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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. Incompetent; not having the skill
salutary
thwart
deprecate
inept
2. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
captive
founder
cognizant
addendum
3. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
farce
liberator
aggravate
nourish
4. To move away sth
trivial
displace
entreat
rubric
5. To make you sad
dreary
virulent
aggravate
garrulous
6. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
forlorn
fauna
lambaste
founder
7. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
vassal
enact
able-bodied
eradication
8. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
vague
misnomer
nourish
topography
9. To depend on something
garrulous
monetary
extolling
hinges on
10. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
seedy
viciously
repudiate
entitle
11. (informal) different from what most people expect
extolling
beguile
offbeat
salient
12. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
thwart
genial
pretentious
fidelity
13. To do or be better than sb/sth
wax
metes out
barrage
surpass
14. To make sth weaker
dilution
verbose
serenade
pseudonym
15. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
genial
havoc
preeminent
niche
16. A match of boxing/wrestling
bout
pantomime
placid
rejoinder
17. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
excommunicate
blistering
annex
procure
18. = mime; = farce
notion
pantomime
heirloom
egregious
19. Connected with money
patriarchal
lanky
indefatigable
monetary
20. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
assortment
retelling
excommunicate
entitle
21. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
retelling
glowing
frugal
rarefy
22. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
bequeath
effusive
jangle
mournful
23. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
mime
upbraid
compile
divulge
24. Not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing
utilitarian
premonition
stolid
phenomenon
25. Very sad
fauna
cessation
placid
mournful
26. To give subsidy
subsidize
obsequious
ascetic
exemption
27. More than you need or want
embark
virulent
titillate
superfluous
28. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
assortment
reluctant
seedy
liberator
29. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
totter
conjecture
enthrall with
inept
30. Unexpectedly amusing
subvert
seedy
droll
inept
31. 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
lamentable
benefactor
upbraid
reluctant
32. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
confront
curmudgeon
embark
venue
33. False - although seeming to be genuine
disseminate
agnostic
fidelity
spurious
34. To praise sb/sth very much
rout
extolling
trivial
rhetoric
35. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
periphery
wistfully
enthrall with
concession
36. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
seedy
prudence
liberator
sodden
37. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
glum
explicitly
benign
grant
38. Not easily irritated
promiscuous
mementos
placid
multifarious
39. Needing great effort and energy
strenuous
pseudonym
captive
confront
40. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
grudgingly
bestow
condone
retelling
41. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
clash with
rescind
entreat
lethargy
42. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
haste
venerate
feral
cyanide
43. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
aggravate
reluctant
bequeath
refute
44. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
misnomer
prevalent
verbose
benefactor
45. Most important and noticeable
salient
subvert
aggravate
assortment
46. A mix of different things found together
retelling
spurn
conglomeration
metes out
47. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
denounce
acerbic
viable
leaden
48. Lonely and unhappy
criteria
dreary
forlorn
grin
49. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
heirloom
salient
metes out
exuberant
50. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
retelling
sumptuous
fallacy
promiscuous