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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. To make sth happen or be produced
insinuate
spawn
lanky
promiscuous
2. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
viciously
lethargy
placid
altruistic
3. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
indigenous
unpalatable
patron
unvarying
4. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
curt
amorous
imprudence
cessation
5. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
conjecture
benign
feral
meager
6. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
wax and wane
courtly
incensed
hybrid
7. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
embark on
accomplice
fidelity
trivial
8. To move in an awkward way - pushing people around out of the way or crash into them
laconic
viscous
ghastly
barge
9. A cranky old person
replicate
exuberant
voluminous
curmudgeon
10. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
rejoinder
havoc
blatant
concession
11. A lack of sth
curmudgeon
frugal
entitle
dearth
12. Ambiguous
equivocal
offbeat
incensed
reservoir
13. To become gradually weaker or less important
rash
lethargy
wane
periphery
14. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
erosion
condone
criteria
rejoinder
15. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
droll
rout
criteria
virulent
16. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
pyromaniac
alias
titillate
amorous
17. How serious - important - large sth is
hybrid
feign
liberator
extent
18. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
extolling
hull
provincial
clash with
19. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
mime
mementos
genial
prevalent
20. To make yourself responsible for sth
meager
haste
undertake
entitle
21. Dull gray - like lead
leaden
famished
serenade
equivocal
22. To pretend to have a particular feeling
conglomeration
lamentable
feign
glum
23. The quality of being completely honest
viciously
ghastly
probity
entitle
24. Not safe and certain; dangerous
precarious
misnomer
rail at
forlorn
25. The act of conceding
concession
confront
aggravate
metes out
26. Supporter
proponent
mirth
jangle
reluctant
27. Unfriendly and aggressive
subvert
belligerent
reservoir
applicable
28. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
barrage
reservoir
promiscuous
disseminate
29. Strong and not easily damaged
sturdy
jangle
nourish
humility
30. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
progenitor
notion
bequeath
pantomime
31. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
accomplice
concession
famished
viscous
32. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
diminish
confront
enact
resemble
33. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
illuminate
precipitate
tentative
cede
34. Being lack of variety
premonition
monotony
prevalent
pseudonym
35. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
wane
reservoir
addendum
precipitate
36. Kind and gentle
incensed
vague
superfluous
benign
37. Very angry
seedy
delve into
incensed
embark
38. To make sb less angry about sth
placate
innuendo
alias
agnostic
39. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
offbeat
criteria
erosion
barge
40. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
perturbed
harbinger
titillate
dexterous
41. To praise sb/sth very much
hull
extolling
deplete
periphery
42. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
discreet
ammunition
probity
clash with
43. (spots) done very fast with great energy
blistering
phenomenon
lanky
entrench
44. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
liberator
disseminate
wistfully
voluminous
45. Not important or serious; not worth considering
trivial
rail at
denounce
venerate
46. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
grin
verbose
coax
innuendo
47. Not needed or useful
compile
dilution
seedy
redundant
48. To obtain - especially with difficulty
retelling
procure
altruistic
expatriate
49. Reveal a secret
bout
promiscuous
grant
divulge
50. = mime; = farce
lofty
lethargy
pantomime
venerate