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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. To move in an awkward way - pushing people around out of the way or crash into them
cyanide
barge
bout
vassal
2. Narrow-minded
fidelity
miserly
provincial
wistfully
3. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
cognizant
eradication
bombastic
unrest
4. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
envision
tentative
curt
virulent
5. Focus more on function than other qualities
utilitarian
leaden
hull
frugal
6. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
unrest
meager
titillate
flimsy
7. Needing great effort and energy
cynically
wane
applicable
strenuous
8. Talking a lot - especially about unimportant things
demolish
farce
garrulous
cessation
9. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
wax
denounce
placate
monotony
10. Not wise or sensible
enact
imprudence
arsonist
entreat
11. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
totter
rout
mime
dilution
12. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
extent
aggravate
barrage
venerate
13. A legal document from a court of order
writ
pantomime
garrulous
trivial
14. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
instrumental
harbinger
stipend
verbose
15. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
perturbed
dire
editorial
miserly
16. The outer edge of a particular area
warily
undertake
periphery
dearth
17. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
rarefy
magnify
repudiate
misconstrue
18. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
periphery
misconstrue
famished
aggravate
19. A name used b y writer that is not real
pseudonym
upbraid
entitle
misnomer
20. Very angry
undertake
topography
incensed
illuminate
21. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
exuberant
dearth
rout
meager
22. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
deprecate
seedy
founder
grant
23. Reveal a secret
mercenary
divulge
cynically
lamentable
24. To make yourself responsible for sth
undertake
retelling
obtuse
dearth
25. Very serious
dire
ascetic
benign
undertake
26. Not noticeable or obvious
niche
havoc
subtle
seedy
27. Kind and gentle
bestow
pantomime
cognizant
benign
28. give up
syncopated
relinquish
fauna
curmudgeon
29. Concerned with making people live better
leaden
humanitarian
excommunicate
rail at
30. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
humility
reapportion
wax and wane
offbeat
31. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
harbinger
hinges on
agnostic
nourish
32. Wipe out
discreet
exterminate
omit
feral
33. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
reservoir
acerbic
indefatigable
verbose
34. Plunge
annex
plummet
integrity
founder
35. (formal) a costumer
nourish
conglomeration
serenade
patron
36. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
conceal
venue
applicable
exterminate
37. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
liberator
curt
able-bodied
placate
38. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
benchmark
premonition
explicitly
condone
39. (informal) different from what most people expect
offbeat
reluctant
lanky
humanitarian
40. Not interesting or exciting
coax
mundane
prudence
wane
41. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
ungainly
miserly
unvarying
clash with
42. Extremely wet
plummet
able-bodied
warily
sodden
43. Physically strong and healthy
meager
omit
subsidize
able-bodied
44. Showing much or too much emotion
reluctant
effusive
imprudence
totter
45. Nervous and easily frightened
writ
misconstrue
ammunition
timorous
46. Very important in making sth to happen
formality
laconic
instrumental
entitle
47. Beg; seriously asking for
subtle
surpass
entreat
venerate
48. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
patron
applicable
extent
promiscuous
49. Strong and not easily damaged
sturdy
cessation
farce
bout
50. To copy sth exactly
assortment
incensed
replicate
dire