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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
undertake
procure
lofty
magnify
2. Violent and brutal
relinquish
monotonously
jangle
viciously
3. Search inside sth
persistently
exuberant
delve into
offbeat
4. To establish sth very firmly so that it's very difficult to change
prudence
explicitly
ungainly
entrench
5. To make sth weaker
perturbed
totter
dilution
obtuse
6. To copy sth exactly
replicate
premonition
hybrid
arbitrary
7. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
aggravate
delve into
lambaste
ammunition
8. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
salutary
dilution
hybrid
prudence
9. Only; single
hull
genial
sole
entitle
10. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
cede
applicable
perturbed
glowing
11. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
stipend
pantomime
benefactor
resemble
12. To fell disgust or strong dislike
compile
elicited
relinquish
repulsed
13. A name used b y writer that is not real
convoluted
pseudonym
syncopated
verbose
14. To take control of a country - region - etc - especially by force
annex
totter
grin
penchant
15. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
shear
totter
morale
instrumental
16. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
integrity
repudiate
courtly
viable
17. Not clear in a person's mind
placid
formality
vague
reapportion
18. To make into compartment (room)
prevalent
proponent
compartmentalize
dexterous
19. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
effusive
refute
lambaste
misnomer
20. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
entreat
amorous
syncopated
morale
21. To make sth into catalogue
catalogue
topography
eradication
incensed
22. Very important in making sth to happen
seedy
instrumental
reservoir
deplete
23. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
displace
salutary
upbraid
agnostic
24. Not important or serious; not worth considering
humanitarian
bombastic
proponent
trivial
25. Not wise or sensible
lanky
acerbic
imprudence
provincial
26. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
founder
exterminate
sumptuous
perturbed
27. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
arsonist
conglomeration
feign
probity
28. To have foretold vision
clump
lofty
dreary
envision
29. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
compartmentalize
demolish
rejoinder
superfluous
30. The quality of being completely honest
condone
prevalent
arbitrary
probity
31. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
droll
obtuse
curmudgeon
blistering
32. Not easily irritated
bequeath
placid
nourish
superfluous
33. Very serious
criteria
provincial
dire
ascetic
34. To talk sb into gently
patriarchal
rail at
coax
mournful
35. (informal) different from what most people expect
disseminate
belligerent
offbeat
spurious
36. Most important and noticeable
sole
salient
reticent
sturdy
37. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
discreet
ghastly
pantomime
ration
38. Being lack of variety
trivial
refute
monotony
mournful
39. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
convoluted
rout
explicitly
clump
40. Full of people moving around in a busy way
hierarchical
bustling
niche
dilution
41. To refuse - reject in a proud way
spurn
beguile
monetary
glowing
42. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
metes out
formality
nourish
egregious
43. Nervous and easily frightened
glowing
concession
voluminous
timorous
44. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
progenitor
beguile
inept
able-bodied
45. How serious - important - large sth is
repudiate
hasty
extent
bestow
46. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
cessation
altruistic
notion
meager
47. Rage
ghastly
rail at
reservoir
lofty
48. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
upbraid
editorial
exterminate
reapportion
49. (spots) done very fast with great energy
blistering
resemble
indigenous
lofty
50. To depend on something
hinges on
barrage
hull
feral