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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. Ancestor
progenitor
stipend
stolid
exemption
2. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
discreet
placid
rarefy
hybrid
3. Dirty of any kind
rubric
magnify
grudgingly
prompt
4. A person who helps in criminal incidents
innuendo
accomplice
benefactor
totter
5. A mix of different things found together
proponent
conglomeration
sumptuous
ration
6. To make sth into catalogue
deficit
innuendo
bequeath
catalogue
7. Beg; seriously asking for
magnify
annex
bout
entreat
8. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
grudgingly
refute
misnomer
viciously
9. The complete destruction of every trace of something
subtle
erosion
eradication
mementos
10. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
embark on
applicable
curt
criteria
11. To move away sth
displace
bestow
procure
omit
12. Very large
ghastly
cynically
mementos
voluminous
13. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
serenade
embark on
seedy
fidelity
14. To smile widely
deplete
grin
indefatigable
reign over
15. Incompetent; not having the skill
precipitate
obsequious
syncopated
inept
16. Something that encourage a process or activity
impetus
patriarchal
accomplice
entrench
17. = mime; = farce
ungainly
wax
aggravate
pantomime
18. A lack of sth
embark
rubric
vetiver
dearth
19. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
topography
effusive
feign
pseudonym
20. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
hybrid
wax and wane
divulge
hull
21. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
addendum
exemption
liberator
concession
22. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
candor
hinges on
virulent
demolish
23. To make sth happen or be produced
haste
curt
chivalry
spawn
24. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
unrest
hybrid
utilitarian
subvert
25. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
courtly
editorial
lambaste
ungainly
26. Narrow-minded
feral
patriarchal
provincial
vetiver
27. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
ammunition
promiscuous
viscous
accomplice
28. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
placate
havoc
integrity
clash with
29. Not safe and certain; dangerous
magnify
arbitrary
precarious
lambaste
30. False - although seeming to be genuine
relinquish
innuendo
pyromaniac
spurious
31. Supporter
jangle
insinuate
proponent
clash with
32. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
egregious
precarious
illuminate
replicate
33. Regulated
prescribed
resemble
alias
laconic
34. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
farce
retelling
rarefy
compartmentalize
35. Able to spread around
ascetic
infectious
distraught
humility
36. Needing great effort and energy
prompt
mercenary
cede
strenuous
37. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
plummet
conventional
reapportion
repulsed
38. (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
penchant
provincial
acerbic
39. Very high (loft=attic)
enthrall with
glum
lofty
subvert
40. Small and poor in quality
mirth
meager
exemption
prescribed
41. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
ghastly
demolish
curt
deplete
42. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
fauna
disrupt
prudence
virulent
43. Clear and easy to understand
misconstrue
instrumental
glowing
explicitly
44. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
salutary
deplete
voluminous
mime
45. A match of boxing/wrestling
monetary
bout
premonition
niche
46. More than you need or want
metes out
disrupt
excommunicate
superfluous
47. Showing much or too much emotion
garrulous
trivial
deficit
effusive
48. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
altruistic
thwart
persistently
conceal
49. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
subsidize
entreat
metes out
stipend
50. Being lack of variety
barrage
monotony
integrity
subvert