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SAT Critical Reading Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The quality of being humble






2. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing






3. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space






4. Of many kinds; having great variety






5. To make sth weaker






6. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land






7. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'






8. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water






9. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people






10. Rage






11. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing






12. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth






13. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)






14. To tell again






15. Able to spread around






16. How serious - important - large sth is






17. An animal or a plant of parents from different species






18. (usually plural) a thing you must do as a formal or official part of a legal process - a social situation - etc - (usually singular) a thing - that you must do as part of an official progress - but which has little meaning and will not affect what ha






19. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)






20. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage






21. The complete destruction of every trace of something






22. To obtain - especially with difficulty






23. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede






24. A gradual decline of sth






25. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true






26. A mix of different things found together






27. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible






28. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window






29. To fell disgust or strong dislike






30. (formal) a costumer






31. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things






32. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things






33. A person who commit the crime of setting fire






34. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.






35. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities






36. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly






37. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate






38. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth






39. Unfriendly and aggressive






40. A standard or principle by which sth is judged






41. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem






42. Connected with money






43. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said






44. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth






45. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew






46. Starving






47. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth






48. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people






49. To hide sth






50. To do or be better than sb/sth