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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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sat
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
surpass
ghastly
vassal
elicited
2. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
benchmark
hull
thwart
vassal
3. give up
meager
relinquish
incentive
monetary
4. To fell disgust or strong dislike
prescribed
omit
innuendo
repulsed
5. Never changing therefore boring
editorial
dearth
curmudgeon
monotonously
6. Very serious
dire
surpass
hinges on
virulent
7. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
arsonist
indefatigable
prescribed
nourish
8. A person living in a country that's not their own
able-bodied
writ
expatriate
vetiver
9. Starving
hybrid
famished
fauna
mournful
10. More than you need or want
morale
prevalent
sodden
superfluous
11. To leave out
bestow
stipend
totter
omit
12. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
integrity
diminish
sole
lethargy
13. Something that encourages you to do sth
incentive
sumptuous
phenomenon
conventional
14. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
clash with
arbitrary
subsidize
thwart
15. Physically strong and healthy
jangle
able-bodied
envision
conglomeration
16. Very high (loft=attic)
lofty
preeminent
provincial
impetus
17. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
arsonist
lethargy
egregious
bout
18. Plunge
proponent
subsidize
plummet
wistfully
19. To pretend to have a particular feeling
flimsy
feign
unrest
deplete
20. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
mournful
viscous
rejoinder
reapportion
21. Supply of bullets
benefactor
arsonist
ammunition
chock back
22. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
scanty
serenade
timorous
curt
23. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
applicable
elicited
confront
blistering
24. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
catalogue
trivial
repudiate
rubric
25. To move in an awkward way - pushing people around out of the way or crash into them
barge
stipend
utilitarian
upbraid
26. (formal) a costumer
ghastly
extolling
arbitrary
patron
27. To make sth into catalogue
placate
conjecture
pretentious
catalogue
28. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
reservoir
lambaste
compile
prevalent
29. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
nourish
offbeat
vexed
applicable
30. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
salutary
repudiate
lamentable
relish
31. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
spurn
fallacy
innuendo
warily
32. To give sb the right to do sth
plummet
misnomer
mementos
entitle
33. Not wise or sensible
bout
imprudence
impetus
illuminate
34. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
syncopated
barrage
wistfully
applicable
35. Very dry; having no or little rain
arid
vassal
effusive
syncopated
36. Very sad
obsequious
trivial
venue
mournful
37. A fake name of a criminal or actor
magnify
relish
alias
applicable
38. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
acerbic
lanky
blatant
preeminent
39. Ambiguous
conglomeration
equivocal
stolid
writ
40. To give sth to sb to show respect
probity
bestow
fidelity
amorous
41. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
amorous
equivocal
plummet
prudence
42. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
titillate
illuminate
cessation
viable
43. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
laconic
enact
unrest
vexed
44. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
candor
embark
grin
dexterous
45. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
reluctant
demolish
rescind
barrage
46. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
deplete
garrulous
frugal
misconstrue
47. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
proponent
embark
fallacy
alias
48. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
havoc
sturdy
delve into
cyanide
49. A code that knights adopted in the late Middle Ages; requiring them to be brave - loyal and true to their word; they had to fight fairly in battle
barrage
chivalry
barge
prevalent
50. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
redundant
frugal
agnostic
glowing