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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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sat
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
altruistic
phenomenon
famished
benefactor
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
amorous
formality
explicitly
distraught
3. (spots) done very fast with great energy
syncopated
glum
cede
blistering
4. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
entreat
misconstrue
feral
liberator
5. A lack of sth
dearth
exterminate
superfluous
prompt
6. To talk sb into gently
coax
infectious
wane
cede
7. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
reapportion
dilution
exterminate
ascetic
8. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
extolling
embark on
seedy
curt
9. Able to spread around
mournful
infectious
reapportion
mime
10. To break under pressure
miserly
subvert
vetiver
shear
11. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
benign
strenuous
metes out
venue
12. To move away sth
ration
indigenous
rescind
displace
13. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
prudence
arsonist
clash with
lethargy
14. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
acerbic
viscous
thwart
hull
15. A gradual decline of sth
agnostic
erosion
reign over
cede
16. Additional information
haste
reservoir
addendum
venerate
17. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
seedy
upbraid
pretentious
syncopated
18. To give sb the right to do sth
barrage
entitle
precarious
rash
19. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
grin
vetiver
disseminate
excommunicate
20. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
demolish
ghastly
innuendo
alias
21. The outer edge of a particular area
metes out
periphery
clash with
rejoinder
22. Strong and not easily damaged
reluctant
lambaste
sturdy
lamentable
23. To copy sth exactly
rash
nourish
trivial
replicate
24. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
resemble
wistfully
condone
salient
25. Plunge
plummet
grin
impetus
patriarchal
26. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
assortment
perturbed
grudgingly
reservoir
27. How serious - important - large sth is
hasty
arid
extent
pyromaniac
28. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
concession
unpalatable
blatant
arsonist
29. False - although seeming to be genuine
spurious
progenitor
serenade
incentive
30. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
misnomer
haste
hybrid
flimsy
31. Very sad
mournful
arbitrary
hinges on
conceal
32. Having a good effect on sb/sth - though often seeming unpleasant
distraught
lofty
salutary
prompt
33. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
demolish
obtuse
humility
penchant
34. The complete destruction of every trace of something
relish
misconstrue
eradication
grant
35. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
haste
subsidize
cynically
preeminent
36. Cheerful and friendly
wistfully
genial
prudence
expatriate
37. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
viable
confront
warily
retelling
38. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
obsequious
conjecture
displace
thwart
39. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
wistfully
seedy
reservoir
indigenous
40. To have foretold vision
envision
lethargy
mime
vague
41. = mime; = farce
heirloom
criteria
addendum
pantomime
42. 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
rarefy
repulsed
reticent
43. Regulated
hasty
compartmentalize
prescribed
fidelity
44. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
entrench
confront
editorial
mime
45. Small and poor in quality
placate
meager
replicate
promiscuous
46. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
reapportion
chock back
distraught
bequeath
47. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
wax and wane
diminish
viscous
bombastic
48. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
accomplice
persistently
disrupt
bout
49. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
proponent
wax
curt
frugal
50. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
unrest
agnostic
heirloom
deprecate