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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A person living in a country that's not their own
prompt
expatriate
mercenary
conceal
2. Rage
salutary
grant
rail at
envision
3. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
rescind
conceal
arsonist
laconic
4. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
indefatigable
strenuous
resemble
belligerent
5. Wipe out
lethargy
grant
enthrall with
exterminate
6. To make sth into catalogue
wax and wane
flimsy
prompt
catalogue
7. Showing much or too much emotion
infectious
effusive
addendum
rhetoric
8. Plunge
laconic
plummet
vexed
precarious
9. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
grudgingly
displace
niche
repulsed
10. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
mercenary
venue
relinquish
provincial
11. To praise sb/sth very much
relish
rarefy
extolling
mournful
12. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
liberator
ungainly
beguile
conjecture
13. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
liberator
entrench
lanky
relinquish
14. To pretend to have a particular feeling
feign
reticent
effusive
arid
15. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
lamentable
ungainly
monetary
arbitrary
16. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
venerate
monotony
ration
cynically
17. To make yourself responsible for sth
vague
insinuate
demolish
undertake
18. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
fallacy
spurious
magnify
altruistic
19. Not wise or sensible
imprudence
applicable
alias
chivalry
20. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
salutary
integrity
erosion
beguile
21. Concerned with making people live better
discreet
humanitarian
formality
rhetoric
22. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
catalogue
wax and wane
hasty
multifarious
23. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
prudence
subvert
reapportion
barge
24. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
dreary
feral
bombastic
stolid
25. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
totter
equivocal
omit
obsequious
26. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
delve into
heirloom
venerate
upbraid
27. Very dry; having no or little rain
probity
lethargy
bequeath
arid
28. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
rout
stolid
precipitate
strenuous
29. To enjoy or desire much
relish
haste
hybrid
condone
30. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
repudiate
humility
subvert
seedy
31. Unwilling to tell people about things
reticent
dreary
arsonist
chock back
32. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
deplete
erosion
repulsed
fallacy
33. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
amorous
unrest
wistfully
criteria
34. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
dilution
prevalent
editorial
humanitarian
35. To fell disgust or strong dislike
glum
repulsed
notion
displace
36. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
insinuate
barrage
eradication
belligerent
37. To copy sth exactly
infectious
rhetoric
replicate
omit
38. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
grant
salient
repulsed
obtuse
39. The quality of being loyal to sb/sth
humanitarian
fidelity
infectious
impetus
40. Common - widespread
relish
prevalent
venerate
droll
41. To destroy completely or accidentally
spurious
morale
prescribed
demolish
42. To become gradually weaker or less important
wane
displace
arbitrary
monetary
43. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
entrench
curt
resemble
diminish
44. To take control of a country - region - etc - especially by force
annex
agnostic
monetary
extent
45. Dirty of any kind
rarefy
bout
grudgingly
egregious
46. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
reign over
ungainly
distraught
rarefy
47. Violent and brutal
viciously
redundant
grin
humility
48. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
condone
grant
frugal
thwart
49. To smile widely
chivalry
upbraid
grin
humility
50. Connected with money
fidelity
diminish
meager
monetary