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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. (spots) done very fast with great energy
utilitarian
mirth
blistering
reapportion
2. To tell again
voluminous
retelling
spurious
farce
3. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
aggravate
liberator
insinuate
notion
4. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
offbeat
probity
provincial
assortment
5. Search inside sth
displace
delve into
hull
vexed
6. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
hybrid
innuendo
glowing
vetiver
7. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
garrulous
wax
dexterous
curt
8. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
pseudonym
prudence
benefactor
cede
9. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
reapportion
preeminent
undertake
morale
10. Very expensive and looking very impressive
grin
extent
sumptuous
expatriate
11. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
editorial
altruistic
subvert
niche
12. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
pretentious
provincial
wistfully
benign
13. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
surpass
barge
misconstrue
viable
14. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
notion
amorous
phenomenon
fallacy
15. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
syncopated
prudence
pretentious
extent
16. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
assortment
eradication
concession
wax
17. Common - widespread
prescribed
annex
prevalent
salutary
18. Regulated
concession
embark
prescribed
garrulous
19. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
indigenous
premonition
reapportion
convoluted
20. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
utilitarian
dire
lambaste
clump
21. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
expatriate
belligerent
promiscuous
ungainly
22. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
bequeath
reapportion
rarefy
topography
23. A cranky old person
acerbic
disseminate
insinuate
curmudgeon
24. To make sth happen or be produced
lofty
spawn
compartmentalize
rail at
25. To try hard not to show your feelings
wax
incentive
chock back
arid
26. Concerned with making people live better
serenade
unpalatable
aggravate
humanitarian
27. To enjoy or desire much
relish
laconic
unrest
pseudonym
28. A person living in a country that's not their own
premonition
garrulous
chock back
expatriate
29. Strong and not easily damaged
sturdy
aggravate
monotonously
disrupt
30. To make sth into catalogue
periphery
envision
catalogue
denounce
31. A mix of different things found together
beguile
conglomeration
superfluous
procure
32. A legal document from a court of order
obtuse
cede
droll
writ
33. Something that encourages you to do sth
incentive
fauna
courtly
reticent
34. How serious - important - large sth is
bequeath
expatriate
extent
notion
35. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
bombastic
liberator
agnostic
conceal
36. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
unpalatable
famished
dearth
fallacy
37. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
exemption
barge
deficit
exterminate
38. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
rubric
mime
misnomer
entreat
39. Not clear in a person's mind
strenuous
vague
reign over
discreet
40. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
laconic
hull
conventional
patriarchal
41. Reveal a secret
chock back
divulge
equivocal
prevalent
42. To have foretold vision
envision
indigenous
dire
feral
43. Nervous and easily frightened
timorous
clash with
benefactor
ascetic
44. To hide sth
penchant
superfluous
conceal
utilitarian
45. A bad sense of something will happen
perturbed
cessation
premonition
refute
46. Supply of bullets
unpalatable
obtuse
misnomer
ammunition
47. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
vexed
arbitrary
trivial
fallacy
48. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
mementos
rhetoric
reservoir
reapportion
49. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
hull
belligerent
feral
warily
50. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
genial
rescind
multifarious
fallacy