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SAT Critical Reading Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window






2. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight






3. Not enough






4. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious






5. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)






6. To be worried and anxious






7. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used






8. To have foretold vision






9. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.






10. A series of unpleasant things that happen






11. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement






12. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles






13. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people






14. Ancestor






15. Concerned with making people live better






16. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money






17. Very angry






18. How serious - important - large sth is






19. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church






20. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history






21. Rule as emperor - king - or queen






22. Kind and gentle






23. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere






24. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing






25. Very dry; having no or little rain






26. Starving






27. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth






28. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth






29. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general






30. To enjoy or desire much






31. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery






32. To depend on something






33. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong






34. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves






35. To refuse - reject in a proud way






36. Clever at understanding and making judgments about






37. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with






38. Unexpectedly amusing






39. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked






40. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time






41. To punish or make sb suffer






42. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid






43. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought






44. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair






45. Very serious






46. To make sb less angry about sth






47. To break under pressure






48. Incompetent; not having the skill






49. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not






50. Unpleasant and not easy to accept