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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. Not easily irritated
meager
ascetic
placid
conglomeration
2. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
patron
rout
reign over
belligerent
3. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
rail at
rhetoric
hasty
explicitly
4. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
prudence
provincial
topography
formality
5. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
periphery
venue
wax and wane
verbose
6. Very high (loft=attic)
heirloom
retelling
lofty
displace
7. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
vetiver
famished
blistering
blatant
8. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
vetiver
exuberant
seedy
egregious
9. More than you need or want
belligerent
distraught
superfluous
seedy
10. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
integrity
humility
precipitate
totter
11. Nervous and easily frightened
timorous
chock back
altruistic
nourish
12. 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
reluctant
spurious
tentative
equivocal
13. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
probity
amorous
upbraid
arsonist
14. Supply of bullets
equivocal
altruistic
ammunition
virulent
15. Connected with money
refute
liberator
monetary
grin
16. = mime; = farce
reservoir
deficit
serenade
pantomime
17. To smile widely
grin
discreet
spurn
haste
18. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
chivalry
redundant
hybrid
founder
19. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
exemption
convoluted
entrench
humility
20. To leave out
discreet
equivocal
titillate
omit
21. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
frugal
extent
rubric
fallacy
22. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
hinges on
benign
writ
subvert
23. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
curmudgeon
lethargy
sumptuous
writ
24. Not needed or useful
placate
accomplice
spawn
redundant
25. To move away sth
extolling
founder
rhetoric
displace
26. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
pyromaniac
able-bodied
pretentious
provincial
27. Very expensive and looking very impressive
harbinger
entreat
curmudgeon
sumptuous
28. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
reluctant
lambaste
entrench
placate
29. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
offbeat
benign
enact
candor
30. A person living in a country that's not their own
rout
monotony
expatriate
viciously
31. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
mirth
periphery
mundane
erosion
32. Not enough
scanty
patron
imprudence
deprecate
33. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
timorous
magnify
refute
stipend
34. To make you sad
viable
dreary
conceal
applicable
35. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
conglomeration
monetary
reservoir
rubric
36. Clear and easy to understand
explicitly
replicate
prescribed
scanty
37. Needing great effort and energy
strenuous
exterminate
thwart
founder
38. Unwilling to tell people about things
arbitrary
reticent
enact
haste
39. To try hard not to show your feelings
benefactor
meager
chock back
expatriate
40. Small and poor in quality
genial
monotonously
meager
wane
41. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
bustling
unpalatable
acerbic
diminish
42. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
farce
rash
feral
rail at
43. Extremely bad
topography
syncopated
aggravate
egregious
44. A name used b y writer that is not real
ascetic
pseudonym
leaden
spurn
45. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
feral
able-bodied
pseudonym
premonition
46. Not important or serious; not worth considering
plummet
trivial
hinges on
grudgingly
47. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
lamentable
ascetic
provincial
chock back
48. Sad - quite and unhappy
chock back
aggravate
salient
glum
49. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
utilitarian
prescribed
founder
obtuse
50. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
eradication
confront
subtle
surpass