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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. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
genial
grudgingly
ascetic
amorous
2. Extremely bad
laconic
egregious
illuminate
multifarious
3. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
frugal
glowing
conceal
lofty
4. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
mournful
unrest
arbitrary
grant
5. To give sb the right to do sth
viable
pyromaniac
benign
entitle
6. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
rubric
denounce
cyanide
lethargy
7. Using only a few words to say sth
distraught
mime
laconic
sturdy
8. Beg; seriously asking for
pyromaniac
heirloom
rash
entreat
9. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
harbinger
displace
integrity
infectious
10. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
arbitrary
preeminent
mime
lanky
11. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
pseudonym
exemption
unvarying
incensed
12. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
stolid
captive
trivial
promiscuous
13. A special liking for sth
placid
redundant
penchant
rejoinder
14. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
superfluous
sturdy
agnostic
rescind
15. Not needed or useful
pyromaniac
notion
redundant
diminish
16. How serious - important - large sth is
extent
notion
viscous
wax
17. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
cynically
deplete
viscous
miserly
18. Ancestor
hinges on
hasty
insinuate
progenitor
19. To give sth to sb to show respect
amorous
addendum
bestow
embark on
20. Something that encourage a process or activity
humanitarian
impetus
garrulous
offbeat
21. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
persistently
extolling
probity
distraught
22. Physically strong and healthy
applicable
able-bodied
pantomime
surpass
23. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
cognizant
reapportion
grant
barrage
24. A cranky old person
pseudonym
curmudgeon
disrupt
prevalent
25. To make sth into catalogue
dearth
wistfully
mundane
catalogue
26. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
insinuate
compile
probity
notion
27. Dirty of any kind
arid
enthrall with
grudgingly
fallacy
28. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
pseudonym
pantomime
nourish
arsonist
29. Nervous and easily frightened
deplete
timorous
promiscuous
founder
30. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
grant
imprudence
venue
repudiate
31. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
heirloom
miserly
elicited
placate
32. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
vexed
ungainly
writ
patriarchal
33. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
conventional
reservoir
ration
prescribed
34. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
frugal
relish
grant
garrulous
35. To make sth happen or be produced
glum
spawn
grin
hinges on
36. Never changing therefore boring
wax
fauna
monotonously
forlorn
37. To try hard not to show your feelings
incensed
famished
concession
chock back
38. Connected with money
glum
scanty
dreary
monetary
39. The complete destruction of every trace of something
reapportion
eradication
preeminent
conceal
40. Not noticeable or obvious
subtle
surpass
pyromaniac
leaden
41. A person living in a country that's not their own
expatriate
bombastic
genial
wax
42. To make yourself responsible for sth
deprecate
undertake
demolish
hinges on
43. To become gradually weaker or less important
mundane
effusive
wane
convoluted
44. Very serious
wax and wane
catalogue
rejoinder
dire
45. Regulated
prompt
prescribed
morale
timorous
46. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
niche
lethargy
conjecture
clash with
47. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
explicitly
acerbic
founder
mundane
48. To talk sb into gently
hasty
coax
frugal
assortment
49. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
morale
misconstrue
bombastic
clump
50. The quality of being humble
precarious
lamentable
displace
humility