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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. Dirty of any kind
humility
grudgingly
deplete
reticent
2. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
entreat
extolling
serenade
deplete
3. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
embark
compartmentalize
upbraid
acerbic
4. Able to spread around
scanty
infectious
curt
prevalent
5. To get onto a sheep
chivalry
unvarying
embark
bustling
6. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
elicited
delve into
criteria
serenade
7. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
cede
ration
eradication
applicable
8. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
enact
droll
rarefy
grant
9. A code that knights adopted in the late Middle Ages; requiring them to be brave - loyal and true to their word; they had to fight fairly in battle
barge
chivalry
enact
relish
10. A bad sense of something will happen
misconstrue
persistently
premonition
condone
11. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
scanty
superfluous
mime
viable
12. Supply of bullets
bequeath
curt
wax and wane
ammunition
13. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
prescribed
displace
stipend
reluctant
14. Not interesting or exciting
misconstrue
vague
annex
mundane
15. More than you need or want
superfluous
hull
denounce
trivial
16. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
utilitarian
denounce
dearth
virulent
17. Cheerful and friendly
sole
genial
harbinger
placate
18. To make unpleasant sound
incensed
assortment
refute
jangle
19. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
havoc
altruistic
obtuse
venue
20. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
conjecture
humility
premonition
exemption
21. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
lambaste
multifarious
havoc
droll
22. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
conjecture
condone
acerbic
imprudence
23. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
hybrid
monotony
strenuous
convoluted
24. A lack of sth
amorous
salutary
dearth
wane
25. (informal) different from what most people expect
formality
offbeat
jangle
rail at
26. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
stolid
premonition
discreet
persistently
27. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
editorial
pantomime
famished
viable
28. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
phenomenon
courtly
pseudonym
compile
29. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
pretentious
enact
excommunicate
insinuate
30. Showing much or too much emotion
deplete
effusive
nourish
placid
31. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
pyromaniac
havoc
unvarying
lethargy
32. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
able-bodied
sturdy
repudiate
thwart
33. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
lambaste
explicitly
misconstrue
arid
34. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
unpalatable
persistently
stolid
syncopated
35. A series of unpleasant things that happen
pyromaniac
editorial
rash
titillate
36. Unwilling to tell people about things
bequeath
dearth
beguile
reticent
37. give up
bombastic
utilitarian
prudence
relinquish
38. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
totter
insinuate
leaden
monotonously
39. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
equivocal
cede
omit
stolid
40. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
magnify
undertake
relish
penchant
41. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
hierarchical
morale
glowing
voluminous
42. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
niche
sodden
viable
sturdy
43. A special liking for sth
barge
impetus
penchant
salutary
44. Supporter
proponent
entrench
bout
vexed
45. Extremely wet
distraught
sodden
pantomime
topography
46. Small and poor in quality
dire
founder
meager
timorous
47. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
pyromaniac
reluctant
nourish
hybrid
48. Something that encourages you to do sth
displace
multifarious
incentive
patriarchal
49. Being lack of variety
rescind
humanitarian
monotony
thwart
50. Something that encourage a process or activity
heirloom
expatriate
verbose
impetus