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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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Subjects
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A fake name of a criminal or actor
stolid
clump
alias
obsequious
2. To make sth weaker
dilution
embark on
bombastic
syncopated
3. To make sth happen or be produced
indigenous
bestow
spawn
fidelity
4. A gradual decline of sth
erosion
cyanide
placid
misconstrue
5. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
precipitate
procure
ungainly
grin
6. Very angry
condone
incensed
rout
precipitate
7. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
totter
fallacy
effusive
unrest
8. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
probity
distraught
grin
able-bodied
9. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
replicate
hierarchical
leaden
rejoinder
10. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
arsonist
disseminate
topography
garrulous
11. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
patriarchal
rout
eradication
pretentious
12. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
expatriate
pseudonym
embark
wax
13. Able to spread around
placate
acerbic
infectious
heirloom
14. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
applicable
warily
barrage
entitle
15. To destroy completely or accidentally
captive
demolish
cognizant
patriarchal
16. Not clear in a person's mind
shear
vague
benign
omit
17. Most important and noticeable
curt
salient
applicable
grant
18. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
liberator
warily
distraught
mime
19. To make sb less angry about sth
curt
placate
elicited
trivial
20. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
ammunition
periphery
reapportion
infectious
21. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
pyromaniac
warily
benchmark
feral
22. Never changing
unvarying
exterminate
notion
enthrall with
23. Ambiguous
reticent
viable
equivocal
upbraid
24. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
indigenous
able-bodied
thwart
notion
25. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
periphery
applicable
nourish
chock back
26. A lack of sth
equivocal
wane
benchmark
dearth
27. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
omit
vetiver
bestow
enthrall with
28. Showing much or too much emotion
enact
barge
effusive
rash
29. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
upbraid
obtuse
rash
divulge
30. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
able-bodied
venerate
retelling
confront
31. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
fidelity
ascetic
stolid
premonition
32. To obtain - especially with difficulty
venue
expatriate
procure
frugal
33. Very dry; having no or little rain
alias
conglomeration
pretentious
arid
34. Cheerful and friendly
retelling
genial
vexed
arsonist
35. The quality of being humble
infectious
nourish
humility
bout
36. To hide sth
conglomeration
deficit
conceal
expatriate
37. Of many kinds; having great variety
multifarious
extent
reign over
proponent
38. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
fallacy
wax and wane
clump
demolish
39. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
lanky
elicited
rubric
assortment
40. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
droll
indigenous
condone
ascetic
41. A mix of different things found together
conglomeration
clash with
magnify
arsonist
42. To get onto a sheep
embark
diminish
disrupt
equivocal
43. Using only a few words to say sth
preeminent
mercenary
amorous
laconic
44. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
exuberant
acerbic
cynically
dearth
45. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
seedy
serenade
cognizant
unpalatable
46. Horrible or terrible
ghastly
rarefy
precarious
incensed
47. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
serenade
frugal
exterminate
elicited
48. Full of people moving around in a busy way
timorous
bustling
sodden
spawn
49. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
flimsy
exterminate
compartmentalize
blatant
50. Focus more on function than other qualities
havoc
hierarchical
obsequious
utilitarian