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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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1. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
distraught
lamentable
trivial
relish
2. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
prudence
deplete
alias
tentative
3. Needing great effort and energy
placate
condone
utilitarian
strenuous
4. To give sb the right to do sth
prevalent
tentative
prudence
entitle
5. Focus more on function than other qualities
rejoinder
utilitarian
exemption
wax and wane
6. To punish or make sb suffer
indefatigable
metes out
humanitarian
viable
7. Sad - quite and unhappy
sumptuous
haste
leaden
glum
8. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
catalogue
magnify
penchant
envision
9. Dirty of any kind
grudgingly
curmudgeon
applicable
exuberant
10. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
replicate
garrulous
verbose
hybrid
11. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
ascetic
reapportion
viscous
trivial
12. Ambiguous
equivocal
trivial
concession
metes out
13. Very expensive and looking very impressive
sumptuous
surpass
hierarchical
voluminous
14. Wipe out
haste
prevalent
exterminate
enthrall with
15. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
reservoir
cynically
excommunicate
beguile
16. Connected with money
prescribed
monetary
concession
rubric
17. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
tentative
indigenous
benefactor
imprudence
18. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
venerate
grant
glowing
heirloom
19. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
fidelity
undertake
sodden
prompt
20. To make you sad
notion
patron
lanky
dreary
21. Incompetent; not having the skill
benefactor
inept
lethargy
chivalry
22. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
lethargy
exuberant
barrage
leaden
23. A highly poisonous chemical
embark on
mercenary
cyanide
retelling
24. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
relish
rescind
deplete
flimsy
25. A lack of sth
bequeath
dearth
repudiate
unvarying
26. Full of people moving around in a busy way
criteria
founder
aggravate
bustling
27. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
unrest
phenomenon
tentative
glowing
28. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
belligerent
salient
dexterous
delve into
29. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
acerbic
courtly
barrage
syncopated
30. (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
courtly
discreet
cede
31. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
arsonist
wistfully
rarefy
deprecate
32. Very high (loft=attic)
extolling
discreet
able-bodied
lofty
33. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
shear
disrupt
formality
thwart
34. A bad sense of something will happen
premonition
pantomime
probity
monetary
35. Starving
famished
shear
persistently
salient
36. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
dreary
precipitate
enthrall with
lethargy
37. Most important and noticeable
salient
reapportion
plummet
placid
38. To destroy completely or accidentally
rarefy
topography
demolish
lethargy
39. Strong and not easily damaged
imprudence
reticent
sturdy
forlorn
40. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
criteria
rout
formality
haste
41. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
dearth
notion
cede
clash with
42. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
conceal
bequeath
misnomer
droll
43. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
viciously
misnomer
compile
prudence
44. To copy sth exactly
havoc
replicate
pantomime
unvarying
45. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
meager
integrity
divulge
syncopated
46. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
benign
hybrid
unrest
convoluted
47. A person living in a country that's not their own
dearth
expatriate
topography
premonition
48. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
resemble
subtle
unrest
insinuate
49. To fell disgust or strong dislike
inept
displace
repulsed
unrest
50. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
displace
cognizant
resemble
entrench