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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. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
clash with
explicitly
instrumental
deplete
2. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
misnomer
enthrall with
reticent
miserly
3. Dull gray - like lead
leaden
prescribed
venue
belligerent
4. Sad - quite and unhappy
glum
spurn
viable
prescribed
5. Something that encourages you to do sth
metes out
addendum
incentive
famished
6. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
deprecate
rubric
conjecture
lanky
7. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
cynically
droll
viscous
tentative
8. The complete destruction of every trace of something
dexterous
ration
innuendo
eradication
9. Clear and easy to understand
shear
voluminous
explicitly
metes out
10. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
accomplice
clump
resemble
ungainly
11. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
tentative
reticent
voluminous
founder
12. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
plummet
nourish
glowing
shear
13. Very sad
mournful
discreet
blatant
prudence
14. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
courtly
infectious
lanky
salutary
15. Talking a lot - especially about unimportant things
criteria
mime
extolling
garrulous
16. Rage
haste
deplete
displace
rail at
17. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
liberator
premonition
progenitor
hull
18. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
hasty
entrench
lethargy
enthrall with
19. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
rescind
indigenous
phenomenon
lamentable
20. To depend on something
denounce
relinquish
vetiver
hinges on
21. (formal) a costumer
patron
belligerent
delve into
indefatigable
22. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
embark
promiscuous
entitle
criteria
23. Ancestor
courtly
stolid
progenitor
precipitate
24. Violent and brutal
cyanide
viciously
displace
grudgingly
25. Only; single
elicited
miserly
sole
droll
26. To move away sth
conjecture
stolid
wax and wane
displace
27. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
mirth
addendum
condone
precarious
28. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
harbinger
accomplice
misconstrue
jangle
29. A cranky old person
editorial
illuminate
curmudgeon
dearth
30. Being lack of variety
eradication
mournful
pseudonym
monotony
31. To smile widely
wax and wane
wane
grin
impetus
32. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
benefactor
monotony
fauna
inept
33. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
bombastic
chivalry
fauna
elicited
34. Common - widespread
obtuse
indigenous
resemble
prevalent
35. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
acerbic
laconic
upbraid
altruistic
36. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
exuberant
patriarchal
entrench
barrage
37. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
proponent
innuendo
expatriate
promiscuous
38. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
shear
elicited
heirloom
preeminent
39. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
belligerent
thwart
curt
disrupt
40. The quality of being completely honest
probity
sturdy
havoc
serenade
41. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
compile
mime
mementos
acerbic
42. Extremely bad
egregious
captive
embark
provincial
43. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
dilution
omit
mementos
arsonist
44. Rule d and controlled by men
diminish
upbraid
patriarchal
arid
45. Regulated
demolish
prescribed
conventional
grin
46. Supporter
aggravate
dilution
proponent
lambaste
47. Wipe out
curmudgeon
exterminate
voluminous
titillate
48. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
morale
cyanide
inept
erosion
49. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
perturbed
relinquish
liberator
excommunicate
50. Not safe and certain; dangerous
precarious
accomplice
flimsy
proponent