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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. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
hasty
heirloom
relish
obtuse
2. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
serenade
precarious
hull
arbitrary
3. Wipe out
ration
utilitarian
exterminate
barge
4. Nervous and easily frightened
fidelity
timorous
mournful
obsequious
5. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
deficit
rail at
flimsy
candor
6. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
elicited
innuendo
relish
resemble
7. Not noticeable or obvious
deplete
penchant
vetiver
subtle
8. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
morale
probity
exterminate
insinuate
9. Able to spread around
mirth
expatriate
cyanide
infectious
10. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
coax
surpass
cessation
pseudonym
11. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
patron
morale
compartmentalize
liberator
12. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
niche
wistfully
deprecate
shear
13. Only; single
erosion
demolish
prompt
sole
14. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
lanky
morale
havoc
exterminate
15. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
voluminous
illuminate
patriarchal
indefatigable
16. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
mundane
precipitate
bequeath
imprudence
17. (spots) done very fast with great energy
reapportion
flimsy
blistering
viscous
18. A name used b y writer that is not real
displace
ascetic
pseudonym
hinges on
19. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
placid
spawn
condone
subvert
20. To make sb less angry about sth
embark on
titillate
placate
deplete
21. To make sth happen or be produced
spawn
grin
probity
discreet
22. Clear and easy to understand
omit
explicitly
displace
reluctant
23. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
eradication
frugal
forlorn
catalogue
24. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
repudiate
plummet
sole
mercenary
25. To give sb the right to do sth
blistering
leaden
entitle
farce
26. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
unrest
monetary
mime
preeminent
27. A person living in a country that's not their own
expatriate
reign over
extolling
penchant
28. Cheerful and friendly
relish
morale
cessation
genial
29. To make unpleasant sound
liberator
conventional
jangle
vassal
30. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
misconstrue
ration
mercenary
confront
31. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
flimsy
captive
agnostic
phenomenon
32. Sad - quite and unhappy
virulent
glum
conjecture
feign
33. Lonely and unhappy
penchant
sumptuous
captive
forlorn
34. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
rail at
chivalry
rescind
altruistic
35. A gradual decline of sth
altruistic
erosion
condone
spurious
36. To make sth smaller or weak
cynically
founder
upbraid
diminish
37. How serious - important - large sth is
integrity
extent
hasty
ungainly
38. To make sth into catalogue
subvert
catalogue
strenuous
denounce
39. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
catalogue
procure
arbitrary
rhetoric
40. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
vetiver
reluctant
trivial
humility
41. Unfriendly and aggressive
belligerent
monotonously
diminish
arid
42. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
glum
preeminent
seedy
rhetoric
43. Something that encourage a process or activity
enact
impetus
aggravate
jangle
44. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
exuberant
agnostic
notion
displace
45. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
grin
misnomer
reservoir
bombastic
46. Needing great effort and energy
incensed
accomplice
strenuous
expatriate
47. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
havoc
nourish
persistently
humility
48. To tell again
rhetoric
retelling
farce
havoc
49. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
salutary
assortment
aggravate
replicate
50. To smile widely
fidelity
grin
bequeath
misconstrue