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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. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
genial
condone
cynically
denounce
2. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
excommunicate
vague
rubric
cyanide
3. Unfriendly and aggressive
patron
entitle
belligerent
misnomer
4. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
clash with
garrulous
pantomime
heirloom
5. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
lamentable
pretentious
viciously
utilitarian
6. The complete destruction of every trace of something
reticent
rhetoric
shear
eradication
7. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
spawn
resemble
flimsy
nourish
8. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
misconstrue
serenade
delve into
verbose
9. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
demolish
sole
editorial
progenitor
10. To tell again
resemble
retelling
embark on
magnify
11. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
topography
deficit
pretentious
famished
12. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
editorial
acerbic
rejoinder
ghastly
13. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
chock back
incentive
grin
feral
14. Incompetent; not having the skill
nourish
addendum
inept
compile
15. To hide sth
conceal
garrulous
compartmentalize
vetiver
16. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
misconstrue
prevalent
warily
mementos
17. Full of people moving around in a busy way
patron
bustling
wax and wane
wax
18. A gradual decline of sth
utilitarian
erosion
scanty
sole
19. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
elicited
expatriate
distraught
conceal
20. Supporter
disseminate
proponent
shear
incensed
21. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
humanitarian
candor
entreat
displace
22. To depend on something
prescribed
hinges on
rash
misconstrue
23. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
unrest
repudiate
salutary
reticent
24. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
candor
stipend
notion
viscous
25. A cranky old person
perturbed
curmudgeon
criteria
imprudence
26. Plunge
plummet
subsidize
replicate
beguile
27. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
leaden
courtly
mementos
applicable
28. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
reservoir
provincial
exemption
seedy
29. Not wise or sensible
imprudence
effusive
metes out
bequeath
30. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
hybrid
totter
proponent
obsequious
31. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
diminish
excommunicate
confront
proponent
32. To smile widely
garrulous
viciously
grin
reluctant
33. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
arbitrary
unvarying
insinuate
famished
34. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
blatant
concession
havoc
elicited
35. Very important in making sth to happen
rarefy
lambaste
shear
instrumental
36. Violent and brutal
viciously
incensed
mercenary
equivocal
37. To punish or make sb suffer
havoc
metes out
divulge
grant
38. To refuse - reject in a proud way
conglomeration
spurn
promiscuous
placate
39. Narrow-minded
obtuse
provincial
voluminous
dreary
40. To destroy completely or accidentally
conventional
superfluous
hinges on
demolish
41. Focus more on function than other qualities
extolling
progenitor
utilitarian
premonition
42. A fake name of a criminal or actor
periphery
procure
alias
lethargy
43. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
expatriate
belligerent
criteria
liberator
44. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
cyanide
flimsy
editorial
mercenary
45. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
rout
enthrall with
extolling
embark
46. Of many kinds; having great variety
glum
multifarious
scanty
vetiver
47. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
egregious
pantomime
glowing
diminish
48. (usually plural) a thing you must do as a formal or official part of a legal process - a social situation - etc - (usually singular) a thing - that you must do as part of an official progress - but which has little meaning and will not affect what ha
blistering
altruistic
dire
formality
49. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
impetus
fallacy
concession
niche
50. More than you need or want
superfluous
incensed
denounce
glowing