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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. Something that encourage a process or activity
impetus
courtly
monotonously
genial
2. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
procure
lethargy
fidelity
agnostic
3. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
benign
cynically
conjecture
captive
4. A match of boxing/wrestling
bout
cessation
pantomime
confront
5. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
conglomeration
vassal
confront
dilution
6. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
mercenary
prompt
rubric
leaden
7. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
procure
grin
innuendo
frugal
8. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
scanty
verbose
conjecture
misconstrue
9. Cheerful and friendly
genial
refute
verbose
incentive
10. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
scanty
formality
ration
titillate
11. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
exemption
demolish
addendum
lamentable
12. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
cyanide
flimsy
rout
coax
13. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
instrumental
topography
benchmark
persistently
14. Search inside sth
spurious
trivial
delve into
salutary
15. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
wane
vexed
barge
heirloom
16. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
cessation
nourish
dexterous
chock back
17. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
aggravate
omit
spurious
syncopated
18. Not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing
stolid
trivial
salutary
mercenary
19. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
salutary
famished
ration
extolling
20. Never changing
mementos
unvarying
confront
forlorn
21. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
prompt
vetiver
offbeat
curmudgeon
22. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
hull
conceal
fauna
feign
23. Unfriendly and aggressive
excommunicate
hybrid
retelling
belligerent
24. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
rash
writ
demolish
farce
25. Focus more on function than other qualities
utilitarian
perturbed
famished
phenomenon
26. A fake name of a criminal or actor
writ
alias
forlorn
bombastic
27. To fell disgust or strong dislike
clash with
perturbed
topography
repulsed
28. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
formality
penchant
refute
hull
29. To talk sb into gently
coax
reign over
dreary
clump
30. Very important in making sth to happen
tentative
instrumental
entrench
plummet
31. Additional information
reservoir
monotonously
addendum
envision
32. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
denounce
ascetic
barge
famished
33. More than you need or want
superfluous
incensed
incentive
mercenary
34. A highly poisonous chemical
cyanide
wax and wane
havoc
salient
35. Never changing therefore boring
genial
arbitrary
metes out
monotonously
36. To give sth to sb to show respect
reservoir
hybrid
unrest
bestow
37. Small and poor in quality
seedy
divulge
precipitate
meager
38. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
conventional
replicate
retelling
excommunicate
39. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
beguile
hinges on
misnomer
confront
40. = mime; = farce
bombastic
precipitate
pantomime
criteria
41. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
ghastly
mercenary
embark
curmudgeon
42. A gradual decline of sth
notion
envision
erosion
relish
43. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
chivalry
benchmark
aggravate
curt
44. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
reticent
seedy
miserly
condone
45. Not safe and certain; dangerous
precarious
displace
niche
lofty
46. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
niche
elicited
misnomer
eradication
47. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
hierarchical
cognizant
reign over
rail at
48. give up
scanty
warily
relinquish
refute
49. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
relish
belligerent
promiscuous
topography
50. Able to spread around
reservoir
pyromaniac
infectious
monotony