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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. To make sth weaker
spurious
barrage
dilution
demolish
2. A cranky old person
deplete
curmudgeon
embark
captive
3. Incompetent; not having the skill
pretentious
inept
nourish
viable
4. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
sole
erosion
phenomenon
bout
5. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
feral
meager
effusive
resemble
6. To hide sth
courtly
addendum
misnomer
conceal
7. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
altruistic
spurn
ungainly
hierarchical
8. Never changing therefore boring
scanty
utilitarian
monotonously
altruistic
9. The outer edge of a particular area
warily
entreat
retelling
periphery
10. Not wise or sensible
retelling
chock back
displace
imprudence
11. To make sth into catalogue
mime
catalogue
bestow
hasty
12. To make into compartment (room)
subvert
coax
vassal
compartmentalize
13. Very large
writ
indigenous
voluminous
glowing
14. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
rash
refute
fauna
monotonously
15. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
perturbed
liberator
condone
reluctant
16. To destroy completely or accidentally
demolish
prudence
mirth
stolid
17. Unwilling to tell people about things
concession
illuminate
reticent
repudiate
18. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
lofty
flimsy
bombastic
subvert
19. To give sth to sb to show respect
misconstrue
bestow
salient
repulsed
20. Not enough
scanty
erosion
fidelity
humility
21. Not needed or useful
redundant
agnostic
hybrid
incentive
22. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
unrest
obtuse
hierarchical
embark on
23. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
relish
progenitor
glowing
cessation
24. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
hybrid
upbraid
haste
hinges on
25. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
prompt
aggravate
conventional
placate
26. Unfriendly and aggressive
belligerent
glum
editorial
bequeath
27. A legal document from a court of order
dearth
writ
pseudonym
phenomenon
28. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
glowing
tentative
serenade
misconstrue
29. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
misnomer
voluminous
bombastic
grant
30. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
deficit
timorous
bombastic
meager
31. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
promiscuous
benefactor
progenitor
reticent
32. Very sad
mournful
hierarchical
relish
ammunition
33. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
formality
upbraid
benefactor
enthrall with
34. Not clear in a person's mind
harbinger
vague
reticent
impetus
35. Able to spread around
infectious
grin
grudgingly
persistently
36. How serious - important - large sth is
humanitarian
deprecate
extent
entrench
37. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
provincial
stolid
bout
reapportion
38. Very dry; having no or little rain
accomplice
condone
arid
humility
39. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
founder
lanky
entrench
convoluted
40. To talk sb into gently
coax
compile
exemption
trivial
41. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
verbose
exemption
jangle
unvarying
42. Very expensive and looking very impressive
glowing
dire
sumptuous
offbeat
43. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
deplete
enthrall with
equivocal
proponent
44. Having a good effect on sb/sth - though often seeming unpleasant
salutary
glum
aggravate
rout
45. A special liking for sth
penchant
misconstrue
integrity
meager
46. Small and poor in quality
curt
infectious
meager
topography
47. The quality of being completely honest
rout
probity
genial
droll
48. A series of unpleasant things that happen
morale
serenade
unrest
rash
49. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
founder
magnify
entrench
lamentable
50. Not interesting or exciting
mundane
cognizant
founder
inept