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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. To move away sth
forlorn
displace
pyromaniac
altruistic
2. (spots) done very fast with great energy
pantomime
explicitly
blistering
hinges on
3. Not safe and certain; dangerous
reticent
indefatigable
precarious
unrest
4. Only; single
sole
replicate
reapportion
dilution
5. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
monotony
fallacy
rout
cede
6. The quality of being loyal to sb/sth
fidelity
unrest
dire
arid
7. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
entrench
omit
verbose
indefatigable
8. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
dilution
enact
distraught
genial
9. How serious - important - large sth is
extent
barrage
indefatigable
entreat
10. To copy sth exactly
laconic
illuminate
replicate
mementos
11. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
barrage
hierarchical
phenomenon
famished
12. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
utilitarian
instrumental
denounce
embark
13. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
bombastic
repudiate
spawn
alias
14. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
viciously
enact
misconstrue
procure
15. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
fallacy
sturdy
grudgingly
notion
16. To make sth happen or be produced
salutary
spawn
indefatigable
captive
17. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
prompt
disseminate
grin
vexed
18. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
genial
equivocal
applicable
humanitarian
19. To depend on something
extent
hinges on
deprecate
syncopated
20. Something that encourages you to do sth
incentive
plummet
barge
aggravate
21. To tell again
farce
retelling
benign
ghastly
22. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
hybrid
distraught
envision
blistering
23. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
applicable
altruistic
relinquish
topography
24. A match of boxing/wrestling
replicate
bout
aggravate
misconstrue
25. Narrow-minded
timorous
misconstrue
provincial
entrench
26. Needing great effort and energy
ghastly
strenuous
inept
rarefy
27. To make unpleasant sound
jangle
salutary
forlorn
vetiver
28. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
pyromaniac
demolish
salutary
garrulous
29. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
mirth
venerate
enthrall with
rubric
30. Something that encourage a process or activity
confront
impetus
lofty
arid
31. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
pyromaniac
liberator
placate
morale
32. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
stolid
precipitate
innuendo
notion
33. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
precarious
unrest
agnostic
hull
34. Horrible or terrible
ghastly
embark on
arsonist
embark
35. To punish or make sb suffer
metes out
omit
rail at
mementos
36. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
spawn
reservoir
provincial
entrench
37. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
monotony
benefactor
clump
venue
38. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
writ
expatriate
discreet
benign
39. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
glowing
equivocal
subvert
repulsed
40. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
formality
vexed
farce
unpalatable
41. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
offbeat
unrest
reservoir
vetiver
42. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
instrumental
wax and wane
voluminous
vassal
43. Reveal a secret
tentative
agnostic
conglomeration
divulge
44. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
salient
preeminent
eradication
harbinger
45. Focus more on function than other qualities
fidelity
monetary
utilitarian
embark
46. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
monotonously
lethargy
stipend
titillate
47. Not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing
stolid
alias
reluctant
dreary
48. Full of people moving around in a busy way
superfluous
bustling
dire
clump
49. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
prevalent
miserly
arid
vexed
50. To give sth to sb to show respect
cynically
reluctant
bestow
tentative