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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. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
conventional
rubric
assortment
venerate
2. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
plummet
reapportion
subvert
mime
3. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
farce
grin
haste
elicited
4. Of many kinds; having great variety
lanky
multifarious
disrupt
barrage
5. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
sturdy
pyromaniac
syncopated
heirloom
6. 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
salutary
beguile
chivalry
chock back
7. Violent and brutal
viciously
wax
utilitarian
precarious
8. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
multifarious
nourish
metes out
discreet
9. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
provincial
spurn
flimsy
mime
10. Using only a few words to say sth
procure
hinges on
assortment
laconic
11. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
bustling
verbose
jangle
deficit
12. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
fauna
vetiver
ascetic
delve into
13. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
deficit
blistering
aggravate
viable
14. (usually plural) a thing you must do as a formal or official part of a legal process - a social situation - etc - (usually singular) a thing - that you must do as part of an official progress - but which has little meaning and will not affect what ha
wax
formality
prevalent
criteria
15. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
reapportion
niche
infectious
fauna
16. The complete destruction of every trace of something
lofty
conceal
perturbed
eradication
17. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
condone
grant
reign over
lethargy
18. Not safe and certain; dangerous
reign over
grin
precarious
glowing
19. Unfriendly and aggressive
ammunition
belligerent
dearth
glum
20. Concerned with making people live better
humility
unvarying
verbose
humanitarian
21. Very important in making sth to happen
lanky
monotony
instrumental
inept
22. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
misnomer
ammunition
annex
unpalatable
23. give up
ration
relinquish
delve into
innuendo
24. Ancestor
enact
wistfully
progenitor
ghastly
25. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
ration
salutary
viable
subvert
26. Nervous and easily frightened
timorous
pyromaniac
viciously
glowing
27. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
trivial
confront
cyanide
vague
28. To break under pressure
bequeath
displace
shear
clump
29. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
notion
rail at
progenitor
spawn
30. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
unpalatable
bequeath
disrupt
ungainly
31. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
precipitate
confront
writ
pretentious
32. Not wise or sensible
imprudence
rail at
viable
placate
33. Attack or criticize sb/sth severely on public
plummet
exterminate
lambaste
entrench
34. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
monotonously
refute
agnostic
acerbic
35. Narrow-minded
viable
incensed
provincial
niche
36. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
havoc
benefactor
serenade
ascetic
37. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
formality
repudiate
virulent
pantomime
38. A bad sense of something will happen
envision
strenuous
premonition
disrupt
39. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
wax
offbeat
famished
ascetic
40. (spots) done very fast with great energy
blistering
grant
dexterous
condone
41. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
founder
deprecate
denounce
thwart
42. Being lack of variety
arsonist
wax
monotony
serenade
43. The outer edge of a particular area
condone
periphery
probity
benefactor
44. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
mirth
reticent
nourish
benign
45. Unwilling to tell people about things
reticent
cognizant
bustling
catalogue
46. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
havoc
obsequious
salutary
ammunition
47. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
heirloom
erosion
viciously
misnomer
48. Very expensive and looking very impressive
rescind
cessation
feign
sumptuous
49. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
proponent
liberator
havoc
surpass
50. To get onto a sheep
upbraid
embark
unrest
effusive