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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. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
dreary
disrupt
perturbed
entitle
2. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
rarefy
fallacy
surpass
delve into
3. Unexpectedly amusing
addendum
droll
misconstrue
feral
4. Being lack of variety
monotony
elicited
spawn
multifarious
5. A highly poisonous chemical
cyanide
redundant
syncopated
mirth
6. Supply of bullets
vassal
forlorn
monotony
ammunition
7. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
exemption
subvert
pseudonym
arsonist
8. Cheerful and friendly
impetus
genial
nourish
conceal
9. Narrow-minded
infectious
provincial
bestow
farce
10. A legal document from a court of order
subsidize
writ
indefatigable
rescind
11. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
excommunicate
harbinger
mirth
placid
12. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
rescind
viciously
diminish
vexed
13. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
syncopated
sole
curmudgeon
venerate
14. A cranky old person
wax
embark
curmudgeon
glum
15. To praise sb/sth very much
hasty
clump
distraught
extolling
16. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
assortment
courtly
phenomenon
plummet
17. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
reluctant
topography
arsonist
able-bodied
18. Clear and easy to understand
warily
explicitly
haste
exuberant
19. Search inside sth
delve into
misnomer
rarefy
displace
20. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
perturbed
misnomer
incentive
dilution
21. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
magnify
mercenary
viscous
humility
22. To copy sth exactly
shear
preeminent
frugal
replicate
23. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
infectious
benign
bombastic
confront
24. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
extent
vague
denounce
lamentable
25. (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
expatriate
formality
nourish
benchmark
26. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
effusive
sole
droll
titillate
27. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
insinuate
hybrid
reservoir
harbinger
28. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
excommunicate
curt
verbose
topography
29. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
courtly
clump
fauna
liberator
30. Unwilling to tell people about things
concession
deficit
reticent
totter
31. Very important in making sth to happen
instrumental
elicited
cede
innuendo
32. To move away sth
disseminate
displace
mirth
vague
33. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
trivial
multifarious
rejoinder
dexterous
34. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
convoluted
topography
proponent
jangle
35. To hide sth
conceal
curmudgeon
fidelity
titillate
36. Not important or serious; not worth considering
trivial
multifarious
barge
alias
37. = mime; = farce
pseudonym
feral
pantomime
thwart
38. To give sth to sb to show respect
wane
spurious
bestow
reticent
39. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
elicited
liberator
refute
magnify
40. Starving
unvarying
viciously
stolid
famished
41. A person who helps in criminal incidents
accomplice
multifarious
dexterous
discreet
42. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
perturbed
syncopated
rail at
conjecture
43. To make sth smaller or weak
diminish
instrumental
imprudence
probity
44. Very sad
mournful
incensed
tentative
pseudonym
45. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
reservoir
mirth
clash with
totter
46. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
metes out
garrulous
perturbed
farce
47. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
monetary
instrumental
inept
glowing
48. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
upbraid
deplete
writ
lanky
49. Needing great effort and energy
probity
strenuous
rarefy
serenade
50. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
rarefy
indefatigable
bestow
jangle