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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. The quality of being humble
humility
shear
wax and wane
compartmentalize
2. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
reapportion
syncopated
deficit
egregious
3. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
repudiate
arsonist
barge
founder
4. Unexpectedly amusing
blatant
embark on
obtuse
droll
5. Not noticeable or obvious
subsidize
subtle
alias
strenuous
6. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
lofty
blatant
rejoinder
rash
7. To move in an awkward way - pushing people around out of the way or crash into them
barge
addendum
entitle
dexterous
8. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
writ
aggravate
promiscuous
omit
9. Ambiguous
superfluous
equivocal
prompt
niche
10. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
writ
humility
rhetoric
ration
11. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
niche
metes out
dilution
unrest
12. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
farce
utilitarian
flimsy
dreary
13. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
entrench
thwart
coax
benefactor
14. Being lack of variety
bout
omit
monotony
feign
15. (spots) done very fast with great energy
totter
clump
misconstrue
blistering
16. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
accomplice
ammunition
criteria
reservoir
17. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
exemption
replicate
pseudonym
cede
18. Never changing therefore boring
utilitarian
monotonously
wax and wane
chivalry
19. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
scanty
seedy
fidelity
unvarying
20. To make unpleasant sound
undertake
procure
jangle
relinquish
21. Most important and noticeable
salient
curt
denounce
delve into
22. Not interesting or exciting
mundane
morale
blistering
pseudonym
23. To make into compartment (room)
compartmentalize
grin
egregious
innuendo
24. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
glum
applicable
cynically
compile
25. Incompetent; not having the skill
inept
enthrall with
mementos
fidelity
26. To become gradually weaker or less important
founder
imprudence
metes out
wane
27. To hide sth
conceal
confront
incensed
undertake
28. To make sth into catalogue
catalogue
benchmark
embark
redundant
29. Wipe out
exterminate
enact
reservoir
repudiate
30. Using only a few words to say sth
metes out
clump
curt
laconic
31. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
reluctant
condone
unrest
hinges on
32. To copy sth exactly
bestow
superfluous
replicate
egregious
33. A match of boxing/wrestling
placate
clump
genial
bout
34. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
reluctant
acerbic
innuendo
wax and wane
35. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
meager
entrench
embark
heirloom
36. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
frugal
upbraid
illuminate
dexterous
37. More than you need or want
offbeat
placid
redundant
superfluous
38. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
multifarious
divulge
frugal
curt
39. Never changing
unvarying
catalogue
prescribed
distraught
40. The outer edge of a particular area
periphery
denounce
nourish
unpalatable
41. The act of conceding
beguile
viable
monotonously
concession
42. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
erosion
embark on
meager
illuminate
43. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
prompt
topography
perturbed
rout
44. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
writ
prevalent
titillate
hasty
45. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
integrity
lamentable
rash
grant
46. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
vetiver
assortment
stipend
plummet
47. Physically strong and healthy
able-bodied
trivial
salient
demolish
48. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
delve into
retelling
vassal
deprecate
49. 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
chivalry
criteria
rescind
trivial
50. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
clash with
alias
rout
wane