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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 series of unpleasant things that happen
resemble
captive
displace
rash
2. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
syncopated
vassal
placate
misconstrue
3. Cheerful and friendly
venerate
seedy
genial
hybrid
4. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
beguile
penchant
enact
accomplice
5. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
precipitate
verbose
mime
beguile
6. Clear and easy to understand
prompt
rejoinder
explicitly
alias
7. To leave out
rhetoric
enact
persistently
omit
8. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
displace
jangle
venerate
bustling
9. To give sb the right to do sth
entitle
subsidize
rhetoric
candor
10. To take control of a country - region - etc - especially by force
agnostic
placid
relinquish
annex
11. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
enthrall with
prescribed
wane
syncopated
12. To obtain - especially with difficulty
grin
procure
placid
captive
13. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
retelling
grant
periphery
subtle
14. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
benchmark
arbitrary
arsonist
aggravate
15. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
resemble
genial
excommunicate
frugal
16. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
elicited
confront
farce
cognizant
17. To tell again
retelling
arid
spawn
repudiate
18. Violent and brutal
replicate
viciously
writ
criteria
19. Not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing
subtle
stolid
courtly
topography
20. To try hard not to show your feelings
vassal
chock back
entreat
haste
21. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
feral
monotony
provincial
frugal
22. To praise sb/sth very much
extolling
curmudgeon
virulent
instrumental
23. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
elicited
deprecate
founder
persistently
24. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
plummet
probity
penchant
notion
25. A bad sense of something will happen
syncopated
premonition
conjecture
havoc
26. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
relish
excommunicate
denounce
totter
27. To make sth weaker
alias
chock back
dilution
spurious
28. Supporter
denounce
entitle
proponent
prudence
29. Hesitating before doing sth because you don't want to do it or because you aren't sure that if it's the right thing to do
progenitor
nourish
reluctant
reticent
30. Something that encourage a process or activity
curt
cyanide
relish
impetus
31. Not clear in a person's mind
glum
serenade
heirloom
vague
32. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
equivocal
innuendo
benchmark
conglomeration
33. Not enough
scanty
enact
patron
meager
34. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
conceal
wax and wane
vetiver
alias
35. Unexpectedly amusing
jangle
prompt
egregious
droll
36. The outer edge of a particular area
assortment
persistently
imprudence
periphery
37. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
impetus
clash with
proponent
amorous
38. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
viscous
verbose
warily
nourish
39. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
vexed
insinuate
farce
hierarchical
40. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
offbeat
coax
repudiate
surpass
41. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
amorous
retelling
deprecate
hinges on
42. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
utilitarian
indefatigable
seedy
dearth
43. The quality of being completely honest
beguile
obtuse
probity
deprecate
44. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
editorial
spurn
acerbic
haste
45. To pretend to have a particular feeling
wax
feign
voluminous
haste
46. To make you sad
condone
dreary
embark on
confront
47. The quality of being humble
placid
dilution
humility
entrench
48. To talk sb into gently
coax
erosion
concession
nourish
49. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
undertake
concession
rubric
excommunicate
50. A legal document from a court of order
pantomime
plummet
writ
captive