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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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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 fell disgust or strong dislike
mercenary
repulsed
salutary
amorous
2. Clear and easy to understand
explicitly
rescind
compile
mime
3. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
warily
compartmentalize
premonition
bequeath
4. Dull gray - like lead
reticent
upbraid
leaden
trivial
5. Very large
voluminous
dire
insinuate
entrench
6. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
viscous
pretentious
wax and wane
innuendo
7. Very serious
feign
monotony
viable
dire
8. To hide sth
warily
embark on
glowing
conceal
9. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
benign
sodden
dexterous
clump
10. Talking a lot - especially about unimportant things
jangle
deplete
divulge
garrulous
11. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
disseminate
expatriate
discreet
subvert
12. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
expatriate
unpalatable
ascetic
altruistic
13. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
applicable
procure
integrity
cessation
14. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
incensed
heirloom
deprecate
viable
15. A fake name of a criminal or actor
persistently
thwart
alias
entreat
16. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
lanky
expatriate
entrench
fauna
17. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
verbose
syncopated
harbinger
promiscuous
18. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
laconic
effusive
compile
warily
19. Supply of bullets
convoluted
ammunition
proponent
able-bodied
20. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
illuminate
enact
timorous
strenuous
21. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
indefatigable
wane
extent
arbitrary
22. Narrow-minded
wax
conjecture
provincial
clash with
23. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
rejoinder
founder
sturdy
metes out
24. To refuse - reject in a proud way
hull
grin
spurn
hierarchical
25. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
dilution
prevalent
clump
insinuate
26. To move away sth
displace
curmudgeon
frugal
hinges on
27. Needing great effort and energy
cyanide
disseminate
benchmark
strenuous
28. (informal) different from what most people expect
cessation
repudiate
addendum
offbeat
29. The act of conceding
impetus
grant
salient
concession
30. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
barrage
leaden
displace
diminish
31. Able to spread around
writ
plummet
infectious
rash
32. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
dire
reticent
rubric
altruistic
33. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
repudiate
glowing
procure
envision
34. How serious - important - large sth is
ammunition
extent
assortment
envision
35. To praise sb/sth very much
discreet
extolling
undertake
repulsed
36. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
syncopated
omit
incentive
barrage
37. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
spurn
cede
arid
rarefy
38. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
disrupt
effusive
reservoir
stolid
39. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
garrulous
concession
rout
bout
40. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
totter
aggravate
clump
grant
41. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
excommunicate
convoluted
vexed
benefactor
42. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
totter
clash with
instrumental
obtuse
43. (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
placate
formality
explicitly
editorial
44. To make into compartment (room)
mournful
disseminate
persistently
compartmentalize
45. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
jangle
distraught
vague
redundant
46. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
vassal
totter
bout
perturbed
47. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
prompt
subvert
innuendo
compartmentalize
48. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
syncopated
benefactor
repulsed
disseminate
49. Starving
famished
rhetoric
spawn
impetus
50. Not enough
scanty
offbeat
chivalry
lanky