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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 accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
omit
tentative
condone
clump
2. All the animal living in an area or in a particular period of history
mercenary
captive
fauna
liberator
3. Not safe and certain; dangerous
humanitarian
nourish
rubric
precarious
4. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
mime
indigenous
wistfully
diminish
5. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
thwart
strenuous
reservoir
famished
6. The fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own
subtle
cognizant
hull
altruistic
7. To have foretold vision
wane
convoluted
envision
retelling
8. Not interesting or exciting
sodden
penchant
clump
mundane
9. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
periphery
penchant
benefactor
preeminent
10. Of many kinds; having great variety
glowing
multifarious
prescribed
benign
11. Full of people moving around in a busy way
deplete
disrupt
bustling
extolling
12. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
cede
shear
multifarious
relish
13. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
extent
notion
flimsy
liberator
14. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
eradication
ration
heirloom
bombastic
15. More than you need or want
mundane
obtuse
superfluous
offbeat
16. Reveal a secret
bestow
divulge
candor
omit
17. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
courtly
resemble
clump
wistfully
18. Having a good effect on sb/sth - though often seeming unpleasant
salutary
dilution
bestow
titillate
19. Additional information
repudiate
addendum
garrulous
nourish
20. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
voluminous
ungainly
coax
precipitate
21. To leave out
insinuate
spawn
acerbic
omit
22. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
mirth
entrench
unrest
voluminous
23. To become gradually weaker or less important
ghastly
havoc
serenade
wane
24. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
amorous
spawn
condone
morale
25. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
blatant
distraught
vague
havoc
26. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
viable
obtuse
preeminent
wax
27. To break under pressure
sumptuous
insinuate
promiscuous
shear
28. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
equivocal
delve into
dreary
serenade
29. Lonely and unhappy
forlorn
demolish
vexed
dire
30. To hide sth
imprudence
conceal
feign
chock back
31. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
compile
assortment
monetary
eradication
32. Never changing
pantomime
unvarying
exterminate
fidelity
33. How serious - important - large sth is
fauna
extent
hybrid
candor
34. A name used b y writer that is not real
enthrall with
pseudonym
explicitly
reservoir
35. To fell disgust or strong dislike
effusive
bequeath
barge
repulsed
36. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
displace
entrench
explicitly
ungainly
37. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
disrupt
annex
leaden
courtly
38. A cranky old person
blatant
penchant
curmudgeon
utilitarian
39. Something that encourage a process or activity
instrumental
impetus
promiscuous
cyanide
40. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
hierarchical
elicited
belligerent
arsonist
41. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
cessation
vetiver
exemption
farce
42. 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
sole
chivalry
placid
cognizant
43. To perform a play or act a part in a play; to pass a law
enact
disseminate
alias
addendum
44. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
altruistic
curmudgeon
hierarchical
prompt
45. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
inept
venue
placate
candor
46. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
ration
viscous
convoluted
mime
47. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
viable
titillate
multifarious
benefactor
48. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
acerbic
distraught
promiscuous
applicable
49. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
bustling
criteria
resemble
bequeath
50. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
repulsed
nourish
sodden
founder