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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. Ambiguous
feral
equivocal
proponent
lambaste
2. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
plummet
penchant
pseudonym
nourish
3. The outer edge of a particular area
periphery
prudence
wax
mournful
4. Not wise or sensible
disseminate
imprudence
subvert
fallacy
5. Strong and not easily damaged
rout
sturdy
surpass
applicable
6. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
hull
niche
convoluted
condone
7. Able to spread around
infectious
patron
barge
denounce
8. Ancestor
progenitor
blatant
timorous
leaden
9. Only; single
salutary
sole
garrulous
spurious
10. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
relinquish
grudgingly
famished
candor
11. Not enough
conjecture
mime
scanty
venerate
12. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
warily
enact
humanitarian
misconstrue
13. Very sad
upbraid
conventional
mournful
eradication
14. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
vexed
farce
extent
forlorn
15. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
viciously
subtle
relish
acerbic
16. Not important or serious; not worth considering
conglomeration
sturdy
trivial
enthrall with
17. Reveal a secret
infectious
venerate
flimsy
divulge
18. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
promiscuous
niche
pyromaniac
exterminate
19. Starving
famished
captive
bustling
utilitarian
20. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
rout
heirloom
wistfully
refute
21. To give sb the right to do sth
rubric
entitle
prudence
disseminate
22. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
embark on
placid
excommunicate
flimsy
23. The quality of being humble
humility
cognizant
editorial
rescind
24. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
embark on
conglomeration
deprecate
barrage
25. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
innuendo
voluminous
insinuate
effusive
26. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
chivalry
viciously
fidelity
mirth
27. Violent and brutal
chock back
mundane
magnify
viciously
28. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
concession
cede
elicited
arid
29. A match of boxing/wrestling
bout
cyanide
denounce
benefactor
30. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
bout
fidelity
egregious
heirloom
31. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
displace
niche
frugal
reapportion
32. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
hasty
mirth
ungainly
glum
33. Being lack of variety
bustling
frugal
monotony
premonition
34. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
bequeath
multifarious
promiscuous
conventional
35. A lack of sth
monotony
dearth
enthrall with
phenomenon
36. Wipe out
venue
warily
exterminate
serenade
37. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
hierarchical
altruistic
genial
applicable
38. To make sth smaller or weak
displace
diminish
resemble
acerbic
39. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
farce
illuminate
deficit
disrupt
40. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
editorial
repulsed
pantomime
agnostic
41. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
laconic
mercenary
serenade
seedy
42. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
condone
dexterous
phenomenon
cede
43. Connected with money
altruistic
blistering
monetary
conjecture
44. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
resemble
extolling
grin
curt
45. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
liberator
prescribed
dearth
reservoir
46. Not needed or useful
chock back
spurious
redundant
chivalry
47. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
elicited
droll
sturdy
rail at
48. To give subsidy
vassal
rejoinder
subsidize
morale
49. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
droll
venue
viscous
haste
50. Very angry
flimsy
mime
persistently
incensed