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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. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
ration
cessation
grin
thwart
2. Violent and brutal
reign over
acerbic
heirloom
viciously
3. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
exemption
refute
haste
fidelity
4. Very sad
serenade
mournful
mementos
wane
5. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
miserly
undertake
meager
virulent
6. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
arsonist
bout
barrage
editorial
7. To praise sb/sth very much
imprudence
curt
droll
extolling
8. To make sth into catalogue
catalogue
cognizant
mournful
convoluted
9. A mix of different things found together
rash
bout
arid
conglomeration
10. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
entreat
salutary
elicited
confront
11. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
confront
lamentable
voluminous
rash
12. Able to spread around
monotony
displace
ammunition
infectious
13. Very large
explicitly
infectious
voluminous
venue
14. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
enthrall with
ascetic
titillate
lethargy
15. A match of boxing/wrestling
conglomeration
bout
writ
conventional
16. Not needed or useful
viscous
redundant
fidelity
pretentious
17. Focus more on function than other qualities
able-bodied
seedy
rash
utilitarian
18. Needing great effort and energy
rarefy
strenuous
lamentable
captive
19. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
aggravate
placid
curt
editorial
20. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
omit
editorial
deplete
fauna
21. Ancestor
rail at
lanky
progenitor
topography
22. To obtain - especially with difficulty
procure
patriarchal
unvarying
spawn
23. Wipe out
reticent
rhetoric
exterminate
hasty
24. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
undertake
arbitrary
prescribed
cyanide
25. Very expensive and looking very impressive
formality
glum
sumptuous
retelling
26. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
formality
precipitate
clash with
virulent
27. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
elicited
conjecture
subtle
perturbed
28. Extremely bad
bequeath
entreat
egregious
writ
29. To pretend to have a particular feeling
acerbic
rail at
prompt
feign
30. Nervous and easily frightened
curt
timorous
stipend
perturbed
31. A highly poisonous chemical
instrumental
cyanide
penchant
addendum
32. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
farce
prescribed
relinquish
indigenous
33. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
topography
wax and wane
unrest
altruistic
34. A person living in a country that's not their own
procure
eradication
heirloom
expatriate
35. Very disappointing
lamentable
denounce
offbeat
patron
36. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
entitle
envision
obsequious
viable
37. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
tentative
demolish
flimsy
rhetoric
38. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
ungainly
repudiate
grudgingly
ration
39. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
reservoir
humility
indigenous
rejoinder
40. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
precipitate
sumptuous
ammunition
acerbic
41. Very high (loft=attic)
relish
lofty
altruistic
expatriate
42. Being lack of variety
denounce
placid
compartmentalize
monotony
43. A name used b y writer that is not real
omit
niche
lambaste
pseudonym
44. The outer edge of a particular area
aggravate
periphery
topography
rejoinder
45. Kind and gentle
benign
proponent
infectious
entrench
46. Rule d and controlled by men
grudgingly
liberator
criteria
patriarchal
47. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
progenitor
laconic
metes out
mercenary
48. To copy sth exactly
replicate
seedy
alias
feral
49. To smile widely
illuminate
grin
mementos
viciously
50. A cranky old person
humanitarian
mundane
condone
curmudgeon