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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Very dry; having no or little rain
haste
subvert
arid
offbeat
2. (usually plural) a thing you must do as a formal or official part of a legal process - a social situation - etc - (usually singular) a thing - that you must do as part of an official progress - but which has little meaning and will not affect what ha
formality
salutary
subtle
vassal
3. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
criteria
superfluous
barge
subvert
4. (informal) different from what most people expect
bestow
misnomer
conjecture
offbeat
5. Very large
patriarchal
glowing
mournful
voluminous
6. Very expensive and looking very impressive
deficit
sumptuous
chock back
progenitor
7. To fell disgust or strong dislike
courtly
excommunicate
sumptuous
repulsed
8. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
sodden
bombastic
arbitrary
reservoir
9. Extremely bad
candor
benign
egregious
unpalatable
10. Concerned with making people live better
curt
phenomenon
vague
humanitarian
11. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
acerbic
serenade
dearth
rejoinder
12. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
harbinger
heirloom
vexed
rarefy
13. A person living in a country that's not their own
expatriate
perturbed
leaden
exterminate
14. A legal document from a court of order
writ
procure
incentive
totter
15. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
applicable
obsequious
discreet
vassal
16. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
eradication
reservoir
insinuate
repudiate
17. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
effusive
indigenous
chivalry
compartmentalize
18. Using only a few words to say sth
laconic
monotonously
proponent
harbinger
19. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
vassal
dreary
ascetic
perturbed
20. Hesitating before doing sth because you don't want to do it or because you aren't sure that if it's the right thing to do
reluctant
coax
agnostic
arid
21. Wipe out
preeminent
clash with
exterminate
aggravate
22. (spots) done very fast with great energy
bustling
editorial
rarefy
blistering
23. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
harbinger
dilution
venue
lethargy
24. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
chock back
forlorn
precipitate
fallacy
25. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
venue
lanky
stipend
periphery
26. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
liberator
mirth
chivalry
rescind
27. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
bombastic
captive
integrity
condone
28. False - although seeming to be genuine
humanitarian
venue
spurious
disrupt
29. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
amorous
liberator
vexed
envision
30. A person who helps in criminal incidents
retelling
accomplice
sodden
dreary
31. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
misconstrue
blistering
coax
stolid
32. To pretend to have a particular feeling
feign
warily
meager
mirth
33. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
stolid
indefatigable
bequeath
miserly
34. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
cynically
vetiver
candor
ascetic
35. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
monotonously
envision
ungainly
salient
36. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
virulent
erosion
unpalatable
envision
37. Very disappointing
lofty
reservoir
lamentable
cessation
38. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
voluminous
agnostic
obtuse
magnify
39. To make sth weaker
reluctant
dilution
explicitly
accomplice
40. Souvenir
strenuous
insinuate
misnomer
mementos
41. Not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing
curt
multifarious
stolid
innuendo
42. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
harbinger
extolling
relish
stipend
43. To obtain - especially with difficulty
enact
genial
procure
beguile
44. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
acerbic
voluminous
captive
lambaste
45. Plunge
spurious
plummet
chock back
fallacy
46. Very serious
displace
dire
humility
incensed
47. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
prompt
bequeath
ghastly
bout
48. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
rubric
subsidize
reticent
surpass
49. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
embark on
liberator
subsidize
stolid
50. To enjoy or desire much
relish
compile
demolish
insinuate