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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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sat
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
voluminous
rubric
clash with
deprecate
2. Rule d and controlled by men
mirth
entrench
patriarchal
convoluted
3. A name used b y writer that is not real
conceal
pseudonym
titillate
omit
4. To get onto a sheep
embark
indigenous
viscous
cyanide
5. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
wax and wane
miserly
laconic
totter
6. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
lethargy
amorous
haste
bout
7. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
subsidize
preeminent
bout
pseudonym
8. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
repudiate
mirth
altruistic
rhetoric
9. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
grant
rhetoric
wistfully
bequeath
10. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
hierarchical
indigenous
nourish
formality
11. A person who helps in criminal incidents
mournful
rubric
accomplice
grant
12. To try hard not to show your feelings
premonition
chock back
glowing
reservoir
13. Additional information
addendum
vague
niche
fauna
14. (formal) a costumer
mundane
impetus
embark on
patron
15. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
grin
garrulous
persistently
aggravate
16. Very sad
mournful
prompt
subvert
compartmentalize
17. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
confront
venerate
phenomenon
displace
18. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
spurn
fidelity
belligerent
conventional
19. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
pretentious
cessation
placate
annex
20. To depend on something
voluminous
fallacy
hinges on
misconstrue
21. To obtain - especially with difficulty
mundane
procure
cynically
cyanide
22. Of many kinds; having great variety
assortment
pantomime
multifarious
wax and wane
23. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
obsequious
cyanide
captive
flimsy
24. Dull gray - like lead
notion
viciously
leaden
farce
25. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
subvert
sole
strenuous
preeminent
26. Lonely and unhappy
ghastly
forlorn
writ
patriarchal
27. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
scanty
plummet
criteria
ration
28. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
hull
mundane
reservoir
hybrid
29. To have foretold vision
arbitrary
arsonist
envision
rash
30. Reveal a secret
divulge
bestow
resemble
delve into
31. Strong and not easily damaged
hybrid
sturdy
discreet
monotony
32. Connected with money
monetary
procure
catalogue
explicitly
33. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
placate
salutary
integrity
vetiver
34. Extremely bad
elicited
egregious
exuberant
scanty
35. Not wise or sensible
imprudence
hierarchical
patriarchal
farce
36. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
warily
sumptuous
arid
misconstrue
37. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
inept
distraught
dreary
barge
38. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
candor
feign
morale
innuendo
39. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
notion
cognizant
liberator
famished
40. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
effusive
applicable
serenade
penchant
41. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
unpalatable
patron
applicable
confront
42. A series of unpleasant things that happen
condone
droll
rash
sole
43. To copy sth exactly
replicate
elicited
deplete
cede
44. Very angry
embark on
droll
harbinger
incensed
45. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
mercenary
subvert
wax and wane
cede
46. How serious - important - large sth is
extent
genial
rhetoric
mime
47. Horrible or terrible
mirth
ghastly
liberator
catalogue
48. Ancestor
cessation
mirth
inept
progenitor
49. The quality of being loyal to sb/sth
rescind
syncopated
fidelity
phenomenon
50. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
wax and wane
barge
phenomenon
virulent