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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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sat
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Clear and easy to understand
serenade
explicitly
annex
ghastly
2. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
entrench
convoluted
ration
criteria
3. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
benchmark
wax and wane
harbinger
discreet
4. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
assortment
strenuous
innuendo
haste
5. Not needed or useful
elicited
lambaste
addendum
redundant
6. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
trivial
viscous
conventional
laconic
7. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
ascetic
reapportion
prevalent
conventional
8. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
insinuate
confront
deficit
envision
9. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
promiscuous
unvarying
dexterous
replicate
10. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
pantomime
cede
strenuous
thwart
11. A person who helps in criminal incidents
accomplice
premonition
acerbic
conventional
12. The act of conceding
arsonist
patriarchal
concession
imprudence
13. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
entitle
sumptuous
obtuse
entrench
14. To have foretold vision
notion
instrumental
bestow
envision
15. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
redundant
convoluted
candor
conventional
16. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
deplete
clump
monotonously
subvert
17. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
glowing
lanky
scanty
convoluted
18. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
embark on
spurious
obtuse
omit
19. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
entitle
placate
viable
arbitrary
20. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
pantomime
lambaste
patron
multifarious
21. How serious - important - large sth is
utilitarian
rout
conjecture
extent
22. A mix of different things found together
stolid
jangle
conglomeration
rout
23. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
misnomer
rail at
mime
barrage
24. To be worried and anxious
chivalry
ascetic
displace
perturbed
25. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
vague
serenade
condone
lofty
26. Violent and brutal
placate
vexed
metes out
viciously
27. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
aggravate
hierarchical
wax
effusive
28. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
seedy
bombastic
metes out
rash
29. Physically strong and healthy
lamentable
spurious
able-bodied
salient
30. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
courtly
blatant
embark
indefatigable
31. Something that encourages you to do sth
altruistic
grin
incentive
confront
32. To leave out
trivial
precarious
omit
infectious
33. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
bestow
warily
wane
dreary
34. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
phenomenon
persistently
placid
accomplice
35. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
havoc
dreary
wax and wane
sturdy
36. False - although seeming to be genuine
pseudonym
explicitly
spurious
prudence
37. Wipe out
lofty
exterminate
obtuse
voluminous
38. Ancestor
progenitor
jangle
excommunicate
leaden
39. Very dry; having no or little rain
disseminate
deprecate
arid
discreet
40. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
excommunicate
lofty
refute
entreat
41. Horrible or terrible
ghastly
disseminate
deficit
lofty
42. To make sth weaker
dilution
cognizant
procure
glum
43. A lack of sth
mementos
dearth
pseudonym
sodden
44. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
seedy
hull
reservoir
monetary
45. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
clump
vassal
explicitly
totter
46. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
glum
curt
denounce
farce
47. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
benchmark
shear
editorial
dexterous
48. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
voluminous
clump
farce
ammunition
49. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
incentive
persistently
beguile
deprecate
50. Extremely wet
superfluous
pretentious
sodden
niche