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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. Violent and brutal
writ
captive
viciously
enthrall with
2. To make sb less angry about sth
reservoir
excommunicate
innuendo
placate
3. Talking a lot - especially about unimportant things
venue
undertake
imprudence
garrulous
4. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
ungainly
arid
wax and wane
viciously
5. To pretend to have a particular feeling
bequeath
effusive
feign
scanty
6. To do or be better than sb/sth
arbitrary
relish
salient
surpass
7. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
stipend
rash
integrity
exterminate
8. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
hull
progenitor
entreat
misconstrue
9. Connected with money
monetary
promiscuous
topography
effusive
10. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
vassal
lethargy
venue
sole
11. To make sth into catalogue
persistently
arbitrary
catalogue
humanitarian
12. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
belligerent
topography
unrest
displace
13. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
upbraid
demolish
resemble
utilitarian
14. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
monotony
refute
elicited
disseminate
15. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
sumptuous
repulsed
vassal
misnomer
16. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
cede
serenade
venerate
prompt
17. Souvenir
mementos
courtly
deficit
precipitate
18. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
grant
disseminate
totter
discreet
19. Using only a few words to say sth
viciously
laconic
candor
deplete
20. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
delve into
viciously
perturbed
titillate
21. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
chock back
reign over
rejoinder
obsequious
22. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
inept
miserly
famished
venerate
23. Very expensive and looking very impressive
annex
harbinger
sumptuous
writ
24. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
wax
precipitate
syncopated
undertake
25. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
diminish
progenitor
hybrid
elicited
26. To give sb the right to do sth
undertake
viable
entitle
leaden
27. A fake name of a criminal or actor
indefatigable
alias
precipitate
morale
28. Very angry
incensed
prescribed
obsequious
lethargy
29. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
famished
rhetoric
monetary
proponent
30. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
bombastic
feral
embark on
serenade
31. Very disappointing
illuminate
spurn
lamentable
monetary
32. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
misconstrue
bequeath
dearth
titillate
33. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
assortment
omit
nourish
topography
34. Regulated
scanty
conjecture
prescribed
entrench
35. Most important and noticeable
mercenary
cynically
vague
salient
36. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
exterminate
confront
courtly
imprudence
37. To hide sth
wane
conceal
mercenary
infectious
38. Not wise or sensible
imprudence
promiscuous
notion
bout
39. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
monotonously
sodden
enact
prescribed
40. Rage
reluctant
rail at
lambaste
ungainly
41. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
assortment
disrupt
incentive
perturbed
42. Not clear in a person's mind
vague
pseudonym
viable
exemption
43. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
preeminent
disrupt
arbitrary
blistering
44. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
notion
hinges on
assortment
warily
45. Ambiguous
liberator
equivocal
grudgingly
instrumental
46. Concerned with making people live better
humanitarian
cyanide
progenitor
erosion
47. A person who helps in criminal incidents
rout
accomplice
sole
hull
48. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
prompt
venerate
deficit
feign
49. To give sth to sb to show respect
probity
viciously
bestow
lamentable
50. The quality of being completely honest
cynically
probity
concession
amorous