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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. To do or be better than sb/sth
surpass
concession
metes out
laconic
2. Very serious
dire
probity
prudence
spurn
3. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
divulge
unvarying
altruistic
convoluted
4. To become gradually weaker or less important
wane
obtuse
spurn
metes out
5. Dull gray - like lead
venerate
arbitrary
genial
leaden
6. Not safe and certain; dangerous
lofty
instrumental
haste
precarious
7. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
periphery
glowing
viable
ration
8. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
obsequious
garrulous
stipend
unrest
9. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
lofty
misconstrue
humility
vassal
10. To praise sb/sth very much
embark
extolling
inept
relish
11. Ambiguous
serenade
equivocal
spurious
grant
12. Of many kinds; having great variety
cyanide
infectious
syncopated
multifarious
13. Not clear in a person's mind
feral
phenomenon
distraught
vague
14. Being lack of variety
monotony
extent
compile
stolid
15. Able to spread around
feign
infectious
grin
chock back
16. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
cyanide
forlorn
exemption
prudence
17. To leave out
vassal
omit
wane
benign
18. Rage
rail at
acerbic
fauna
confront
19. To make into compartment (room)
frugal
retelling
grant
compartmentalize
20. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
addendum
hybrid
hasty
embark on
21. A bad sense of something will happen
cognizant
premonition
leaden
founder
22. To punish or make sb suffer
metes out
able-bodied
premonition
obtuse
23. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
vetiver
stipend
deficit
pretentious
24. Plunge
reapportion
rarefy
candor
plummet
25. = mime; = farce
monotony
writ
grant
pantomime
26. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
preeminent
rout
conglomeration
agnostic
27. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
indefatigable
sodden
cessation
prevalent
28. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
fallacy
reapportion
hull
obsequious
29. To make sth into catalogue
denounce
catalogue
writ
replicate
30. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
extent
procure
innuendo
havoc
31. To copy sth exactly
shear
wane
stipend
replicate
32. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
bustling
lofty
forlorn
aggravate
33. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
integrity
pretentious
titillate
ration
34. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
barge
cede
feral
reticent
35. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
applicable
sole
promiscuous
morale
36. The complete destruction of every trace of something
eradication
curt
rejoinder
procure
37. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
totter
bequeath
magnify
sodden
38. Cheerful and friendly
vexed
condone
genial
belligerent
39. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
topography
cede
promiscuous
discreet
40. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
subvert
feign
delve into
ration
41. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
rejoinder
conceal
able-bodied
patriarchal
42. To make sth happen or be produced
dexterous
condone
embark on
spawn
43. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
dilution
exuberant
chock back
grudgingly
44. To give sb the right to do sth
illuminate
entitle
topography
sumptuous
45. Not enough
demolish
amorous
scanty
glum
46. To smile widely
patron
niche
illuminate
grin
47. Kind and gentle
benign
hull
repulsed
spawn
48. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
disrupt
extent
enthrall with
embark
49. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
captive
totter
salient
formality
50. Connected with money
monetary
dilution
glum
candor