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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. Being lack of variety
lanky
penchant
integrity
monotony
2. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
tentative
compartmentalize
heirloom
ghastly
3. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
applicable
captive
infectious
deficit
4. Additional information
placid
addendum
courtly
deplete
5. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
stolid
cessation
dire
belligerent
6. Common - widespread
fauna
prescribed
prevalent
amorous
7. Lonely and unhappy
repudiate
forlorn
totter
barge
8. Physically strong and healthy
glowing
serenade
able-bodied
eradication
9. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
ascetic
grant
scanty
syncopated
10. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
clump
pantomime
pyromaniac
rarefy
11. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
alias
bequeath
compartmentalize
indigenous
12. Very serious
morale
grin
periphery
dire
13. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
repudiate
beguile
serenade
extolling
14. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
progenitor
misconstrue
vetiver
rhetoric
15. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
redundant
chock back
hasty
harbinger
16. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
venerate
clash with
rescind
pyromaniac
17. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
repudiate
persistently
sturdy
convoluted
18. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
relish
integrity
candor
totter
19. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
notion
precipitate
hull
altruistic
20. Never changing therefore boring
repudiate
grant
monotonously
bout
21. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
assortment
deprecate
catalogue
incentive
22. Extremely bad
viciously
patriarchal
egregious
jangle
23. Very large
pretentious
explicitly
scanty
voluminous
24. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
liberator
ascetic
exterminate
glum
25. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
ghastly
clash with
embark
retelling
26. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
aggravate
replicate
monotony
wax
27. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
wax
rhetoric
applicable
leaden
28. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
exemption
benefactor
fauna
scanty
29. Ancestor
probity
cynically
progenitor
annex
30. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
repudiate
denounce
refute
compile
31. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
cessation
wistfully
candor
insinuate
32. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
disseminate
incensed
accomplice
patriarchal
33. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
reluctant
lethargy
discreet
prompt
34. The quality of being loyal to sb/sth
strenuous
fidelity
conjecture
erosion
35. Unwilling to tell people about things
deplete
cyanide
reticent
captive
36. Violent and brutal
reapportion
effusive
titillate
viciously
37. To leave out
innuendo
niche
omit
reign over
38. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
repulsed
garrulous
wistfully
curt
39. To get onto a sheep
rail at
embark
benefactor
convoluted
40. Having a good effect on sb/sth - though often seeming unpleasant
viable
salutary
arid
entitle
41. A bad sense of something will happen
eradication
deprecate
premonition
spurious
42. Search inside sth
disseminate
tentative
delve into
morale
43. To make into compartment (room)
deprecate
cede
compartmentalize
lambaste
44. To pretend to have a particular feeling
feign
leaden
catalogue
benefactor
45. Never changing
dire
conceal
utilitarian
unvarying
46. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
embark
candor
thwart
entitle
47. The outer edge of a particular area
chivalry
periphery
formality
proponent
48. Hesitating before doing sth because you don't want to do it or because you aren't sure that if it's the right thing to do
founder
reluctant
prudence
repulsed
49. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
altruistic
catalogue
integrity
repulsed
50. Concerned with making people live better
heirloom
humanitarian
conglomeration
envision