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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. (formal - disapproving) using or containing more words than are neede
wane
verbose
diminish
dearth
2. To smile widely
writ
grin
salient
imprudence
3. To break under pressure
rail at
shear
illuminate
jangle
4. Having a good effect on sb/sth - though often seeming unpleasant
lamentable
salutary
editorial
syncopated
5. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
condone
rarefy
titillate
omit
6. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
totter
incentive
cessation
demolish
7. Reveal a secret
pyromaniac
alias
salutary
divulge
8. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
perturbed
repudiate
cede
wistfully
9. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
belligerent
demolish
ration
discreet
10. A legal document from a court of order
writ
condone
spawn
compartmentalize
11. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
reservoir
genial
leaden
arbitrary
12. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
indefatigable
persistently
extent
titillate
13. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
syncopated
insinuate
discreet
prescribed
14. Strong and not easily damaged
courtly
sturdy
discreet
divulge
15. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
exterminate
liberator
conjecture
dire
16. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
rarefy
arbitrary
concession
seedy
17. Most important and noticeable
compile
erosion
genial
salient
18. = mime; = farce
havoc
pantomime
placid
bombastic
19. Wipe out
arbitrary
misnomer
exterminate
exemption
20. To make you sad
monotony
surpass
dreary
addendum
21. Full of people moving around in a busy way
farce
heirloom
bustling
conceal
22. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
beguile
delve into
salient
extent
23. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
cynically
notion
magnify
wane
24. To refuse - reject in a proud way
compile
spurn
humanitarian
diminish
25. Using only a few words to say sth
persistently
pseudonym
laconic
mementos
26. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
ascetic
shear
wane
syncopated
27. A code that knights adopted in the late Middle Ages; requiring them to be brave - loyal and true to their word; they had to fight fairly in battle
ascetic
dilution
chivalry
aggravate
28. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
spurn
upbraid
leaden
rejoinder
29. To make sth happen or be produced
spawn
rejoinder
disseminate
indigenous
30. A bad sense of something will happen
mirth
editorial
premonition
imprudence
31. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
wax
annex
meager
warily
32. To depend on something
reapportion
assortment
hinges on
preeminent
33. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
repulsed
captive
distraught
enact
34. Supply of bullets
arid
fallacy
ammunition
rarefy
35. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
embark
unvarying
viable
bequeath
36. Only; single
sole
extent
jangle
wane
37. Not needed or useful
redundant
upbraid
preeminent
leaden
38. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
scanty
viable
cessation
captive
39. More than you need or want
reign over
sole
sumptuous
superfluous
40. Dull gray - like lead
leaden
arsonist
writ
wane
41. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
salient
genial
farce
criteria
42. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
proponent
viable
heirloom
enthrall with
43. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
curt
dire
rescind
hasty
44. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
acerbic
innuendo
miserly
preeminent
45. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
cognizant
curmudgeon
dreary
viciously
46. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
feral
heirloom
altruistic
relish
47. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
strenuous
glowing
procure
redundant
48. Not noticeable or obvious
subtle
accomplice
enthrall with
dreary
49. To tell again
retelling
subtle
monotonously
upbraid
50. Not important or serious; not worth considering
unrest
alias
trivial
demolish
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