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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
curmudgeon
prudence
undertake
virulent
2. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
syncopated
deficit
elicited
indigenous
3. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
prevalent
fallacy
egregious
mirth
4. Able to spread around
exterminate
infectious
conglomeration
aggravate
5. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
omit
repulsed
feral
flimsy
6. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
rejoinder
obtuse
clash with
offbeat
7. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
coax
syncopated
dire
disrupt
8. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
explicitly
confront
lanky
bequeath
9. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
benchmark
subtle
lethargy
timorous
10. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
egregious
indefatigable
bombastic
aggravate
11. Very serious
dire
criteria
enact
procure
12. More than you need or want
warily
harbinger
superfluous
hasty
13. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
fauna
envision
promiscuous
innuendo
14. A fake name of a criminal or actor
insinuate
compile
chock back
alias
15. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
repudiate
reticent
syncopated
stipend
16. Supporter
proponent
glowing
indefatigable
amorous
17. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
discreet
monotony
candor
flimsy
18. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
beguile
promiscuous
topography
bequeath
19. A match of boxing/wrestling
expatriate
phenomenon
dire
bout
20. The act of conceding
explicitly
embark
innuendo
concession
21. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
chivalry
venerate
spurious
multifarious
22. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
effusive
reservoir
monotony
discreet
23. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
metes out
convoluted
placate
flimsy
24. (formal) a costumer
patron
able-bodied
lofty
notion
25. To move in an awkward way - pushing people around out of the way or crash into them
barge
demolish
sumptuous
exuberant
26. A series of unpleasant things that happen
rash
divulge
compartmentalize
fidelity
27. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
salient
virulent
conventional
grant
28. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
applicable
totter
virulent
liberator
29. Not easily irritated
ungainly
placid
effusive
procure
30. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
accomplice
notion
monotonously
grin
31. Horrible or terrible
obtuse
dilution
ghastly
subvert
32. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
thwart
arsonist
haste
barge
33. A special liking for sth
spurious
penchant
exterminate
able-bodied
34. Rule d and controlled by men
hybrid
superfluous
patriarchal
ammunition
35. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
fidelity
cynically
arsonist
amorous
36. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
plummet
relish
entrench
reign over
37. 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
sumptuous
offbeat
integrity
chivalry
38. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
offbeat
incensed
enact
dilution
39. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
enthrall with
strenuous
morale
prevalent
40. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
notion
insinuate
serenade
wistfully
41. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
wane
editorial
venue
exterminate
42. Dirty of any kind
wane
entreat
grudgingly
reluctant
43. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
humility
insinuate
reapportion
addendum
44. Not safe and certain; dangerous
barrage
applicable
thwart
precarious
45. Additional information
reticent
excommunicate
addendum
editorial
46. A legal document from a court of order
lambaste
writ
ammunition
mournful
47. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
reticent
deplete
lethargy
sumptuous
48. A lack of sth
ghastly
liberator
dearth
arid
49. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
laconic
lanky
infectious
explicitly
50. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
courtly
exemption
acerbic
viscous