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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 produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
compile
offbeat
prudence
applicable
2. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
extolling
imprudence
phenomenon
flimsy
3. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
voluminous
harbinger
monetary
dire
4. To enjoy or desire much
relish
entreat
jangle
offbeat
5. Very important in making sth to happen
humility
instrumental
misnomer
dexterous
6. To destroy completely or accidentally
alias
demolish
beguile
feign
7. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
refute
reign over
topography
divulge
8. Having a good effect on sb/sth - though often seeming unpleasant
salutary
unrest
pantomime
integrity
9. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
curmudgeon
magnify
conjecture
coax
10. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
genial
arsonist
salient
amorous
11. Common - widespread
entrench
garrulous
prevalent
founder
12. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
accomplice
arsonist
phenomenon
premonition
13. To make sth weaker
dilution
mirth
delve into
pantomime
14. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
rash
annex
thwart
editorial
15. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
clump
infectious
hybrid
reign over
16. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
ammunition
rescind
blistering
genial
17. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
mercenary
repulsed
rail at
topography
18. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
catalogue
founder
precipitate
perturbed
19. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
fauna
monetary
lambaste
vassal
20. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
dire
mirth
mundane
egregious
21. Not enough
repulsed
tentative
insinuate
scanty
22. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
captive
rubric
curmudgeon
humanitarian
23. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
extent
arbitrary
entrench
pyromaniac
24. To be worried and anxious
placate
perturbed
morale
misconstrue
25. (informal) different from what most people expect
erosion
ammunition
prudence
offbeat
26. To get onto a sheep
divulge
indefatigable
thwart
embark
27. Not easily irritated
hasty
placid
proponent
pseudonym
28. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
innuendo
benchmark
titillate
condone
29. A match of boxing/wrestling
bout
extolling
plummet
magnify
30. To depend on something
hinges on
assortment
inept
monotony
31. Wipe out
lofty
displace
exterminate
strenuous
32. To refuse - reject in a proud way
rout
spurn
mime
catalogue
33. To make unpleasant sound
provincial
jangle
rejoinder
confront
34. False - although seeming to be genuine
assortment
spurious
pretentious
repudiate
35. To pretend to have a particular feeling
feign
vexed
monotonously
cynically
36. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
confront
blistering
serenade
progenitor
37. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
obtuse
entrench
convoluted
benchmark
38. To punish or make sb suffer
candor
reservoir
metes out
venerate
39. Plunge
applicable
rubric
plummet
multifarious
40. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
ration
bombastic
grin
trivial
41. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
insinuate
expatriate
feral
unpalatable
42. To make sth smaller or weak
niche
topography
diminish
benefactor
43. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
discreet
leaden
fidelity
lanky
44. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
laconic
venue
unvarying
acerbic
45. A cranky old person
ascetic
prevalent
reign over
curmudgeon
46. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
misconstrue
founder
vague
acerbic
47. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
displace
beguile
discreet
lethargy
48. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
strenuous
repudiate
trivial
timorous
49. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
rout
miserly
upbraid
sumptuous
50. Sad - quite and unhappy
patriarchal
prompt
premonition
glum