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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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1. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
liberator
embark
procure
blistering
2. Unexpectedly amusing
droll
diminish
genial
condone
3. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
replicate
thwart
reapportion
lanky
4. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
formality
misconstrue
precarious
famished
5. Very large
extent
condone
voluminous
reservoir
6. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
formality
pretentious
curt
clump
7. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
mournful
mirth
vetiver
deplete
8. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
misconstrue
deprecate
integrity
hinges on
9. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
embark
thwart
wistfully
feral
10. To give sb the right to do sth
replicate
divulge
obsequious
entitle
11. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
upbraid
exemption
mirth
clash with
12. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
subtle
impetus
prompt
reservoir
13. (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
premonition
tentative
wax
formality
14. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general
voluminous
periphery
conventional
conglomeration
15. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
prudence
unrest
disseminate
compile
16. Starving
strenuous
famished
notion
undertake
17. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
harbinger
haste
wax and wane
ascetic
18. Wipe out
retelling
unpalatable
dexterous
exterminate
19. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
dreary
fauna
lanky
nourish
20. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
compile
penchant
prudence
editorial
21. Not wise or sensible
expatriate
writ
monotony
imprudence
22. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
vexed
rash
hinges on
retelling
23. To make into compartment (room)
rubric
expatriate
hinges on
compartmentalize
24. Something that encourages you to do sth
wistfully
incentive
cognizant
vague
25. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
patriarchal
mercenary
metes out
grant
26. Extremely bad
cognizant
egregious
explicitly
cyanide
27. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
accomplice
niche
annex
erosion
28. Physically strong and healthy
delve into
able-bodied
monotonously
clump
29. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
infectious
provincial
seedy
haste
30. A person living in a country that's not their own
criteria
virulent
replicate
expatriate
31. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
monotony
relish
acerbic
arid
32. To leave out
deprecate
exuberant
omit
hinges on
33. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
magnify
preeminent
humility
diminish
34. Sad - quite and unhappy
benchmark
arbitrary
glum
voluminous
35. The outer edge of a particular area
rescind
periphery
reign over
lofty
36. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left
hasty
cessation
deplete
deficit
37. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
exterminate
embark on
stolid
ungainly
38. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
entrench
unrest
multifarious
convoluted
39. Very high (loft=attic)
ascetic
bout
lofty
tentative
40. The quality of being humble
reapportion
vague
humility
deplete
41. To give sth to sb to show respect
conceal
redundant
bestow
frugal
42. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline
ascetic
instrumental
denounce
delve into
43. Plunge
plummet
sumptuous
fauna
ghastly
44. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
clash with
prescribed
salutary
denounce
45. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
cessation
sturdy
reign over
alias
46. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
virulent
rarefy
pantomime
obsequious
47. A gradual decline of sth
ammunition
grant
feral
erosion
48. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
egregious
rubric
vague
pyromaniac
49. To smile widely
chivalry
grin
alias
equivocal
50. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
illuminate
grant
persistently
syncopated