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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. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
leaden
imprudence
captive
alias
2. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
compile
hierarchical
periphery
benign
3. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
compile
incentive
resemble
entrench
4. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
altruistic
frugal
relish
entreat
5. Very large
wax
alias
equivocal
voluminous
6. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
unvarying
reign over
syncopated
editorial
7. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
vetiver
obtuse
mime
cessation
8. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
relish
eradication
precipitate
hybrid
9. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
humanitarian
bequeath
monetary
viable
10. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
trivial
assortment
tentative
obtuse
11. Most important and noticeable
garrulous
able-bodied
mercenary
salient
12. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
notion
salutary
accomplice
rail at
13. Regulated
titillate
prescribed
offbeat
liberator
14. Violent and brutal
excommunicate
repulsed
viciously
cessation
15. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
perturbed
wax
effusive
hybrid
16. Strong and not easily damaged
lofty
garrulous
heirloom
sturdy
17. Rule d and controlled by men
monotonously
patriarchal
perturbed
resemble
18. Hesitating before doing sth because you don't want to do it or because you aren't sure that if it's the right thing to do
reluctant
deplete
rarefy
entrench
19. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
deprecate
frugal
venerate
belligerent
20. A mix of different things found together
conglomeration
plummet
criteria
integrity
21. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
hull
criteria
magnify
surpass
22. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
mirth
liberator
addendum
integrity
23. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
laconic
arbitrary
dire
hull
24. Clear and easy to understand
explicitly
lanky
resemble
infectious
25. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
virulent
tentative
rail at
cessation
26. Unfriendly and aggressive
demolish
belligerent
vetiver
voluminous
27. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
stipend
rejoinder
vague
indefatigable
28. To give sth to sb to show respect
reticent
bestow
assortment
belligerent
29. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
cynically
spurn
criteria
assortment
30. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
niche
venue
grudgingly
famished
31. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
mercenary
prescribed
flimsy
mundane
32. To make you sad
rescind
feign
dreary
reservoir
33. A legal document from a court of order
precipitate
vassal
verbose
writ
34. Full of people moving around in a busy way
spawn
bustling
pseudonym
bestow
35. To hide sth
conceal
accomplice
spawn
candor
36. To pretend to have a particular feeling
feign
vassal
premonition
compile
37. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
mirth
thwart
diminish
metes out
38. Lonely and unhappy
cynically
lofty
dearth
forlorn
39. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
benchmark
reapportion
bestow
instrumental
40. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
beguile
misconstrue
famished
subvert
41. To punish or make sb suffer
metes out
altruistic
exemption
mundane
42. Supply of bullets
relish
ammunition
captive
nourish
43. Very angry
incensed
droll
misnomer
cyanide
44. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
wax and wane
resemble
mementos
salutary
45. Being lack of variety
demolish
formality
spurious
monotony
46. To enjoy or desire much
pretentious
relish
exuberant
jangle
47. Not clear in a person's mind
spawn
criteria
vague
redundant
48. Reveal a secret
preeminent
divulge
innuendo
penchant
49. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
chivalry
nourish
exterminate
mime
50. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
exemption
subsidize
blatant
lambaste