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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. Supporter
reign over
barge
salutary
proponent
2. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
viscous
misnomer
mirth
bombastic
3. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
convoluted
hierarchical
spawn
bombastic
4. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
sodden
premonition
deficit
blistering
5. Needing great effort and energy
jangle
strenuous
subvert
hinges on
6. Regulated
prescribed
flimsy
glowing
mournful
7. Not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing
innuendo
stolid
relinquish
agnostic
8. A legal document from a court of order
exterminate
writ
heirloom
pantomime
9. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
lambaste
prompt
incentive
dilution
10. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
diminish
bustling
enact
discreet
11. To make sth happen or be produced
spawn
diminish
curt
seedy
12. Concerned with making people live better
rescind
reticent
insinuate
humanitarian
13. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
mournful
havoc
deficit
amorous
14. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
effusive
curt
pyromaniac
extent
15. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
indefatigable
titillate
cynically
prescribed
16. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
embark
relinquish
curt
refute
17. To punish or make sb suffer
conglomeration
metes out
pseudonym
embark
18. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
lethargy
forlorn
warily
benign
19. A series of unpleasant things that happen
obsequious
perturbed
rash
bequeath
20. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
viable
delve into
compile
spurious
21. Not safe and certain; dangerous
obsequious
precarious
bestow
glowing
22. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
tentative
compile
procure
impetus
23. False - although seeming to be genuine
prudence
wax
offbeat
spurious
24. To make sth weaker
serenade
dilution
glowing
cynically
25. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
candor
wistfully
repulsed
grant
26. Physically strong and healthy
rout
able-bodied
misnomer
bout
27. Rage
rail at
tentative
notion
venerate
28. To make you sad
deplete
pantomime
flimsy
dreary
29. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
virulent
humanitarian
deplete
niche
30. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
stolid
unvarying
pyromaniac
haste
31. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
bombastic
placate
fallacy
farce
32. Not clear in a person's mind
infectious
grin
vague
benefactor
33. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
prompt
thwart
exuberant
ascetic
34. To make unpleasant sound
resemble
curt
jangle
able-bodied
35. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
thwart
barge
demolish
ungainly
36. Using only a few words to say sth
curmudgeon
laconic
voluminous
patriarchal
37. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
bombastic
displace
obtuse
feral
38. Extremely bad
lanky
genial
distraught
egregious
39. A name used b y writer that is not real
pseudonym
conventional
delve into
barge
40. Unwilling to tell people about things
dire
resemble
reticent
superfluous
41. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
persistently
droll
assortment
hasty
42. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
liberator
hierarchical
rhetoric
vexed
43. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
obtuse
benchmark
nourish
harbinger
44. Reveal a secret
blistering
pyromaniac
divulge
concession
45. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
serenade
hasty
timorous
syncopated
46. Very important in making sth to happen
arbitrary
hybrid
forlorn
instrumental
47. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
disrupt
displace
denounce
liberator
48. A match of boxing/wrestling
bout
mercenary
mementos
relish
49. To give sth to sb to show respect
bestow
rash
diminish
wax
50. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
reluctant
barrage
metes out
innuendo