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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. Most important and noticeable
inept
salient
entrench
subsidize
2. Small and poor in quality
meager
altruistic
entrench
preeminent
3. Kind and gentle
benign
perturbed
jangle
niche
4. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
unvarying
mime
courtly
flimsy
5. Never changing
virulent
mementos
unvarying
relish
6. Very dry; having no or little rain
rash
reservoir
ammunition
arid
7. Using only a few words to say sth
laconic
phenomenon
explicitly
verbose
8. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
condone
wax and wane
placate
wistfully
9. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
wistfully
sturdy
droll
exuberant
10. To make sth into catalogue
cyanide
catalogue
utilitarian
rescind
11. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
misconstrue
impetus
barrage
obtuse
12. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
frugal
able-bodied
timorous
conventional
13. To be worried and anxious
equivocal
perturbed
scanty
hull
14. Not easily irritated
curmudgeon
placid
bout
confront
15. Very serious
titillate
metes out
dire
beguile
16. Beg; seriously asking for
entreat
applicable
annex
reservoir
17. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
farce
stolid
flimsy
stipend
18. How serious - important - large sth is
vassal
confront
annex
extent
19. The complete destruction of every trace of something
totter
prudence
eradication
compartmentalize
20. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
prudence
misnomer
liberator
hierarchical
21. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
subsidize
barrage
bombastic
rout
22. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
humanitarian
harbinger
glum
rarefy
23. Not clear in a person's mind
vague
accomplice
blatant
cognizant
24. To make yourself responsible for sth
extent
undertake
humility
vetiver
25. Not noticeable or obvious
blatant
subtle
stolid
droll
26. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
garrulous
disrupt
utilitarian
obsequious
27. To move in an awkward way - pushing people around out of the way or crash into them
embark on
displace
barge
misnomer
28. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
coax
harbinger
subtle
bustling
29. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
nourish
effusive
condone
divulge
30. A person living in a country that's not their own
arsonist
tentative
trivial
expatriate
31. Not wise or sensible
rash
imprudence
curt
frugal
32. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
insinuate
vassal
dexterous
disseminate
33. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
pretentious
strenuous
prompt
enthrall with
34. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
chivalry
wistfully
conjecture
courtly
35. To smile widely
grin
editorial
dilution
subvert
36. A series of unpleasant things that happen
benefactor
humility
rash
nourish
37. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
garrulous
lamentable
cede
viable
38. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
bustling
inept
entrench
aggravate
39. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor
ghastly
glowing
misconstrue
40. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
excommunicate
innuendo
cognizant
vassal
41. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
mime
replicate
beguile
confront
42. Never changing therefore boring
meager
monotonously
reservoir
amorous
43. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
eradication
promiscuous
notion
placid
44. Souvenir
arid
deficit
mementos
formality
45. Cheerful and friendly
voluminous
humility
genial
illuminate
46. A special liking for sth
harbinger
tentative
penchant
barge
47. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
upbraid
haste
totter
topography
48. Violent and brutal
phenomenon
tentative
inept
viciously
49. More than you need or want
superfluous
enthrall with
prudence
incensed
50. To hide sth
bequeath
nourish
obtuse
conceal