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SAT Critical Reading Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A person living in a country that's not their own






2. Clear and easy to understand






3. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth






4. Not needed or useful






5. Unfriendly and aggressive






6. A bad sense of something will happen






7. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing






8. Very sad






9. Starving






10. To move away sth






11. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing






12. Not easily irritated






13. (informal) different from what most people expect






14. Using only as much money or food as is necessary






15. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit






16. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement






17. Very serious






18. (spots) done very fast with great energy






19. The act of conceding






20. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law






21. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with






22. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church






23. A legal document from a court of order






24. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way






25. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way






26. Very high (loft=attic)






27. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair






28. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly






29. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick






30. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.






31. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult






32. False - although seeming to be genuine






33. An animal or a plant of parents from different species






34. A person who helps in criminal incidents






35. A code that knights adopted in the late Middle Ages; requiring them to be brave - loyal and true to their word; they had to fight fairly in battle






36. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely






37. More than you need or want






38. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk






39. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious






40. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight






41. A name used b y writer that is not real






42. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window






43. To make yourself responsible for sth






44. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth






45. A lack of sth






46. Not interesting or exciting






47. A series of unpleasant things that happen






48. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery






49. A special liking for sth






50. Horrible or terrible