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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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sat
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
illuminate
grin
harbinger
haste
2. Not noticeable or obvious
prudence
ghastly
warily
subtle
3. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
totter
sodden
pretentious
dexterous
4. To give sb the right to do sth
entitle
preeminent
repudiate
imprudence
5. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
haste
insinuate
editorial
monetary
6. Very high (loft=attic)
plummet
entreat
lofty
multifarious
7. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
dire
virulent
amorous
spurn
8. To make sth smaller or weak
dilution
indigenous
diminish
beguile
9. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
ascetic
morale
haste
conventional
10. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
cynically
farce
sole
prudence
11. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
redundant
repudiate
disseminate
lanky
12. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
equivocal
frugal
multifarious
rail at
13. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
humanitarian
venerate
upbraid
titillate
14. Wipe out
ascetic
exterminate
humility
persistently
15. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
rhetoric
indigenous
prescribed
precarious
16. To smile widely
grin
spurn
indigenous
refute
17. Focus more on function than other qualities
subsidize
utilitarian
liberator
entitle
18. To make sth weaker
wax and wane
able-bodied
dilution
compartmentalize
19. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
glowing
instrumental
deplete
salutary
20. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
inept
barrage
serenade
exuberant
21. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
probity
haste
effusive
rash
22. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
coax
spurn
bustling
lambaste
23. Kind and gentle
benign
rash
condone
obsequious
24. Sad - quite and unhappy
benchmark
bombastic
mirth
glum
25. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
dire
spawn
arsonist
enthrall with
26. To make sth happen or be produced
spawn
disseminate
deplete
plummet
27. Starving
syncopated
unrest
spurn
famished
28. To make into compartment (room)
compartmentalize
mournful
embark on
imprudence
29. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
embark on
alias
curt
compile
30. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
entrench
precipitate
premonition
discreet
31. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
discreet
expatriate
morale
mirth
32. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
explicitly
obsequious
monetary
nourish
33. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
curt
innuendo
lambaste
deficit
34. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
mementos
prompt
glowing
vetiver
35. Not clear in a person's mind
patriarchal
vague
misnomer
viable
36. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
morale
chock back
catalogue
obtuse
37. Souvenir
mementos
placid
impetus
egregious
38. To become gradually weaker or less important
chock back
criteria
impetus
wane
39. Reveal a secret
proponent
premonition
divulge
fauna
40. Horrible or terrible
ungainly
lethargy
egregious
ghastly
41. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
feral
obtuse
sodden
hasty
42. To try hard not to show your feelings
equivocal
miserly
vetiver
chock back
43. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
wane
rarefy
vassal
applicable
44. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
cyanide
editorial
convoluted
obsequious
45. 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
resemble
entreat
reluctant
amorous
46. The outer edge of a particular area
writ
periphery
clump
stolid
47. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
mundane
explicitly
rescind
inept
48. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
applicable
syncopated
erosion
sole
49. Extremely bad
egregious
obsequious
hull
rejoinder
50. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
perturbed
blistering
agnostic
deprecate