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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. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
verbose
superfluous
captive
conjecture
2. Narrow-minded
pretentious
resemble
provincial
notion
3. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
notion
criteria
lofty
probity
4. To give sth to sb to show respect
criteria
viciously
bestow
annex
5. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
virulent
relinquish
preeminent
compartmentalize
6. Not wise or sensible
innuendo
imprudence
divulge
spurn
7. Unexpectedly amusing
droll
coax
hierarchical
dearth
8. To try hard not to show your feelings
embark
mundane
chock back
seedy
9. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
acerbic
obtuse
placid
magnify
10. Search inside sth
surpass
provincial
criteria
delve into
11. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
sodden
prevalent
enact
thwart
12. give up
obsequious
stipend
relinquish
liberator
13. Ancestor
humility
progenitor
vetiver
placid
14. Not easily irritated
placid
morale
wistfully
frugal
15. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
rejoinder
catalogue
reluctant
exterminate
16. To become gradually weaker or less important
subvert
prescribed
wane
exterminate
17. A gradual decline of sth
lambaste
viscous
scanty
erosion
18. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
extent
chock back
misconstrue
harbinger
19. A special liking for sth
placate
incentive
penchant
eradication
20. Of many kinds; having great variety
multifarious
ungainly
ration
viciously
21. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
stipend
sumptuous
hasty
havoc
22. To obtain - especially with difficulty
benefactor
seedy
procure
rejoinder
23. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
dreary
vexed
elicited
courtly
24. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
deplete
rescind
clash with
mournful
25. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
hull
verbose
ungainly
notion
26. Not safe and certain; dangerous
precarious
frugal
wistfully
arid
27. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
stolid
miserly
blatant
integrity
28. (spots) done very fast with great energy
blistering
multifarious
famished
vassal
29. Not important or serious; not worth considering
redundant
venue
trivial
dilution
30. Very disappointing
provincial
lamentable
liberator
wistfully
31. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
ungainly
relish
founder
exuberant
32. Rule d and controlled by men
pseudonym
patriarchal
impetus
conventional
33. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
trivial
nourish
leaden
hybrid
34. To take control of a country - region - etc - especially by force
annex
venue
conjecture
extolling
35. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
heirloom
monotony
integrity
topography
36. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
diminish
applicable
miserly
promiscuous
37. A highly poisonous chemical
cyanide
harbinger
mercenary
curt
38. A match of boxing/wrestling
ungainly
monotony
bout
cessation
39. Very angry
exemption
eradication
misnomer
incensed
40. A bad sense of something will happen
indigenous
premonition
lethargy
cyanide
41. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
plummet
promiscuous
accomplice
bombastic
42. Concerned with making people live better
humanitarian
denounce
mementos
barge
43. To make you sad
morale
precarious
dreary
rhetoric
44. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
disseminate
repulsed
farce
insinuate
45. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
subvert
niche
bombastic
viable
46. 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
effusive
spurious
reluctant
inept
47. Not interesting or exciting
mundane
procure
garrulous
precarious
48. To make into compartment (room)
viciously
compartmentalize
effusive
vassal
49. Not noticeable or obvious
subtle
havoc
assortment
curmudgeon
50. Supporter
seedy
proponent
rail at
vassal