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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. give up
relinquish
ungainly
garrulous
hull
2. Connected with money
clash with
monetary
egregious
mundane
3. Unwilling to tell people about things
hybrid
reticent
bombastic
cessation
4. Hesitating before doing sth because you don't want to do it or because you aren't sure that if it's the right thing to do
reluctant
titillate
metes out
dearth
5. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
venue
pseudonym
innuendo
convoluted
6. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
extolling
seedy
monotonously
wax and wane
7. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
barrage
niche
mercenary
upbraid
8. 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
pseudonym
editorial
chivalry
rhetoric
9. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
wax
eradication
exterminate
famished
10. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
confront
reluctant
reservoir
resemble
11. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
patron
egregious
benchmark
niche
12. (formal) a costumer
grant
patron
bombastic
equivocal
13. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
elicited
fallacy
persistently
wax
14. Able to spread around
infectious
catalogue
ascetic
applicable
15. The quality of being humble
tentative
humility
famished
periphery
16. To smile widely
effusive
blistering
illuminate
grin
17. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
entreat
frugal
imprudence
wax and wane
18. A highly poisonous chemical
feral
salutary
thwart
cyanide
19. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
wane
liberator
procure
miserly
20. Very dry; having no or little rain
illuminate
nourish
warily
arid
21. To be worried and anxious
grin
entreat
placate
perturbed
22. To have foretold vision
envision
venerate
nourish
grin
23. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
garrulous
beguile
excommunicate
annex
24. Sad - quite and unhappy
obtuse
glum
indigenous
rail at
25. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
conjecture
cyanide
amorous
chock back
26. Supply of bullets
spurn
vague
fallacy
ammunition
27. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
acerbic
lanky
arsonist
wax
28. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
viciously
mercenary
bout
aggravate
29. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
aggravate
hierarchical
reign over
altruistic
30. Never changing therefore boring
forlorn
ration
stipend
monotonously
31. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
patriarchal
retelling
humility
precipitate
32. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
compile
bout
excommunicate
embark
33. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
vassal
viable
fallacy
patriarchal
34. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
redundant
prompt
equivocal
bout
35. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
utilitarian
exemption
leaden
spawn
36. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
able-bodied
utilitarian
misconstrue
titillate
37. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
humanitarian
cessation
virulent
unvarying
38. Rage
resemble
rail at
reticent
inept
39. A gradual decline of sth
monetary
erosion
humanitarian
prevalent
40. To break under pressure
impetus
addendum
shear
writ
41. The act of conceding
arsonist
concession
niche
imprudence
42. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
havoc
resemble
unrest
discreet
43. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
laconic
warily
nourish
procure
44. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
wax and wane
arid
topography
dearth
45. To talk sb into gently
disrupt
clump
coax
ghastly
46. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
belligerent
haste
arid
applicable
47. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
morale
ungainly
hybrid
meager
48. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
ungainly
syncopated
topography
blistering
49. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
accomplice
resemble
multifarious
obtuse
50. Not enough
scanty
convoluted
confront
ammunition