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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 make sth smaller or weak
leaden
ghastly
serenade
diminish
2. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
mercenary
demolish
metes out
erosion
3. Common - widespread
prevalent
envision
cynically
rescind
4. To refuse - reject in a proud way
spurn
extent
elicited
obtuse
5. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
verbose
fauna
repudiate
unpalatable
6. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
editorial
refute
arid
replicate
7. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
amorous
magnify
enact
dilution
8. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
promiscuous
repulsed
laconic
deficit
9. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
harbinger
criteria
vetiver
preeminent
10. Needing great effort and energy
prudence
reluctant
notion
strenuous
11. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
pantomime
hasty
hull
ghastly
12. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
impetus
editorial
embark
multifarious
13. Wipe out
benign
grin
exuberant
exterminate
14. Most important and noticeable
impetus
sumptuous
provincial
salient
15. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
wax
haste
hasty
sodden
16. To tell again
criteria
obtuse
spurn
retelling
17. To make sth weaker
dilution
cognizant
hull
patron
18. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
seedy
vassal
vetiver
dearth
19. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
eradication
misconstrue
spurious
indigenous
20. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
curt
mementos
monotonously
illuminate
21. Being lack of variety
pyromaniac
aggravate
monotony
rhetoric
22. Not clear in a person's mind
refute
premonition
vague
scanty
23. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
rarefy
fidelity
liberator
topography
24. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
fallacy
placate
insinuate
monotony
25. A match of boxing/wrestling
candor
undertake
bout
arsonist
26. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
serenade
obtuse
reign over
mirth
27. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
miserly
clump
notion
reticent
28. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
mime
cede
lanky
curt
29. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
reluctant
clump
reapportion
mementos
30. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
virulent
innuendo
redundant
clash with
31. A person who helps in criminal incidents
obsequious
salient
accomplice
benefactor
32. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
blistering
extent
relish
ration
33. To make sth into catalogue
altruistic
lofty
dearth
catalogue
34. A gradual decline of sth
repudiate
enthrall with
erosion
editorial
35. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
feign
jangle
promiscuous
candor
36. Dirty of any kind
grudgingly
pretentious
salient
ration
37. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
extent
ungainly
entrench
redundant
38. The quality of being completely honest
meager
fallacy
spawn
probity
39. Focus more on function than other qualities
probity
repudiate
utilitarian
altruistic
40. 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
niche
rarefy
chivalry
flimsy
41. Something that encourages you to do sth
cyanide
viable
incentive
rejoinder
42. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
founder
topography
reticent
humanitarian
43. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
monotony
conventional
compartmentalize
integrity
44. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
conjecture
enthrall with
dearth
obsequious
45. To give subsidy
vexed
compile
subsidize
humanitarian
46. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
fauna
pantomime
insinuate
preeminent
47. Very expensive and looking very impressive
sumptuous
nourish
disseminate
strenuous
48. To fell disgust or strong dislike
bequeath
plummet
repulsed
bestow
49. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
surpass
provincial
dexterous
dire
50. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
perturbed
cede
prompt
amorous