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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. To try hard not to show your feelings
rarefy
chock back
dire
cognizant
2. (formal) a costumer
reign over
patron
dilution
reservoir
3. To get onto a sheep
rash
embark
magnify
arsonist
4. To give sb the right to do sth
relish
entitle
denounce
mime
5. Full of people moving around in a busy way
incensed
bustling
seedy
deplete
6. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
chivalry
exuberant
rash
barrage
7. To give subsidy
subsidize
mementos
rarefy
chock back
8. False - although seeming to be genuine
monotony
grant
spurious
pseudonym
9. To praise sb/sth very much
extolling
farce
notion
deficit
10. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
reservoir
farce
refute
havoc
11. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
clash with
dreary
vague
assortment
12. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
rhetoric
rescind
mementos
vassal
13. To make you sad
ungainly
dreary
pantomime
extolling
14. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
benefactor
addendum
unpalatable
tentative
15. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
exuberant
sodden
promiscuous
precarious
16. Additional information
acerbic
chock back
fallacy
addendum
17. A special liking for sth
penchant
aggravate
vexed
egregious
18. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
cognizant
viscous
rash
disseminate
19. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
totter
misnomer
ascetic
famished
20. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
venue
chivalry
warily
compile
21. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
humanitarian
serenade
able-bodied
bombastic
22. To move away sth
conceal
flimsy
displace
applicable
23. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
virulent
editorial
blatant
benchmark
24. Supply of bullets
ammunition
editorial
obtuse
obsequious
25. 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
multifarious
chivalry
syncopated
barrage
26. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
candor
glum
rejoinder
enthrall with
27. A name used b y writer that is not real
rash
pseudonym
discreet
ghastly
28. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
distraught
infectious
lanky
upbraid
29. Very high (loft=attic)
conceal
confront
lofty
patron
30. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
indefatigable
sodden
fauna
elicited
31. To destroy completely or accidentally
equivocal
mementos
demolish
insinuate
32. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
phenomenon
enact
reticent
rarefy
33. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
prevalent
conventional
applicable
indefatigable
34. Reveal a secret
infectious
imprudence
magnify
divulge
35. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
criteria
hasty
applicable
venue
36. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
wax
syncopated
arbitrary
leaden
37. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
rubric
glum
venerate
exemption
38. A lack of sth
topography
dearth
titillate
discreet
39. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
extolling
patron
virulent
illuminate
40. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
misnomer
retelling
serenade
unpalatable
41. Souvenir
humanitarian
exemption
blatant
mementos
42. To depend on something
flimsy
hinges on
editorial
addendum
43. Very large
procure
utilitarian
discreet
voluminous
44. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
cessation
venue
impetus
reluctant
45. To fell disgust or strong dislike
trivial
exuberant
repulsed
havoc
46. Narrow-minded
subtle
monotony
belligerent
provincial
47. To make into compartment (room)
compartmentalize
discreet
omit
sodden
48. A cranky old person
curmudgeon
rhetoric
lambaste
ammunition
49. To be worried and anxious
strenuous
reticent
perturbed
distraught
50. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
bout
rubric
indefatigable
benign