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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. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
unpalatable
vexed
chock back
reluctant
2. Not interesting or exciting
mundane
phenomenon
provincial
liberator
3. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
enthrall with
sumptuous
patron
metes out
4. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
totter
redundant
egregious
unvarying
5. Very large
spurious
rarefy
arsonist
voluminous
6. To make sth happen or be produced
promiscuous
spawn
frugal
indigenous
7. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
notion
resemble
chivalry
cognizant
8. Supply of bullets
ammunition
ascetic
eradication
dire
9. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
liberator
conglomeration
humility
notion
10. To praise sb/sth very much
amorous
formality
extolling
concession
11. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
amorous
mercenary
niche
virulent
12. Cheerful and friendly
genial
timorous
viable
divulge
13. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
mercenary
tentative
morale
grant
14. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
misconstrue
rail at
obsequious
envision
15. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
meager
vassal
glum
liberator
16. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
effusive
plummet
ascetic
acerbic
17. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
amorous
warily
stolid
deprecate
18. How serious - important - large sth is
mime
offbeat
extent
conjecture
19. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
curt
ascetic
proponent
phenomenon
20. 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
upbraid
subsidize
prevalent
reluctant
21. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
rejoinder
pseudonym
heirloom
eradication
22. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
extent
preeminent
disrupt
benefactor
23. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
multifarious
candor
lofty
indigenous
24. (informal) different from what most people expect
exterminate
offbeat
conjecture
concession
25. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
rash
subvert
lofty
benefactor
26. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
cyanide
morale
pretentious
vetiver
27. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
virulent
deprecate
rescind
acerbic
28. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
rash
syncopated
unvarying
grant
29. (formal) a costumer
patron
hasty
clump
clash with
30. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
convoluted
coax
confront
grin
31. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
integrity
subsidize
mementos
mime
32. A bad sense of something will happen
premonition
grin
illuminate
accomplice
33. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
effusive
cyanide
grant
replicate
34. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
cessation
bombastic
obtuse
tentative
35. To be worried and anxious
perturbed
syncopated
exuberant
delve into
36. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
impetus
expatriate
viciously
persistently
37. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
bequeath
stolid
benchmark
effusive
38. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
viable
magnify
acerbic
superfluous
39. (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
redundant
genial
formality
repudiate
40. The outer edge of a particular area
entitle
periphery
rhetoric
conglomeration
41. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
erosion
entreat
mirth
relish
42. Starving
obtuse
famished
surpass
mournful
43. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
reapportion
monetary
offbeat
reservoir
44. To obtain - especially with difficulty
blatant
indigenous
wax and wane
procure
45. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
pantomime
pretentious
titillate
morale
46. Nervous and easily frightened
rash
promiscuous
farce
timorous
47. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
conjecture
havoc
conceal
repulsed
48. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
indefatigable
pretentious
innuendo
famished
49. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
prompt
exterminate
pseudonym
altruistic
50. To make sb less angry about sth
hasty
thwart
arsonist
placate