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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. A special liking for sth
penchant
courtly
unpalatable
glum
2. Kind and gentle
benign
utilitarian
ghastly
totter
3. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
precipitate
extent
rout
chock back
4. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
arid
enthrall with
benign
amorous
5. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
sodden
discreet
forlorn
reign over
6. A legal document from a court of order
writ
indefatigable
strenuous
wax and wane
7. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
subvert
indefatigable
prevalent
timorous
8. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
offbeat
venerate
founder
pretentious
9. Very serious
perturbed
dire
rubric
extolling
10. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
spurious
insinuate
upbraid
repulsed
11. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
unrest
rejoinder
able-bodied
flimsy
12. A highly poisonous chemical
feral
feign
harbinger
cyanide
13. The quality of being loyal to sb/sth
fidelity
conjecture
warily
prompt
14. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
hybrid
incensed
totter
bestow
15. Plunge
viciously
candor
plummet
metes out
16. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
hasty
replicate
elicited
beguile
17. Strong and not easily damaged
sturdy
excommunicate
enact
conventional
18. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
acerbic
lanky
perturbed
harbinger
19. Something that encourage a process or activity
curmudgeon
convoluted
benign
impetus
20. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
chivalry
glowing
lambaste
mercenary
21. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
clump
impetus
perturbed
repudiate
22. (informal) different from what most people expect
magnify
offbeat
grant
retelling
23. A fake name of a criminal or actor
alias
catalogue
monotonously
precipitate
24. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
prudence
equivocal
grant
eradication
25. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
delve into
disrupt
entrench
alias
26. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
viscous
reticent
liberator
integrity
27. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
extent
famished
addendum
seedy
28. Very sad
mime
deprecate
mournful
egregious
29. Not enough
plummet
subvert
scanty
monotonously
30. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
notion
proponent
disseminate
alias
31. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
lanky
mournful
misconstrue
seedy
32. Unexpectedly amusing
multifarious
divulge
droll
conglomeration
33. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
deplete
illuminate
flimsy
offbeat
34. To talk sb into gently
syncopated
assortment
procure
coax
35. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
shear
discreet
bombastic
barrage
36. Very dry; having no or little rain
ration
mirth
spawn
arid
37. The quality of being humble
deplete
stipend
liberator
humility
38. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
addendum
obsequious
upbraid
candor
39. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
clash with
incentive
rarefy
obtuse
40. To make you sad
dreary
demolish
dire
haste
41. Violent and brutal
writ
unpalatable
jangle
viciously
42. Focus more on function than other qualities
utilitarian
conglomeration
effusive
meager
43. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
notion
ascetic
salutary
reapportion
44. Showing much or too much emotion
effusive
ascetic
rescind
writ
45. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
agnostic
hierarchical
criteria
mercenary
46. Very high (loft=attic)
verbose
applicable
lofty
benchmark
47. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
dire
glum
glowing
arbitrary
48. Extremely wet
hull
ungainly
sodden
placate
49. Cheerful and friendly
conglomeration
integrity
genial
patriarchal
50. Common - widespread
venue
excommunicate
entrench
prevalent