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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. Not noticeable or obvious
writ
subtle
trivial
deprecate
2. A fake name of a criminal or actor
barrage
curmudgeon
compartmentalize
alias
3. To give subsidy
benign
bequeath
syncopated
subsidize
4. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
conceal
nourish
embark on
criteria
5. Very expensive and looking very impressive
sumptuous
premonition
arbitrary
blatant
6. Beg; seriously asking for
enthrall with
addendum
lethargy
entreat
7. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
frugal
deprecate
farce
chock back
8. To enjoy or desire much
deficit
relish
harbinger
criteria
9. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
prompt
utilitarian
hasty
cognizant
10. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
frugal
incensed
confront
envision
11. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
provincial
bequeath
strenuous
benefactor
12. To obtain - especially with difficulty
procure
rail at
utilitarian
viscous
13. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
plummet
upbraid
spawn
beguile
14. (spots) done very fast with great energy
entrench
placate
ghastly
blistering
15. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
topography
blatant
totter
reticent
16. To give sb the right to do sth
relinquish
glum
deficit
entitle
17. A lack of sth
amorous
prevalent
superfluous
dearth
18. To copy sth exactly
replicate
equivocal
monetary
sodden
19. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
applicable
mirth
magnify
sodden
20. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
sturdy
compile
offbeat
ungainly
21. Additional information
catalogue
addendum
instrumental
placid
22. = mime; = farce
expatriate
jangle
niche
pantomime
23. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
placid
blatant
syncopated
glowing
24. To praise sb/sth very much
haste
coax
extolling
persistently
25. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
chivalry
heirloom
distraught
excommunicate
26. To do or be better than sb/sth
deplete
surpass
erosion
confront
27. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
conjecture
displace
cede
misnomer
28. Incompetent; not having the skill
entrench
sodden
pretentious
inept
29. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
barge
refute
niche
diminish
30. Dirty of any kind
grudgingly
imprudence
dilution
aggravate
31. To become gradually weaker or less important
replicate
wane
conjecture
benchmark
32. The quality of being humble
droll
humility
reservoir
redundant
33. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
convoluted
stolid
coax
mundane
34. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
hasty
indefatigable
founder
deprecate
35. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
arbitrary
garrulous
hasty
formality
36. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
demolish
progenitor
glowing
mirth
37. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
liberator
innuendo
effusive
seedy
38. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
miserly
erosion
indefatigable
notion
39. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
disrupt
insinuate
strenuous
spurious
40. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
frugal
hierarchical
stipend
catalogue
41. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
mementos
innuendo
bequeath
benchmark
42. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
condone
viciously
amorous
retelling
43. How serious - important - large sth is
pyromaniac
lethargy
extent
bequeath
44. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
arbitrary
infectious
salutary
deplete
45. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
prompt
acerbic
pantomime
viable
46. To break under pressure
serenade
blatant
shear
incentive
47. To take control of a country - region - etc - especially by force
annex
persistently
curmudgeon
omit
48. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
clash with
exuberant
sodden
wax
49. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
topography
viscous
demolish
glum
50. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
hasty
arid
provincial
vexed