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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. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
mundane
haste
monotonously
fauna
2. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
cynically
preeminent
rout
wistfully
3. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
entitle
perturbed
diminish
ungainly
4. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
infectious
enact
cede
diminish
5. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
dire
obtuse
explicitly
liberator
6. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
reapportion
enthrall with
inept
prescribed
7. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
mournful
subsidize
belligerent
ascetic
8. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
viable
premonition
notion
seedy
9. Incompetent; not having the skill
inept
barrage
blatant
fallacy
10. Violent and brutal
viciously
virulent
obtuse
alias
11. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
reservoir
superfluous
salient
reapportion
12. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
exemption
conjecture
embark
envision
13. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
explicitly
ascetic
conjecture
haste
14. A highly poisonous chemical
formality
sturdy
cyanide
perturbed
15. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
spawn
wax and wane
titillate
egregious
16. To do or be better than sb/sth
lofty
spurious
haste
surpass
17. The act of conceding
extent
upbraid
rubric
concession
18. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
hasty
vague
clash with
vexed
19. Able to spread around
stolid
deficit
infectious
virulent
20. To become gradually weaker or less important
wane
equivocal
dexterous
instrumental
21. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
heirloom
morale
relinquish
catalogue
22. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
feral
embark on
altruistic
seedy
23. To enjoy or desire much
relish
sole
precipitate
monetary
24. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
bequeath
eradication
accomplice
cede
25. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
innuendo
bustling
hinges on
bombastic
26. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
harbinger
rubric
salient
vexed
27. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
sodden
applicable
grudgingly
concession
28. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
lethargy
deficit
benchmark
inept
29. To destroy completely or accidentally
inept
haste
multifarious
demolish
30. A bad sense of something will happen
mime
prompt
envision
premonition
31. Only; single
effusive
conjecture
farce
sole
32. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
deprecate
timorous
niche
exterminate
33. Dirty of any kind
venue
agnostic
grudgingly
disrupt
34. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
conjecture
able-bodied
trivial
surpass
35. Common - widespread
famished
mournful
repudiate
prevalent
36. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
mirth
benign
warily
procure
37. To fell disgust or strong dislike
preeminent
repulsed
blistering
lamentable
38. To obtain - especially with difficulty
cede
trivial
procure
vassal
39. Plunge
plummet
barge
fidelity
monetary
40. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
conventional
insinuate
courtly
misnomer
41. Very serious
dire
exuberant
vassal
reign over
42. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
exemption
lamentable
nourish
eradication
43. Something that encourages you to do sth
monetary
incentive
sodden
surpass
44. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
vexed
reign over
replicate
procure
45. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
benefactor
venerate
wane
niche
46. The outer edge of a particular area
periphery
concession
fidelity
assortment
47. Search inside sth
delve into
effusive
spawn
feign
48. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
disrupt
viscous
curt
egregious
49. Ancestor
progenitor
pretentious
harbinger
vetiver
50. To have foretold vision
envision
arbitrary
belligerent
relish