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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. A person living in a country that's not their own
expatriate
hasty
salient
prescribed
2. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
miserly
deprecate
virulent
egregious
3. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
amorous
wistfully
ammunition
grudgingly
4. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
obsequious
confront
feral
insinuate
5. To refuse - reject in a proud way
spurn
extent
ghastly
rejoinder
6. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
barrage
spawn
persistently
vexed
7. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
beguile
flimsy
bestow
cynically
8. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
venerate
diminish
deplete
wax and wane
9. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
catalogue
upbraid
hierarchical
conventional
10. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
miserly
trivial
offbeat
disseminate
11. A cranky old person
curmudgeon
courtly
distraught
lamentable
12. To break under pressure
pyromaniac
reluctant
shear
progenitor
13. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
mundane
barrage
mime
misconstrue
14. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
obtuse
grant
excommunicate
grudgingly
15. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
delve into
extent
fauna
clump
16. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
lamentable
arsonist
salutary
denounce
17. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
omit
unpalatable
reapportion
erosion
18. Physically strong and healthy
barge
able-bodied
salient
curt
19. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
misconstrue
curt
precipitate
conglomeration
20. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
venue
ungainly
hasty
niche
21. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
rarefy
criteria
droll
promiscuous
22. Very sad
humanitarian
mournful
bombastic
reapportion
23. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
formality
progenitor
unrest
hierarchical
24. Talking a lot - especially about unimportant things
haste
altruistic
garrulous
indigenous
25. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
excommunicate
criteria
reapportion
divulge
26. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
cede
arid
glowing
wane
27. Something that encourage a process or activity
impetus
repulsed
rejoinder
bout
28. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
subvert
belligerent
persistently
ammunition
29. A mix of different things found together
editorial
tentative
conglomeration
benefactor
30. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
rejoinder
rail at
retelling
condone
31. To do or be better than sb/sth
courtly
surpass
preeminent
deplete
32. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
entrench
convoluted
morale
rail at
33. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
resemble
condone
extent
rejoinder
34. A lack of sth
dearth
ungainly
barrage
dire
35. Small and poor in quality
imprudence
meager
venerate
dilution
36. Nervous and easily frightened
misnomer
elicited
retelling
timorous
37. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
vexed
elicited
topography
viscous
38. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
lanky
concession
extent
catalogue
39. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
perturbed
arsonist
phenomenon
benchmark
40. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
arsonist
hasty
preeminent
incensed
41. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
assortment
displace
cynically
wistfully
42. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
eradication
nourish
haste
bout
43. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
timorous
subtle
lethargy
arbitrary
44. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
deficit
reluctant
preeminent
misnomer
45. False - although seeming to be genuine
conglomeration
elicited
spurious
monetary
46. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
enact
bequeath
concession
genial
47. A highly poisonous chemical
cyanide
feral
serenade
editorial
48. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
reservoir
curmudgeon
deficit
lethargy
49. Dirty of any kind
grudgingly
courtly
egregious
envision
50. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
hybrid
dearth
conventional
rescind