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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. Beg; seriously asking for
reapportion
entreat
hasty
exuberant
2. Starving
explicitly
relinquish
cognizant
famished
3. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
hierarchical
patron
rejoinder
retelling
4. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
addendum
reservoir
insinuate
compile
5. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
salutary
conventional
integrity
eradication
6. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
wax and wane
accomplice
entreat
prescribed
7. Supporter
infectious
dilution
mirth
proponent
8. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
provincial
catalogue
enact
vetiver
9. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
illuminate
reign over
conceal
blatant
10. Nervous and easily frightened
barrage
proponent
probity
timorous
11. A special liking for sth
precipitate
venerate
disseminate
penchant
12. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
candor
compile
prescribed
altruistic
13. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
grant
benchmark
aggravate
dexterous
14. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
applicable
ungainly
viscous
effusive
15. Being lack of variety
monotony
redundant
formality
titillate
16. To make into compartment (room)
compartmentalize
cyanide
havoc
conjecture
17. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
misnomer
clump
precarious
conceal
18. The quality of being loyal to sb/sth
feral
fidelity
morale
procure
19. To punish or make sb suffer
enact
metes out
salient
superfluous
20. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
trivial
indefatigable
frugal
perturbed
21. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
compile
utilitarian
discreet
confront
22. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
timorous
forlorn
progenitor
viable
23. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
incentive
deplete
conventional
embark
24. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
reign over
formality
cessation
relinquish
25. A cranky old person
laconic
curmudgeon
placate
distraught
26. Plunge
annex
integrity
spurious
plummet
27. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
refute
vexed
entreat
scanty
28. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
equivocal
hinges on
pseudonym
denounce
29. Horrible or terrible
conjecture
ghastly
heirloom
bequeath
30. The act of conceding
deprecate
infectious
concession
benign
31. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
prompt
criteria
monetary
embark on
32. A lack of sth
reticent
chock back
enthrall with
dearth
33. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
mime
cynically
effusive
exuberant
34. A name used b y writer that is not real
envision
ration
pseudonym
entrench
35. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
subtle
notion
unrest
promiscuous
36. Not important or serious; not worth considering
criteria
harbinger
laconic
trivial
37. A bad sense of something will happen
criteria
amorous
concession
premonition
38. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
obsequious
flimsy
monetary
wistfully
39. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
ascetic
instrumental
arsonist
resemble
40. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
reservoir
deprecate
barge
lethargy
41. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
magnify
enact
assortment
garrulous
42. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
deficit
indefatigable
blistering
illuminate
43. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
vassal
writ
vexed
excommunicate
44. Never changing therefore boring
sodden
vexed
benign
monotonously
45. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
syncopated
fallacy
applicable
confront
46. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
topography
incentive
serenade
insinuate
47. To give subsidy
utilitarian
patron
rash
subsidize
48. To give sb the right to do sth
notion
timorous
phenomenon
entitle
49. A person who helps in criminal incidents
accomplice
illuminate
glum
erosion
50. The quality of being completely honest
hull
titillate
genial
probity