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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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1. give up
insinuate
penchant
mournful
relinquish
2. Sad - quite and unhappy
rhetoric
glum
conglomeration
integrity
3. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
lamentable
proponent
exterminate
discreet
4. Rage
rail at
niche
concession
impetus
5. Violent and brutal
viciously
preeminent
totter
exterminate
6. A lack of sth
dearth
arid
humility
impetus
7. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
disseminate
venerate
lofty
courtly
8. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
misconstrue
imprudence
hybrid
editorial
9. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
famished
sole
virulent
displace
10. To give sb the right to do sth
accomplice
penchant
entitle
garrulous
11. A match of boxing/wrestling
miserly
bout
diminish
heirloom
12. Not enough
scanty
convoluted
magnify
erosion
13. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
retelling
lanky
reapportion
genial
14. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
vassal
pretentious
progenitor
arsonist
15. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
progenitor
aggravate
embark on
ration
16. Supporter
venue
proponent
metes out
wistfully
17. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
probity
obtuse
amorous
imprudence
18. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
grudgingly
reservoir
hierarchical
hybrid
19. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
incensed
relish
humility
promiscuous
20. (formal) a costumer
feign
superfluous
entreat
patron
21. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
indigenous
benign
obtuse
reign over
22. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
equivocal
elicited
deprecate
misnomer
23. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
exemption
exterminate
barrage
subsidize
24. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
blatant
insinuate
scanty
wax and wane
25. To tell again
retelling
embark
imprudence
shear
26. Small and poor in quality
meager
rhetoric
distraught
ascetic
27. Only; single
mundane
stolid
equivocal
sole
28. Rule d and controlled by men
patriarchal
niche
inept
sole
29. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
rescind
assortment
curt
verbose
30. To obtain - especially with difficulty
monotony
extolling
procure
wax
31. Starving
famished
hinges on
pretentious
sturdy
32. To pretend to have a particular feeling
bequeath
feign
thwart
plummet
33. Using only a few words to say sth
exemption
tentative
wane
laconic
34. (spots) done very fast with great energy
agnostic
blistering
promiscuous
blatant
35. To make into compartment (room)
feral
compartmentalize
lanky
hinges on
36. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
niche
prompt
rail at
criteria
37. Supply of bullets
ammunition
verbose
strenuous
phenomenon
38. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
arbitrary
editorial
pyromaniac
prudence
39. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
obtuse
formality
reign over
hierarchical
40. To leave out
grin
ammunition
lamentable
omit
41. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
pseudonym
reluctant
nourish
farce
42. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
voluminous
hasty
exemption
conventional
43. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
curt
fallacy
candor
topography
44. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
mirth
assortment
upbraid
fidelity
45. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
rescind
extent
humanitarian
lanky
46. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
acerbic
spurious
tentative
viable
47. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
subtle
phenomenon
hull
havoc
48. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
eradication
exuberant
reluctant
disrupt
49. To move away sth
displace
rout
divulge
convoluted
50. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
barge
feral
imprudence
persistently