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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. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
belligerent
pretentious
meager
imprudence
2. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
glowing
writ
resemble
rescind
3. To do or be better than sb/sth
surpass
illuminate
prescribed
fauna
4. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
penchant
placate
deficit
annex
5. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
rescind
voluminous
agnostic
insinuate
6. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
refute
feral
meager
lethargy
7. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
discreet
preeminent
jangle
resemble
8. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
writ
formality
thwart
warily
9. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
probity
subsidize
alias
persistently
10. Not safe and certain; dangerous
denounce
hasty
ungainly
precarious
11. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
mirth
mime
explicitly
conventional
12. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
promiscuous
prompt
acerbic
subsidize
13. Focus more on function than other qualities
fauna
rejoinder
utilitarian
demolish
14. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
hasty
aggravate
benefactor
heirloom
15. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
formality
ascetic
viscous
liberator
16. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
rarefy
humility
meager
condone
17. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
criteria
syncopated
editorial
disseminate
18. Ambiguous
equivocal
applicable
obsequious
lethargy
19. The complete destruction of every trace of something
eradication
grudgingly
monetary
exuberant
20. Small and poor in quality
reapportion
enthrall with
meager
metes out
21. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
inept
excommunicate
serenade
extolling
22. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
excommunicate
patron
lethargy
perturbed
23. To break under pressure
prevalent
wax
shear
progenitor
24. To refuse - reject in a proud way
spurn
timorous
niche
impetus
25. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
coax
assortment
replicate
spawn
26. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
candor
topography
unpalatable
conceal
27. A highly poisonous chemical
incensed
cyanide
miserly
embark on
28. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
impetus
pretentious
verbose
accomplice
29. To hide sth
benchmark
unrest
conceal
cessation
30. Clear and easy to understand
periphery
explicitly
unrest
salutary
31. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
metes out
perturbed
humanitarian
courtly
32. To obtain - especially with difficulty
vexed
wax
proponent
procure
33. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
seedy
infectious
expatriate
addendum
34. To make sth smaller or weak
niche
editorial
diminish
upbraid
35. Not noticeable or obvious
disrupt
barrage
subtle
dearth
36. To depend on something
liberator
droll
agnostic
hinges on
37. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
eradication
shear
heirloom
insinuate
38. Strong and not easily damaged
harbinger
discreet
sturdy
displace
39. Very large
fidelity
benefactor
exuberant
voluminous
40. A gradual decline of sth
vetiver
condone
erosion
pyromaniac
41. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
flimsy
vexed
procure
wax and wane
42. Search inside sth
grudgingly
delve into
rejoinder
rhetoric
43. To give subsidy
precipitate
shear
glum
subsidize
44. Of many kinds; having great variety
disseminate
subvert
humanitarian
multifarious
45. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
sole
pyromaniac
annex
trivial
46. Very important in making sth to happen
miserly
instrumental
curt
sumptuous
47. To make you sad
humility
embark on
dreary
formality
48. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
viciously
inept
deprecate
bustling
49. To fell disgust or strong dislike
demolish
progenitor
entrench
repulsed
50. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
placate
rout
omit
obsequious