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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. Ancestor
hull
progenitor
obsequious
expatriate
2. To make sth weaker
indefatigable
dilution
compartmentalize
incensed
3. Beg; seriously asking for
deplete
mournful
entreat
virulent
4. To give sb the right to do sth
genial
benchmark
entitle
spurious
5. Cheerful and friendly
patriarchal
cynically
genial
egregious
6. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
rescind
provincial
warily
wax
7. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
subsidize
cede
beguile
provincial
8. The quality of being humble
syncopated
ration
exuberant
humility
9. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
entrench
pretentious
condone
humanitarian
10. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
founder
perturbed
benchmark
ungainly
11. To punish or make sb suffer
tentative
exterminate
metes out
repulsed
12. To hide sth
meager
harbinger
conceal
patriarchal
13. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
ghastly
patriarchal
retelling
niche
14. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
altruistic
pyromaniac
embark on
wane
15. = mime; = farce
indefatigable
pantomime
nourish
phenomenon
16. How serious - important - large sth is
phenomenon
extent
utilitarian
beguile
17. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
lethargy
lamentable
progenitor
incentive
18. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
liberator
genial
procure
repulsed
19. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
wistfully
reign over
premonition
extolling
20. Talking a lot - especially about unimportant things
hull
garrulous
stolid
entreat
21. Full of people moving around in a busy way
unpalatable
bustling
monotonously
fauna
22. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
famished
strenuous
spurious
disrupt
23. Connected with money
monetary
indefatigable
patriarchal
spurious
24. Supply of bullets
reapportion
probity
hybrid
ammunition
25. A match of boxing/wrestling
hierarchical
bout
insinuate
vetiver
26. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
expatriate
blistering
disseminate
monotonously
27. A name used b y writer that is not real
genial
bombastic
integrity
pseudonym
28. To have foretold vision
candor
deprecate
benchmark
envision
29. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
egregious
persistently
entreat
deplete
30. To make sth into catalogue
prudence
insinuate
catalogue
unpalatable
31. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
entreat
discreet
progenitor
imprudence
32. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
frugal
harbinger
hasty
liberator
33. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
placid
prompt
unvarying
elicited
34. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
arsonist
feral
hull
multifarious
35. Very high (loft=attic)
lofty
incensed
relish
hybrid
36. Lonely and unhappy
acerbic
salient
forlorn
envision
37. Souvenir
viciously
obtuse
barge
mementos
38. 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
totter
patriarchal
egregious
chivalry
39. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
topography
conventional
glowing
grin
40. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
mime
tentative
dreary
formality
41. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
pretentious
sumptuous
dexterous
cede
42. Small and poor in quality
periphery
cessation
alias
meager
43. To make you sad
harbinger
ungainly
dreary
expatriate
44. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
sodden
fauna
unpalatable
editorial
45. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
excommunicate
reluctant
annex
insinuate
46. Dull gray - like lead
leaden
repudiate
impetus
metes out
47. Focus more on function than other qualities
dearth
distraught
utilitarian
progenitor
48. To enjoy or desire much
relish
indefatigable
timorous
dreary
49. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
innuendo
viscous
meager
integrity
50. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
heirloom
infectious
mirth
unpalatable