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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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1. Unfriendly and aggressive
bestow
subsidize
belligerent
metes out
2. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
assortment
venerate
venue
serenade
3. Small and poor in quality
ungainly
laconic
meager
explicitly
4. Strong and not easily damaged
exemption
sturdy
chock back
vetiver
5. A name used b y writer that is not real
reign over
pseudonym
havoc
plummet
6. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
heirloom
inept
divulge
flimsy
7. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
mirth
insinuate
vague
misconstrue
8. To punish or make sb suffer
ghastly
metes out
wistfully
barge
9. To pretend to have a particular feeling
shear
assortment
feign
plummet
10. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
probity
cognizant
chock back
seedy
11. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
feral
relinquish
assortment
viciously
12. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
enact
compile
prudence
garrulous
13. Full of people moving around in a busy way
bustling
benchmark
chock back
heirloom
14. Very serious
egregious
salutary
dire
erosion
15. The complete destruction of every trace of something
hierarchical
eradication
sodden
subvert
16. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
confront
humility
blatant
indigenous
17. Not important or serious; not worth considering
trivial
provincial
exuberant
timorous
18. Not needed or useful
spurious
virulent
redundant
sole
19. Regulated
amorous
prescribed
agnostic
mournful
20. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
inept
lethargy
barrage
ghastly
21. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
clash with
reservoir
niche
venerate
22. The quality of being humble
humility
insinuate
haste
feign
23. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
diminish
precipitate
droll
altruistic
24. A match of boxing/wrestling
integrity
frugal
bout
blistering
25. A legal document from a court of order
writ
thwart
relish
annex
26. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
patriarchal
spawn
progenitor
aggravate
27. Something that encourages you to do sth
extolling
incentive
chivalry
conceal
28. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
chivalry
beguile
monotony
incensed
29. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
enthrall with
nourish
unvarying
persistently
30. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
precarious
repulsed
misconstrue
acerbic
31. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
lethargy
rout
mementos
grudgingly
32. To make sth weaker
placate
extolling
unvarying
dilution
33. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
unrest
metes out
illuminate
patriarchal
34. Not wise or sensible
imprudence
grudgingly
mercenary
writ
35. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
lambaste
conceal
vague
cede
36. Having a good effect on sb/sth - though often seeming unpleasant
concession
salutary
reluctant
chock back
37. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
promiscuous
courtly
reapportion
indigenous
38. Ambiguous
vague
retelling
monotony
equivocal
39. Most important and noticeable
plummet
salient
leaden
procure
40. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
patron
dire
deplete
able-bodied
41. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
resemble
cessation
disseminate
amorous
42. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
monotony
leaden
preeminent
ration
43. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
bequeath
dire
seedy
assortment
44. Not easily irritated
vetiver
rubric
placid
forlorn
45. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
mercenary
wax
acerbic
inept
46. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
mercenary
forlorn
lethargy
periphery
47. Search inside sth
indigenous
elicited
delve into
salient
48. Very important in making sth to happen
demolish
hierarchical
placid
instrumental
49. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
glowing
prompt
voluminous
ascetic
50. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
editorial
tentative
wane
subtle