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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 reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
serenade
deplete
reticent
impetus
2. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
wax
venerate
barrage
divulge
3. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
totter
fidelity
cede
reign over
4. How serious - important - large sth is
extent
misconstrue
stolid
humanitarian
5. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
curmudgeon
conventional
vassal
thwart
6. Nervous and easily frightened
sturdy
cede
timorous
conventional
7. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
writ
feral
precipitate
proponent
8. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
haste
deficit
periphery
rash
9. Search inside sth
incentive
entreat
obtuse
delve into
10. Sad - quite and unhappy
glum
provincial
concession
delve into
11. (spots) done very fast with great energy
lamentable
blistering
retelling
subsidize
12. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
totter
excommunicate
illuminate
rarefy
13. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
wax
relinquish
viciously
genial
14. Very dry; having no or little rain
arid
dearth
chock back
conglomeration
15. To move in an awkward way - pushing people around out of the way or crash into them
relish
barge
imprudence
lofty
16. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
rejoinder
bestow
erosion
eradication
17. Reveal a secret
vassal
prudence
divulge
thwart
18. To refuse - reject in a proud way
spurn
infectious
lamentable
retelling
19. Very important in making sth to happen
instrumental
famished
provincial
incensed
20. To make sb less angry about sth
placate
metes out
salutary
vague
21. A mix of different things found together
integrity
conglomeration
indefatigable
viciously
22. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
phenomenon
unrest
vassal
concession
23. Full of people moving around in a busy way
barrage
promiscuous
bustling
indigenous
24. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
lethargy
notion
fallacy
concession
25. To praise sb/sth very much
chivalry
extolling
voluminous
viciously
26. To smile widely
grin
stolid
titillate
benefactor
27. A fake name of a criminal or actor
mercenary
aggravate
syncopated
alias
28. = mime; = farce
topography
hybrid
warily
pantomime
29. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
denounce
monotonously
cognizant
indefatigable
30. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
havoc
jangle
promiscuous
alias
31. Clear and easy to understand
venue
humility
explicitly
blistering
32. To get onto a sheep
garrulous
topography
embark
laconic
33. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
erosion
hinges on
mundane
rarefy
34. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
wistfully
ammunition
ration
aggravate
35. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
jangle
enthrall with
prompt
prescribed
36. The complete destruction of every trace of something
eradication
erosion
progenitor
equivocal
37. To talk sb into gently
promiscuous
coax
imprudence
mercenary
38. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
scanty
surpass
pantomime
disseminate
39. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
reapportion
arid
havoc
viciously
40. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
barrage
progenitor
stolid
amorous
41. Unwilling to tell people about things
reticent
heirloom
prompt
meager
42. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
chock back
rarefy
venue
humility
43. Unexpectedly amusing
rejoinder
droll
bout
alias
44. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
chock back
viable
accomplice
candor
45. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
viable
deplete
distraught
procure
46. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
voluminous
extent
precipitate
formality
47. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
indigenous
diminish
proponent
vexed
48. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
confront
frugal
subvert
ghastly
49. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
altruistic
hasty
reticent
curmudgeon
50. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
acerbic
mirth
humanitarian
multifarious