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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. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
egregious
feral
mime
integrity
2. Extremely bad
reluctant
benchmark
egregious
monotony
3. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
entitle
syncopated
assortment
enthrall with
4. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
captive
innuendo
plummet
repudiate
5. Very large
voluminous
writ
repulsed
prudence
6. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
forlorn
rubric
formality
rescind
7. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
genial
stipend
imprudence
blistering
8. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
arsonist
applicable
tentative
pretentious
9. Very angry
pseudonym
indefatigable
expatriate
incensed
10. To tell again
salutary
preeminent
retelling
mirth
11. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
diminish
seedy
enthrall with
precarious
12. To talk sb into gently
coax
embark on
pretentious
vassal
13. To destroy completely or accidentally
spawn
conjecture
demolish
placid
14. Cheerful and friendly
jangle
genial
refute
mime
15. The quality of being completely honest
laconic
subtle
probity
scanty
16. Concerned with making people live better
titillate
exterminate
humanitarian
periphery
17. Ancestor
chock back
progenitor
arid
subvert
18. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
amorous
plummet
rarefy
pretentious
19. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
monotony
grant
wax
arid
20. Able to spread around
superfluous
accomplice
extent
infectious
21. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
refute
resemble
retelling
lofty
22. False - although seeming to be genuine
voluminous
spurious
totter
arid
23. Lonely and unhappy
ascetic
serenade
blatant
forlorn
24. A series of unpleasant things that happen
reticent
provincial
rash
excommunicate
25. = mime; = farce
mournful
pantomime
surpass
obtuse
26. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
extent
ghastly
distraught
bequeath
27. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
serenade
able-bodied
egregious
mirth
28. The quality of being humble
accomplice
reluctant
alias
humility
29. To get onto a sheep
extolling
instrumental
embark
rubric
30. Supporter
proponent
annex
persistently
blatant
31. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
hasty
procure
glowing
addendum
32. To give sb the right to do sth
entitle
salutary
multifarious
envision
33. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
discreet
humility
conventional
retelling
34. A gradual decline of sth
erosion
explicitly
flimsy
conglomeration
35. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
farce
mime
courtly
venerate
36. A mix of different things found together
grudgingly
premonition
conglomeration
ascetic
37. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
exemption
cognizant
retelling
pantomime
38. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
compartmentalize
provincial
editorial
warily
39. (spots) done very fast with great energy
editorial
blistering
blatant
formality
40. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
stipend
excommunicate
tentative
pseudonym
41. Not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing
stolid
cognizant
utilitarian
elicited
42. (usually plural) a thing you must do as a formal or official part of a legal process - a social situation - etc - (usually singular) a thing - that you must do as part of an official progress - but which has little meaning and will not affect what ha
formality
vassal
superfluous
grant
43. To make sth weaker
timorous
dilution
multifarious
incensed
44. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
droll
convoluted
plummet
syncopated
45. Nervous and easily frightened
cede
multifarious
seedy
timorous
46. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
accomplice
jangle
distraught
denounce
47. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
inept
glowing
proponent
vassal
48. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
reservoir
concession
miserly
conceal
49. Very expensive and looking very impressive
magnify
distraught
sumptuous
cessation
50. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
mercenary
rescind
progenitor
agnostic