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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. Beg; seriously asking for
mercenary
rout
resemble
entreat
2. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
syncopated
exemption
rejoinder
curmudgeon
3. Unexpectedly amusing
droll
vassal
venue
mementos
4. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
penchant
obsequious
reticent
strenuous
5. A fake name of a criminal or actor
unpalatable
eradication
imprudence
alias
6. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
barrage
feign
syncopated
rubric
7. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
chivalry
applicable
entitle
lethargy
8. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
penchant
beguile
extolling
courtly
9. Sad - quite and unhappy
ascetic
condone
glum
omit
10. Common - widespread
indefatigable
droll
disseminate
prevalent
11. Talking a lot - especially about unimportant things
garrulous
shear
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cynically
12. To make you sad
dreary
compartmentalize
hinges on
hasty
13. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
cognizant
convoluted
conglomeration
periphery
14. A special liking for sth
leaden
imprudence
penchant
farce
15. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
grudgingly
benefactor
sodden
rubric
16. The outer edge of a particular area
ghastly
periphery
seedy
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17. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
undertake
indefatigable
dilution
morale
18. To have foretold vision
scanty
patriarchal
plummet
envision
19. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
amorous
salutary
trivial
founder
20. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
benchmark
integrity
bombastic
genial
21. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
bout
infectious
trivial
bequeath
22. The quality of being humble
humility
probity
magnify
dire
23. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
sturdy
disrupt
notion
jangle
24. To make sth into catalogue
indigenous
concession
catalogue
metes out
25. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
envision
mime
stipend
frugal
26. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
reluctant
concession
viable
eradication
27. Regulated
divulge
prescribed
rarefy
entreat
28. Not wise or sensible
indigenous
imprudence
titillate
periphery
29. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
repulsed
refute
procure
wane
30. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
magnify
venue
diminish
haste
31. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
virulent
flimsy
plummet
miserly
32. To become gradually weaker or less important
egregious
voluminous
wane
subtle
33. Never changing therefore boring
bestow
patron
cognizant
monotonously
34. (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
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formality
salutary
rhetoric
35. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
subvert
conjecture
glowing
curt
36. Incompetent; not having the skill
dearth
extent
inept
stipend
37. Search inside sth
delve into
curmudgeon
diminish
mournful
38. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
editorial
explicitly
innuendo
havoc
39. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
concession
cognizant
promiscuous
dexterous
40. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
fauna
arid
spurious
salutary
41. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
cessation
procure
flimsy
harbinger
42. To refuse - reject in a proud way
fidelity
spurn
morale
conventional
43. The quality of being completely honest
leaden
probity
metes out
entrench
44. Needing great effort and energy
strenuous
seedy
cognizant
thwart
45. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
compile
ungainly
diminish
miserly
46. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
compile
bustling
premonition
coax
47. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
resemble
multifarious
spawn
flimsy
48. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
repulsed
entreat
deplete
vetiver
49. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
hull
viable
excommunicate
chivalry
50. A series of unpleasant things that happen
rash
catalogue
enthrall with
imprudence