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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. Extremely wet
distraught
ammunition
sodden
demolish
2. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
trivial
reign over
offbeat
havoc
3. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
acerbic
superfluous
viscous
discreet
4. Not wise or sensible
imprudence
miserly
venerate
monetary
5. (spots) done very fast with great energy
feign
grant
blistering
barge
6. Able to spread around
magnify
periphery
infectious
hybrid
7. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
conjecture
undertake
prescribed
cynically
8. More than you need or want
grudgingly
disseminate
superfluous
precarious
9. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
insinuate
ungainly
relish
entitle
10. The quality of being loyal to sb/sth
fidelity
perturbed
prudence
mime
11. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
envision
innuendo
distraught
garrulous
12. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
frugal
feral
dearth
thwart
13. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
heirloom
stolid
cognizant
compartmentalize
14. Unfriendly and aggressive
niche
monotony
feral
belligerent
15. To make sb less angry about sth
premonition
reign over
placate
precarious
16. A series of unpleasant things that happen
seedy
rash
delve into
indefatigable
17. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
leaden
rubric
eradication
benign
18. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
glowing
beguile
magnify
salient
19. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
enthrall with
placate
exuberant
forlorn
20. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
delve into
courtly
syncopated
able-bodied
21. To break under pressure
shear
deplete
misconstrue
compile
22. 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
superfluous
effusive
reluctant
morale
23. give up
confront
grin
founder
relinquish
24. Unexpectedly amusing
droll
dreary
dilution
lethargy
25. Horrible or terrible
miserly
distraught
ghastly
relish
26. 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
flimsy
undertake
exemption
chivalry
27. To praise sb/sth very much
glowing
extolling
indigenous
erosion
28. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
demolish
misconstrue
farce
deplete
29. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
vetiver
patron
miserly
curt
30. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
retelling
undertake
stipend
reapportion
31. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
clash with
cessation
mirth
fallacy
32. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
obtuse
editorial
compile
envision
33. Supply of bullets
famished
barrage
equivocal
ammunition
34. To make sth weaker
placate
plummet
dilution
stolid
35. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
virulent
famished
glum
ungainly
36. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
redundant
placate
refute
rubric
37. Common - widespread
pseudonym
chivalry
dreary
prevalent
38. To make into compartment (room)
compartmentalize
mirth
spawn
extent
39. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor
impetus
bout
enthrall with
40. A name used b y writer that is not real
salutary
pseudonym
ascetic
equivocal
41. To obtain - especially with difficulty
grudgingly
discreet
procure
altruistic
42. Never changing
conceal
unvarying
pyromaniac
dearth
43. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
bestow
syncopated
conceal
obsequious
44. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
hinges on
hybrid
morale
rail at
45. To make unpleasant sound
rarefy
indigenous
fidelity
jangle
46. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
prudence
explicitly
subvert
enthrall with
47. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
pantomime
exemption
indefatigable
bombastic
48. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
altruistic
effusive
grant
barrage
49. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
reservoir
rhetoric
disseminate
frugal
50. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
entrench
ungainly
precarious
writ