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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. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
discreet
prompt
laconic
cynically
2. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
genial
rarefy
venue
compartmentalize
3. To give sth to sb to show respect
inept
lethargy
bestow
entitle
4. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
misnomer
bestow
annex
coax
5. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
reservoir
vague
titillate
benefactor
6. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
distraught
wistfully
notion
arbitrary
7. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
imprudence
excommunicate
concession
humility
8. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
concession
inept
ammunition
reapportion
9. give up
entitle
excommunicate
relinquish
blistering
10. To give subsidy
viciously
cyanide
subsidize
mournful
11. Physically strong and healthy
able-bodied
redundant
bustling
undertake
12. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
enthrall with
feral
wax
warily
13. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
placid
dire
editorial
cede
14. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
ascetic
arid
havoc
relinquish
15. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
wax
metes out
undertake
subsidize
16. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
rescind
serenade
embark on
perturbed
17. Ambiguous
extent
indefatigable
spawn
equivocal
18. A name used b y writer that is not real
incensed
prompt
redundant
pseudonym
19. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
deplete
conventional
hierarchical
criteria
20. Something that encourages you to do sth
amorous
entitle
incentive
probity
21. Talking a lot - especially about unimportant things
venue
timorous
distraught
garrulous
22. To pretend to have a particular feeling
prescribed
entreat
obsequious
feign
23. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
viscous
frugal
precipitate
havoc
24. Using only a few words to say sth
laconic
agnostic
excommunicate
vexed
25. Violent and brutal
forlorn
vetiver
viciously
denounce
26. To copy sth exactly
promiscuous
cognizant
reluctant
replicate
27. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
arid
stipend
pretentious
meager
28. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
utilitarian
vetiver
precipitate
multifarious
29. A mix of different things found together
accomplice
grudgingly
conglomeration
leaden
30. Very large
droll
plummet
reign over
voluminous
31. To break under pressure
applicable
discreet
shear
mime
32. (spots) done very fast with great energy
obsequious
relinquish
blistering
farce
33. A person living in a country that's not their own
elicited
pretentious
expatriate
altruistic
34. To enjoy or desire much
promiscuous
relish
placid
heirloom
35. Full of people moving around in a busy way
bustling
aggravate
humility
entitle
36. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
imprudence
arsonist
monotony
perturbed
37. Not noticeable or obvious
subtle
famished
patriarchal
liberator
38. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
proponent
resemble
enact
cede
39. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
barrage
divulge
frugal
enact
40. Never changing therefore boring
dearth
monotonously
plummet
provincial
41. To do or be better than sb/sth
magnify
hasty
surpass
catalogue
42. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
disseminate
mercenary
heirloom
accomplice
43. Dull gray - like lead
bestow
leaden
assortment
misnomer
44. To try hard not to show your feelings
proponent
displace
chock back
progenitor
45. To give sb the right to do sth
entitle
enact
venue
lamentable
46. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
lamentable
deprecate
patron
rejoinder
47. To refuse - reject in a proud way
displace
dilution
spurn
cognizant
48. Of many kinds; having great variety
lamentable
prudence
provincial
multifarious
49. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
cynically
stipend
provincial
grin
50. Not easily irritated
placid
assortment
dearth
trivial