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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. Able to spread around
unrest
metes out
infectious
illuminate
2. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
clump
humility
virulent
patron
3. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
distraught
confront
cessation
disseminate
4. A match of boxing/wrestling
bout
subsidize
conceal
resemble
5. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
aggravate
patriarchal
vexed
distraught
6. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
pretentious
harbinger
monetary
proponent
7. A special liking for sth
compartmentalize
cognizant
penchant
mercenary
8. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
vassal
curt
insinuate
indigenous
9. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
indefatigable
shear
amorous
hasty
10. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
curt
upbraid
provincial
subsidize
11. Very disappointing
eradication
virulent
lamentable
feral
12. Not clear in a person's mind
feign
vague
surpass
curmudgeon
13. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
subsidize
refute
laconic
notion
14. The act of conceding
denounce
explicitly
concession
magnify
15. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
innuendo
ghastly
deplete
curt
16. Incompetent; not having the skill
inept
shear
topography
blistering
17. A bad sense of something will happen
reluctant
imprudence
wax and wane
premonition
18. Clear and easy to understand
founder
explicitly
relinquish
spurious
19. Using only a few words to say sth
syncopated
omit
laconic
sole
20. A gradual decline of sth
sole
harbinger
erosion
frugal
21. Something that encourage a process or activity
impetus
mournful
applicable
sodden
22. Very serious
patron
perturbed
obtuse
dire
23. (informal) different from what most people expect
unrest
courtly
offbeat
undertake
24. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
discreet
acerbic
titillate
sole
25. Not safe and certain; dangerous
infectious
sturdy
dearth
precarious
26. Reveal a secret
divulge
repulsed
unvarying
exuberant
27. Connected with money
humanitarian
fauna
instrumental
monetary
28. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
viscous
embark
exemption
sole
29. Concerned with making people live better
illuminate
humanitarian
probity
timorous
30. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
conglomeration
monotonously
hull
rhetoric
31. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
displace
delve into
arsonist
prescribed
32. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
spawn
pyromaniac
replicate
thwart
33. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
stipend
envision
hierarchical
rescind
34. Narrow-minded
agnostic
provincial
hybrid
resemble
35. = mime; = farce
penchant
insinuate
indefatigable
pantomime
36. Additional information
ascetic
addendum
clash with
probity
37. Nervous and easily frightened
rubric
illuminate
timorous
entitle
38. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
miserly
mementos
captive
havoc
39. To obtain - especially with difficulty
vassal
penchant
procure
benefactor
40. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
disseminate
expatriate
proponent
extolling
41. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
infectious
laconic
hierarchical
precarious
42. Most important and noticeable
dexterous
superfluous
tentative
salient
43. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
morale
misnomer
insinuate
refute
44. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
criteria
captive
cognizant
warily
45. To give subsidy
havoc
subsidize
hinges on
compile
46. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
obsequious
titillate
redundant
serenade
47. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
extolling
dearth
aggravate
redundant
48. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
hasty
catalogue
bequeath
metes out
49. To talk sb into gently
displace
coax
disseminate
blistering
50. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
unpalatable
harbinger
mementos
chock back