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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. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
curt
unpalatable
repulsed
concession
2. A series of unpleasant things that happen
dexterous
glowing
rash
able-bodied
3. Dull gray - like lead
leaden
cyanide
warily
viciously
4. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
proponent
vassal
fallacy
upbraid
5. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
criteria
cessation
conjecture
precipitate
6. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
enact
conventional
wane
conceal
7. (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
havoc
aggravate
perturbed
formality
8. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
vassal
dire
plummet
incensed
9. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
ammunition
venue
prompt
compile
10. To try hard not to show your feelings
instrumental
haste
deplete
chock back
11. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
garrulous
venue
haste
titillate
12. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
scanty
rarefy
famished
viscous
13. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
courtly
rejoinder
enthrall with
flimsy
14. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
viable
embark on
phenomenon
heirloom
15. Cheerful and friendly
explicitly
persistently
genial
monetary
16. Something that encourages you to do sth
enact
monotony
catalogue
incentive
17. To get onto a sheep
embark
mementos
rarefy
patron
18. Not safe and certain; dangerous
unvarying
editorial
precarious
droll
19. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
leaden
seedy
grudgingly
monotonously
20. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
procure
repudiate
grin
equivocal
21. More than you need or want
conceal
superfluous
conventional
provincial
22. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
exuberant
liberator
refute
flimsy
23. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
phenomenon
wax and wane
totter
mime
24. Only; single
sole
enact
altruistic
havoc
25. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
salient
reign over
excommunicate
convoluted
26. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
magnify
pantomime
grant
conceal
27. To hide sth
conceal
multifarious
feral
mementos
28. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
denounce
blistering
notion
compile
29. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
prompt
salient
vetiver
clash with
30. To refuse - reject in a proud way
prompt
metes out
ammunition
spurn
31. A name used b y writer that is not real
displace
pseudonym
pyromaniac
deficit
32. To depend on something
hinges on
concession
prescribed
laconic
33. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
heirloom
havoc
tentative
wax and wane
34. To talk sb into gently
farce
hull
coax
compile
35. Very dry; having no or little rain
superfluous
vassal
tentative
arid
36. To make yourself responsible for sth
able-bodied
prudence
effusive
undertake
37. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
dexterous
cognizant
leaden
syncopated
38. Talking a lot - especially about unimportant things
arbitrary
garrulous
replicate
aggravate
39. A legal document from a court of order
writ
blatant
mirth
disrupt
40. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
placid
omit
stolid
mirth
41. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
acerbic
precipitate
proponent
grant
42. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
rarefy
periphery
scanty
vexed
43. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
utilitarian
mournful
salient
ascetic
44. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
curmudgeon
hull
tentative
illuminate
45. Lonely and unhappy
mirth
arid
forlorn
dearth
46. A cranky old person
heirloom
ascetic
curmudgeon
pretentious
47. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
relinquish
insinuate
reign over
rubric
48. Nervous and easily frightened
timorous
ungainly
dilution
vexed
49. Needing great effort and energy
vassal
topography
strenuous
innuendo
50. Very high (loft=attic)
lofty
mirth
vetiver
utilitarian