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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. Very disappointing
eradication
expatriate
lamentable
condone
2. How serious - important - large sth is
reluctant
illuminate
extent
envision
3. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
mercenary
timorous
entrench
titillate
4. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
miserly
multifarious
viable
assortment
5. Unexpectedly amusing
cede
laconic
topography
droll
6. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
effusive
egregious
wax and wane
rhetoric
7. Not enough
writ
jangle
glowing
scanty
8. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
indigenous
extolling
reign over
dreary
9. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
unrest
unpalatable
havoc
incentive
10. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
mirth
concession
upbraid
illuminate
11. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
convoluted
clash with
strenuous
viscous
12. The quality of being loyal to sb/sth
coax
obsequious
fidelity
sturdy
13. Ancestor
progenitor
garrulous
benchmark
viable
14. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
relinquish
genial
fauna
disrupt
15. Something that encourages you to do sth
proponent
prudence
incentive
subsidize
16. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
blatant
unrest
deplete
mirth
17. To make unpleasant sound
jangle
convoluted
altruistic
inept
18. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
hybrid
disrupt
persistently
patron
19. To make sth into catalogue
rubric
replicate
humanitarian
catalogue
20. To talk sb into gently
omit
beguile
hasty
coax
21. Very high (loft=attic)
courtly
lofty
acerbic
hull
22. To depend on something
lethargy
hinges on
benign
shear
23. Ambiguous
imprudence
reign over
equivocal
rash
24. To give sth to sb to show respect
chock back
bestow
titillate
procure
25. To make sth smaller or weak
diminish
barge
fallacy
surpass
26. Unwilling to tell people about things
omit
innuendo
reticent
unrest
27. A name used b y writer that is not real
wax and wane
rejoinder
conceal
pseudonym
28. Very large
entreat
timorous
voluminous
hasty
29. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
provincial
perturbed
obtuse
nourish
30. Very angry
discreet
incensed
exuberant
repudiate
31. A person living in a country that's not their own
reticent
expatriate
barrage
altruistic
32. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
redundant
notion
rejoinder
lofty
33. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
subtle
lamentable
indefatigable
deficit
34. Never changing
unvarying
thwart
arid
subvert
35. Showing much or too much emotion
omit
effusive
bout
belligerent
36. A match of boxing/wrestling
founder
writ
embark
bout
37. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
relish
garrulous
rescind
patron
38. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
leaden
mime
deplete
concession
39. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
monotony
altruistic
rhetoric
obsequious
40. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
bombastic
dire
grant
upbraid
41. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
blatant
ration
incentive
curmudgeon
42. To break under pressure
shear
sumptuous
ration
acerbic
43. A bad sense of something will happen
mournful
entreat
premonition
bombastic
44. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
vetiver
indefatigable
repudiate
aggravate
45. To punish or make sb suffer
metes out
grant
seedy
precipitate
46. To enjoy or desire much
relish
niche
periphery
displace
47. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
persistently
preeminent
clump
dreary
48. Starving
diminish
entitle
reservoir
famished
49. A mix of different things found together
conglomeration
prudence
rhetoric
spurious
50. Needing great effort and energy
conventional
altruistic
strenuous
phenomenon