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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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sat
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
subsidize
embark on
effusive
reign over
2. Supporter
proponent
conceal
curmudgeon
frugal
3. To enjoy or desire much
relish
envision
ammunition
upbraid
4. A mix of different things found together
provincial
dire
laconic
conglomeration
5. They physical feature of an area of land - especially the position of its mountains - rivers - etc.
venue
heirloom
topography
stolid
6. Never changing therefore boring
undertake
compile
monotonously
refute
7. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
misconstrue
misnomer
fallacy
relinquish
8. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
meager
wistfully
cede
arid
9. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
wax
belligerent
prevalent
serenade
10. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
tentative
wax
wax and wane
prompt
11. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
tentative
wax and wane
wane
displace
12. To make unpleasant sound
jangle
spurious
altruistic
instrumental
13. To get onto a sheep
reticent
conceal
embark
pyromaniac
14. To become gradually weaker or less important
dexterous
wistfully
lamentable
wane
15. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
beguile
infectious
lofty
indigenous
16. Search inside sth
delve into
lanky
lambaste
obsequious
17. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
harbinger
egregious
candor
humility
18. A gradual decline of sth
erosion
spawn
rejoinder
dearth
19. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
persistently
confront
spurious
denounce
20. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
acerbic
reservoir
niche
dexterous
21. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
haste
pseudonym
founder
hull
22. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
bequeath
dreary
rejoinder
indigenous
23. The act of conceding
concession
humility
mementos
humanitarian
24. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
flimsy
condone
discreet
probity
25. To do or be better than sb/sth
surpass
spurn
explicitly
fauna
26. Focus more on function than other qualities
addendum
lofty
virulent
utilitarian
27. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
conventional
heirloom
bout
altruistic
28. Physically strong and healthy
effusive
salutary
able-bodied
accomplice
29. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
exterminate
persistently
sturdy
sumptuous
30. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
viable
repudiate
monotonously
cessation
31. To have foretold vision
envision
concession
titillate
belligerent
32. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
farce
offbeat
egregious
mementos
33. Able to spread around
founder
reticent
infectious
criteria
34. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
grant
undertake
subtle
probity
35. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
monotony
garrulous
rescind
excommunicate
36. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
writ
envision
curt
aggravate
37. To try hard not to show your feelings
addendum
hinges on
dreary
chock back
38. (informal) different from what most people expect
offbeat
arbitrary
pseudonym
annex
39. Needing great effort and energy
ungainly
humanitarian
strenuous
blistering
40. False - although seeming to be genuine
effusive
spurious
hierarchical
offbeat
41. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
applicable
proponent
accomplice
obtuse
42. Concerned with making people live better
subsidize
humanitarian
barrage
prescribed
43. Not wise or sensible
imprudence
disrupt
topography
cynically
44. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
sumptuous
viscous
havoc
omit
45. Common - widespread
venerate
viable
viscous
prevalent
46. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
unvarying
pretentious
assortment
unrest
47. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
promiscuous
grant
mirth
undertake
48. To make sth into catalogue
catalogue
ghastly
fauna
reapportion
49. Not important or serious; not worth considering
mirth
trivial
cessation
dire
50. Very disappointing
lamentable
candor
sole
pantomime