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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. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
arbitrary
mime
incentive
obtuse
2. A match of boxing/wrestling
virulent
bout
arid
bestow
3. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
subvert
sturdy
proponent
tentative
4. (formal) a costumer
forlorn
spurious
rhetoric
patron
5. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
farce
exuberant
prudence
dexterous
6. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem
lambaste
spurn
promiscuous
founder
7. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
hull
jangle
bestow
extent
8. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
enact
humility
promiscuous
hierarchical
9. To give sb the right to do sth
prevalent
nourish
entitle
flimsy
10. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
penchant
reluctant
deficit
trivial
11. A person who helps in criminal incidents
editorial
illuminate
leaden
accomplice
12. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
agnostic
tentative
probity
cessation
13. Not safe and certain; dangerous
precarious
cynically
phenomenon
entreat
14. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
cede
rarefy
discreet
rash
15. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
proponent
hasty
subvert
integrity
16. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
prevalent
ungainly
precipitate
altruistic
17. Very important in making sth to happen
delve into
instrumental
subsidize
retelling
18. To praise sb/sth very much
precarious
excommunicate
redundant
extolling
19. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
candor
innuendo
upbraid
concession
20. Not needed or useful
venerate
redundant
disrupt
aggravate
21. Very disappointing
able-bodied
equivocal
lamentable
mime
22. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
heirloom
laconic
bequeath
extolling
23. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
persistently
cyanide
stolid
belligerent
24. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
periphery
conjecture
subsidize
mercenary
25. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
stipend
mournful
famished
extent
26. Plunge
pseudonym
plummet
lambaste
perturbed
27. To become gradually weaker or less important
exuberant
refute
enact
wane
28. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization
explicitly
applicable
benefactor
lofty
29. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
droll
venue
mundane
persistently
30. Talking a lot - especially about unimportant things
garrulous
disrupt
scanty
beguile
31. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
assortment
omit
venerate
nourish
32. Extremely wet
sodden
incentive
dire
utilitarian
33. To refuse - reject in a proud way
spurn
dilution
sumptuous
lanky
34. Dirty of any kind
grudgingly
blistering
rash
famished
35. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
enthrall with
warily
lamentable
able-bodied
36. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
cyanide
frugal
subtle
blatant
37. Never changing
redundant
rail at
unvarying
rejoinder
38. Unfriendly and aggressive
convoluted
altruistic
coax
belligerent
39. Showing much or too much emotion
effusive
retelling
multifarious
benefactor
40. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
confront
elicited
garrulous
phenomenon
41. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
dreary
lamentable
concession
obsequious
42. Common - widespread
prevalent
cessation
refute
shear
43. To obtain - especially with difficulty
able-bodied
procure
arid
conglomeration
44. Rule d and controlled by men
patriarchal
placid
egregious
amorous
45. To copy sth exactly
replicate
unpalatable
enthrall with
lamentable
46. To move in an awkward way - pushing people around out of the way or crash into them
wax
bestow
barge
lethargy
47. Being lack of variety
surpass
alias
monotony
deficit
48. A gradual decline of sth
conglomeration
droll
meager
erosion
49. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
mirth
exemption
vassal
perturbed
50. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
agnostic
virulent
venerate
totter