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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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1. To make into compartment (room)
arsonist
lofty
compartmentalize
proponent
2. To break under pressure
altruistic
belligerent
shear
wax and wane
3. Unexpectedly amusing
pseudonym
multifarious
droll
upbraid
4. To try hard not to show your feelings
topography
flimsy
agnostic
chock back
5. Small and poor in quality
viable
meager
compile
obtuse
6. To do or be better than sb/sth
arid
diminish
envision
surpass
7. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
verbose
meager
excommunicate
prevalent
8. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
barrage
altruistic
clash with
dexterous
9. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
arbitrary
deficit
titillate
premonition
10. Connected with money
expatriate
sole
monetary
dearth
11. To refuse - reject in a proud way
spurn
procure
trivial
rash
12. = mime; = farce
prescribed
mirth
pantomime
hinges on
13. Showing much or too much emotion
viable
grant
effusive
cessation
14. To tell again
writ
shear
retelling
multifarious
15. Horrible or terrible
diminish
ghastly
benefactor
feign
16. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
distraught
condone
grudgingly
sumptuous
17. More than you need or want
cessation
mementos
superfluous
probity
18. Concerned with making people live better
arsonist
applicable
humanitarian
superfluous
19. Very disappointing
farce
lamentable
benefactor
proponent
20. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
confront
vexed
conjecture
resemble
21. A person living in a country that's not their own
disrupt
expatriate
founder
dilution
22. give up
relinquish
imprudence
plummet
glowing
23. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
redundant
precarious
convoluted
illuminate
24. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
lethargy
lanky
confront
discreet
25. Able to spread around
infectious
salutary
able-bodied
embark
26. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
amorous
viciously
embark
rout
27. Dirty of any kind
editorial
grudgingly
exemption
thwart
28. Not clear in a person's mind
editorial
premonition
exuberant
vague
29. Most important and noticeable
redundant
stolid
probity
salient
30. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
beguile
egregious
ammunition
reservoir
31. To give subsidy
laconic
sumptuous
persistently
subsidize
32. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
illuminate
rhetoric
placid
multifarious
33. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
dilution
beguile
metes out
thwart
34. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
condone
curmudgeon
laconic
agnostic
35. Focus more on function than other qualities
persistently
utilitarian
miserly
hierarchical
36. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
mournful
exuberant
indefatigable
miserly
37. The complete destruction of every trace of something
pretentious
eradication
stipend
clump
38. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
notion
obtuse
embark
pretentious
39. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
vetiver
sumptuous
illuminate
editorial
40. The quality of being humble
chock back
coax
cognizant
humility
41. A match of boxing/wrestling
bout
enthrall with
sole
placate
42. Supply of bullets
harbinger
barge
dearth
ammunition
43. Unfriendly and aggressive
benign
unrest
belligerent
deficit
44. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
preeminent
niche
leaden
lethargy
45. Supporter
captive
addendum
proponent
able-bodied
46. Not needed or useful
repulsed
applicable
redundant
monotonously
47. To destroy completely or accidentally
inept
discreet
demolish
stipend
48. Using only a few words to say sth
catalogue
laconic
pretentious
progenitor
49. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
placate
embark on
vetiver
preeminent
50. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
editorial
compile
precarious
reapportion