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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. To depend on something
plummet
proponent
syncopated
hinges on
2. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
discreet
unpalatable
repudiate
forlorn
3. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
deplete
perturbed
garrulous
elicited
4. Not needed or useful
procure
redundant
monetary
verbose
5. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
ghastly
arsonist
embark
clash with
6. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
thwart
bequeath
benign
misnomer
7. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
acerbic
rout
thwart
provincial
8. To give sb the right to do sth
upbraid
entitle
precipitate
viciously
9. To move away sth
benign
relish
displace
effusive
10. Able to spread around
infectious
sodden
ammunition
unrest
11. False - although seeming to be genuine
prompt
spurious
applicable
prevalent
12. A name used b y writer that is not real
pseudonym
tentative
rubric
mercenary
13. Physically strong and healthy
rail at
illuminate
provincial
able-bodied
14. Plunge
indigenous
plummet
grin
acerbic
15. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
mundane
subsidize
fallacy
forlorn
16. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
demolish
able-bodied
harbinger
prompt
17. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
benign
titillate
acerbic
placid
18. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
dire
insinuate
wistfully
flimsy
19. To make sth happen or be produced
proponent
provincial
spawn
famished
20. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
disseminate
verbose
serenade
accomplice
21. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
convoluted
sturdy
vassal
hinges on
22. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
infectious
curt
lambaste
unpalatable
23. The outer edge of a particular area
mournful
periphery
mercenary
integrity
24. The quality of being humble
relinquish
fallacy
sole
humility
25. A person who helps in criminal incidents
syncopated
curt
accomplice
superfluous
26. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
salutary
leaden
founder
subvert
27. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
enthrall with
reapportion
addendum
relish
28. To take control of a country - region - etc - especially by force
wane
impetus
promiscuous
annex
29. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
spawn
promiscuous
insinuate
alias
30. 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
glum
rail at
reluctant
conjecture
31. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
extent
grant
erosion
harbinger
32. Very expensive and looking very impressive
dreary
conventional
sumptuous
pantomime
33. (informal) different from what most people expect
famished
obtuse
offbeat
garrulous
34. A match of boxing/wrestling
bout
rail at
meager
editorial
35. Rule d and controlled by men
patriarchal
repulsed
titillate
arbitrary
36. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
arbitrary
deplete
monotonously
heirloom
37. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
benchmark
amorous
envision
harbinger
38. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
embark on
virulent
inept
resemble
39. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
promiscuous
indigenous
incentive
upbraid
40. A highly poisonous chemical
captive
cyanide
displace
penchant
41. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
frugal
glowing
perturbed
clump
42. To hide sth
conceal
equivocal
genial
nourish
43. To enjoy or desire much
notion
relish
utilitarian
subvert
44. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
accomplice
altruistic
venerate
metes out
45. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
rail at
monotonously
indefatigable
utilitarian
46. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
mercenary
scanty
rout
subtle
47. Strong and not easily damaged
extent
fauna
sturdy
dilution
48. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
serenade
prescribed
haste
benchmark
49. The complete destruction of every trace of something
wax and wane
thwart
mercenary
eradication
50. Only; single
able-bodied
sole
disrupt
mercenary