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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
accomplice
illuminate
reign over
miserly
2. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
titillate
unrest
delve into
blistering
3. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
disrupt
persistently
prevalent
scanty
4. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
embark on
perturbed
enthrall with
rescind
5. Ambiguous
condone
salutary
equivocal
deplete
6. Rage
insinuate
salient
surpass
rail at
7. To talk sb into gently
insinuate
lethargy
coax
aggravate
8. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
clash with
farce
agnostic
inept
9. Very disappointing
warily
lamentable
droll
totter
10. A person who helps in criminal incidents
accomplice
benign
rubric
disrupt
11. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
wax
repudiate
niche
pseudonym
12. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
amorous
vexed
benchmark
envision
13. A mix of different things found together
sole
conglomeration
bout
captive
14. Full of people moving around in a busy way
pantomime
provincial
grudgingly
bustling
15. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
compile
mundane
progenitor
excommunicate
16. Something that encourage a process or activity
incensed
impetus
dire
accomplice
17. Able to spread around
viable
infectious
perturbed
aggravate
18. Extremely wet
lambaste
sodden
humility
sole
19. Plunge
jangle
plummet
placate
warily
20. (formal) a costumer
applicable
patron
placate
subvert
21. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
wax and wane
reticent
fallacy
dilution
22. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
persistently
morale
curt
candor
23. To depend on something
hinges on
probity
placid
belligerent
24. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
trivial
laconic
applicable
syncopated
25. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
voluminous
lofty
lanky
obtuse
26. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
beguile
provincial
embark
reluctant
27. Physically strong and healthy
sodden
applicable
able-bodied
instrumental
28. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
surpass
arbitrary
cede
exemption
29. To pretend to have a particular feeling
stipend
feign
bequeath
monotonously
30. To obtain - especially with difficulty
cyanide
mundane
procure
voluminous
31. Something that encourages you to do sth
spawn
incentive
obtuse
entrench
32. To give sb the right to do sth
indigenous
verbose
conglomeration
entitle
33. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
disrupt
arbitrary
incensed
harbinger
34. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
humanitarian
nourish
vexed
rout
35. Using only a few words to say sth
belligerent
bombastic
seedy
laconic
36. Not interesting or exciting
innuendo
entitle
amorous
mundane
37. How serious - important - large sth is
wane
pretentious
retelling
extent
38. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
stolid
catalogue
rash
courtly
39. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
reapportion
refute
premonition
agnostic
40. To become gradually weaker or less important
pretentious
wane
monetary
arsonist
41. To take control of a country - region - etc - especially by force
clump
rescind
envision
annex
42. To try hard not to show your feelings
utilitarian
salutary
patriarchal
chock back
43. To make unpleasant sound
disrupt
droll
jangle
provincial
44. Reveal a secret
spawn
entrench
indefatigable
divulge
45. Small and poor in quality
conglomeration
meager
able-bodied
vague
46. Narrow-minded
forlorn
multifarious
provincial
equivocal
47. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
glum
dexterous
indefatigable
mercenary
48. Hesitating before doing sth because you don't want to do it or because you aren't sure that if it's the right thing to do
reluctant
lambaste
utilitarian
applicable
49. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
lamentable
vexed
reign over
spawn
50. A legal document from a court of order
writ
serenade
chock back
reign over