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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. Very serious
lambaste
instrumental
serenade
dire
2. Only; single
vague
titillate
sole
entitle
3. Very angry
rhetoric
incensed
monotony
meager
4. Plunge
imprudence
plummet
catalogue
entrench
5. Souvenir
mementos
bombastic
exterminate
shear
6. To get onto a sheep
miserly
integrity
embark
virulent
7. Starving
hierarchical
famished
leaden
cessation
8. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
envision
thwart
mournful
subvert
9. Not important or serious; not worth considering
assortment
trivial
periphery
grant
10. Using only a few words to say sth
farce
repudiate
laconic
eradication
11. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
cessation
excommunicate
replicate
editorial
12. To make you sad
rash
dreary
rail at
ammunition
13. A person who helps in criminal incidents
prudence
barrage
subtle
accomplice
14. Ancestor
arsonist
rejoinder
progenitor
voluminous
15. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
embark
compile
syncopated
lofty
16. Not noticeable or obvious
seedy
subtle
imprudence
verbose
17. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
criteria
miserly
acerbic
amorous
18. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
clump
egregious
hasty
indefatigable
19. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
hierarchical
acerbic
famished
altruistic
20. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
reluctant
hasty
courtly
viciously
21. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
penchant
pretentious
equivocal
humanitarian
22. = mime; = farce
rejoinder
spurious
barrage
pantomime
23. To make sth happen or be produced
vassal
imprudence
barrage
spawn
24. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
rhetoric
egregious
harbinger
surpass
25. The quality of being completely honest
probity
effusive
progenitor
deplete
26. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
salutary
subvert
topography
spurious
27. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
vetiver
unvarying
glowing
morale
28. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
cognizant
niche
delve into
replicate
29. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
nourish
haste
lofty
vetiver
30. Ambiguous
equivocal
feral
lamentable
refute
31. Clear and easy to understand
cynically
explicitly
reticent
relish
32. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
tentative
cynically
mime
extent
33. Beg; seriously asking for
enthrall with
leaden
entreat
venue
34. A legal document from a court of order
meager
writ
mundane
disseminate
35. A match of boxing/wrestling
bestow
bout
penchant
multifarious
36. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
wax and wane
vassal
beguile
pyromaniac
37. Cheerful and friendly
misnomer
inept
genial
curmudgeon
38. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
hinges on
mirth
denounce
thwart
39. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
persistently
barrage
demolish
agnostic
40. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
curt
prompt
glowing
topography
41. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
glowing
candor
preeminent
feign
42. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
coax
offbeat
ascetic
insinuate
43. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
liberator
redundant
benefactor
heirloom
44. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
dire
entitle
harbinger
arbitrary
45. Something that encourage a process or activity
lanky
denounce
infectious
impetus
46. To have foretold vision
distraught
subtle
envision
sodden
47. Very dry; having no or little rain
confront
arid
diminish
havoc
48. Needing great effort and energy
delve into
excommunicate
droll
strenuous
49. Focus more on function than other qualities
beguile
utilitarian
niche
haste
50. Common - widespread
miserly
ghastly
able-bodied
prevalent