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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 punish or make sb suffer
metes out
monetary
lanky
virulent
2. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
integrity
prevalent
confront
periphery
3. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
entreat
extent
precipitate
discreet
4. To make sth weaker
expatriate
dilution
divulge
grudgingly
5. Additional information
mementos
addendum
candor
grant
6. To destroy completely or accidentally
reluctant
demolish
blistering
relish
7. To make you sad
obsequious
dreary
viciously
shear
8. Using only a few words to say sth
fauna
relish
lanky
laconic
9. A series of unpleasant things that happen
flimsy
rash
conglomeration
misnomer
10. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
cede
phenomenon
droll
forlorn
11. Not needed or useful
altruistic
leaden
inept
redundant
12. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
enact
cede
displace
shear
13. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
bombastic
haste
spurious
deficit
14. To make sb less angry about sth
precarious
viciously
placate
venerate
15. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
applicable
exemption
amorous
barrage
16. Very angry
agnostic
incensed
ammunition
unvarying
17. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
delve into
timorous
obtuse
undertake
18. How serious - important - large sth is
grudgingly
prevalent
extent
totter
19. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
rescind
writ
harbinger
excommunicate
20. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
flimsy
bequeath
unvarying
assortment
21. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
sodden
bestow
criteria
delve into
22. Reveal a secret
displace
rejoinder
divulge
amorous
23. Rule d and controlled by men
preeminent
offbeat
instrumental
patriarchal
24. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
hasty
hierarchical
flimsy
trivial
25. More than you need or want
imprudence
diminish
superfluous
sodden
26. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
obsequious
hasty
misnomer
topography
27. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
wax
unpalatable
eradication
exemption
28. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
harbinger
vague
unrest
glowing
29. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
vetiver
discreet
heirloom
virulent
30. Very high (loft=attic)
lofty
lanky
retelling
deficit
31. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
clash with
placate
displace
demolish
32. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
entrench
dexterous
bequeath
lethargy
33. Wipe out
rail at
exterminate
cyanide
resemble
34. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
bombastic
venue
verbose
dearth
35. Not enough
scanty
venerate
extent
candor
36. To hide sth
progenitor
conceal
envision
dilution
37. Something that encourages you to do sth
incentive
bout
candor
mournful
38. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
clump
fallacy
topography
exterminate
39. Beg; seriously asking for
envision
entreat
tentative
equivocal
40. To get onto a sheep
prevalent
subtle
candor
embark
41. Lonely and unhappy
mementos
forlorn
concession
accomplice
42. = mime; = farce
morale
spurn
pantomime
subsidize
43. The quality of being humble
humility
monetary
illuminate
incensed
44. To depend on something
hinges on
periphery
unvarying
viscous
45. Concerned with making people live better
ghastly
alias
expatriate
humanitarian
46. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
unpalatable
altruistic
ration
rhetoric
47. A person living in a country that's not their own
eradication
writ
expatriate
subtle
48. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
accomplice
editorial
obsequious
stipend
49. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
patron
scanty
wax and wane
strenuous
50. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
fidelity
integrity
redundant
ghastly