulty
rhetoric
entitle
procure
indigenous
17. Dirty of any kind
egregious
enthrall with
grudgingly
rout
18. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
haste
sumptuous
grudgingly
vexed
19. Souvenir
mementos
monotonously
mirth
perturbed
20. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
conjecture
deplete
thwart
feign
21. A mix of different things found together
salutary
haste
prescribed
conglomeration
22. False - although seeming to be genuine
vassal
spurious
courtly
morale
23. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
grant
flimsy
viable
verbose
24. To do or be better than sb/sth
surpass
exterminate
virulent
conglomeration
25. Very important in making sth to happen
blistering
instrumental
periphery
benefactor
26. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
subsidize
arsonist
curt
retelling
27. To smile widely
placate
dire
notion
grin
28. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
placid
reticent
subsidize
vassal
29. Starving
relinquish
convoluted
wistfully
famished
30. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
fauna
ascetic
progenitor
explicitly
31. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
innuendo
denounce
exterminate
dearth
32. Search inside sth
arbitrary
stipend
indefatigable
delve into
33. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
superfluous
fauna
embark on
coax
34. Extremely bad
monotony
egregious
compile
coax
35. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
confront
exuberant
replicate
provincial
36. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
lambaste
effusive
disseminate
garrulous
37. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
viable
blatant
lethargy
shear
38. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
acerbic
agnostic
effusive
obsequious
39. To copy sth exactly
clump
salutary
replicate
multifarious
40. Supporter
strenuous
proponent
unrest
hull
41. How serious - important - large sth is
extent
strenuous
placid
demolish
42. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
topography
mirth
misconstrue
discreet
43. (spots) done very fast with great energy
viscous
sturdy
blistering
cognizant
44. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
beguile
sodden
applicable
venerate
45. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
seedy
mime
embark
vague
46. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
rubric
perturbed
courtly
coax
47. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
tentative
conjecture
mercenary
effusive
48. Not noticeable or obvious
subtle
entrench
integrity
chock back
49. Violent and brutal
vetiver
entitle
viciously
persistently
50. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
deprecate
wax and wane
hasty
integrity