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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. To be worried and anxious
repudiate
impetus
perturbed
distraught
2. To make sth into catalogue
virulent
delve into
conglomeration
catalogue
3. To depend on something
hinges on
phenomenon
multifarious
impetus
4. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
distraught
cognizant
agnostic
benign
5. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
concession
confront
wax and wane
pretentious
6. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
bout
niche
grin
havoc
7. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
formality
subsidize
indefatigable
reticent
8. Not noticeable or obvious
exterminate
subtle
provincial
rejoinder
9. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
impetus
egregious
excommunicate
cynically
10. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
acerbic
tentative
premonition
chock back
11. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
heirloom
scanty
exterminate
hull
12. Ambiguous
precipitate
equivocal
deprecate
subtle
13. Incompetent; not having the skill
inept
fallacy
grudgingly
exemption
14. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
lethargy
preeminent
elicited
impetus
15. Too small; (of a person) hating to spend money
miserly
monotonously
catalogue
formality
16. (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
divulge
formality
probity
candor
17. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
reservoir
metes out
multifarious
mirth
18. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
spurn
clash with
applicable
delve into
19. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
wax
hasty
coax
hierarchical
20. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
erosion
agnostic
impetus
vassal
21. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
wax
timorous
heirloom
criteria
22. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
farce
stipend
sodden
aggravate
23. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
verbose
conventional
mirth
deficit
24. Physically strong and healthy
unrest
able-bodied
bustling
barge
25. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
explicitly
prevalent
excommunicate
aggravate
26. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
deplete
resemble
pseudonym
chock back
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
miserly
chivalry
bestow
redundant
28. A cranky old person
aggravate
hierarchical
impetus
curmudgeon
29. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
convoluted
rout
frugal
prudence
30. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
lethargy
reign over
niche
vetiver
31. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
harbinger
wistfully
spawn
chivalry
32. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
accomplice
seedy
disrupt
captive
33. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
ration
resemble
liberator
arsonist
34. To move away sth
retelling
displace
rescind
benchmark
35. To become gradually weaker or less important
wane
salient
captive
serenade
36. To refuse - reject in a proud way
envision
spurn
deplete
laconic
37. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
innuendo
equivocal
illuminate
spawn
38. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
redundant
reign over
embark
mournful
39. Not needed or useful
cede
vetiver
mirth
redundant
40. Lonely and unhappy
amorous
spurious
forlorn
haste
41. (informal) different from what most people expect
exuberant
offbeat
retelling
fidelity
42. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
mementos
prescribed
deficit
ungainly
43. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
mournful
excommunicate
humanitarian
stolid
44. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
entrench
barrage
inept
viscous
45. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
divulge
precipitate
salutary
repudiate
46. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
indefatigable
pyromaniac
conventional
notion
47. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
hybrid
clump
arbitrary
coax
48. Additional information
rail at
prompt
addendum
rubric
49. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
premonition
garrulous
precipitate
voluminous
50. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
rail at
unrest
ammunition
subtle