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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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sat
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
criteria
laconic
phenomenon
acerbic
2. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
lofty
exterminate
wistfully
ghastly
3. A lack of sth
condone
dearth
wane
dexterous
4. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
vexed
undertake
totter
embark
5. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
monetary
denounce
rejoinder
warily
6. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
patron
arid
bequeath
misnomer
7. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
writ
amorous
hasty
superfluous
8. Small and poor in quality
ghastly
preeminent
beguile
meager
9. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
relinquish
embark on
serenade
entitle
10. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
hierarchical
salutary
obsequious
formality
11. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
enthrall with
redundant
insinuate
denounce
12. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
curmudgeon
convoluted
topography
dreary
13. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
lambaste
integrity
repulsed
reservoir
14. Wipe out
aggravate
monotonously
haste
exterminate
15. To become gradually weaker or less important
sodden
compile
wane
fauna
16. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
arsonist
utilitarian
eradication
entrench
17. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
procure
feral
probity
harbinger
18. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
reservoir
candor
formality
syncopated
19. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
monotonously
compile
reluctant
harbinger
20. Clear and easy to understand
acerbic
explicitly
deficit
clump
21. To obtain - especially with difficulty
procure
dire
rejoinder
cyanide
22. Only; single
ghastly
fauna
illuminate
sole
23. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
totter
distraught
deprecate
benchmark
24. A highly poisonous chemical
perturbed
wane
cyanide
feign
25. Very sad
metes out
alias
mournful
curmudgeon
26. To destroy completely or accidentally
grudgingly
demolish
plummet
mementos
27. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
infectious
mirth
excommunicate
penchant
28. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
catalogue
reluctant
disrupt
syncopated
29. To make you sad
grant
bequeath
dreary
progenitor
30. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
multifarious
viable
displace
pyromaniac
31. Very disappointing
condone
droll
demolish
lamentable
32. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
excommunicate
strenuous
discreet
spurious
33. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
bestow
bombastic
magnify
dire
34. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
progenitor
innuendo
annex
captive
35. A bad sense of something will happen
premonition
virulent
offbeat
diminish
36. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
relinquish
upbraid
unrest
subsidize
37. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
nourish
bombastic
venerate
proponent
38. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
undertake
dreary
obsequious
heirloom
39. Not wise or sensible
ammunition
imprudence
sodden
lethargy
40. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
enthrall with
diminish
annex
serenade
41. To depend on something
monetary
unpalatable
envision
hinges on
42. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
alias
agnostic
seedy
misconstrue
43. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
altruistic
reign over
insinuate
benchmark
44. A mix of different things found together
placid
droll
conglomeration
incentive
45. Able to spread around
lanky
discreet
infectious
refute
46. Regulated
arid
prescribed
beguile
viable
47. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
bequeath
grant
conceal
prescribed
48. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
monotonously
persistently
repulsed
clump
49. Unwilling to tell people about things
reapportion
reticent
candor
demolish
50. To pretend to have a particular feeling
pseudonym
feign
niche
concession