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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. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
probity
deplete
fauna
deficit
2. Only; single
indigenous
indefatigable
elicited
sole
3. To fell disgust or strong dislike
forlorn
cessation
repulsed
ungainly
4. The outer edge of a particular area
periphery
retelling
precipitate
arsonist
5. (literary) to increase then decrease in strength - importance - etc. over a period of time
formality
placid
wax and wane
writ
6. To try hard not to show your feelings
upbraid
chock back
convoluted
premonition
7. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
warily
discreet
hierarchical
annex
8. To destroy completely or accidentally
jangle
conventional
denounce
demolish
9. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
shear
clash with
diminish
refute
10. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
lethargy
sumptuous
coax
rejoinder
11. Never changing therefore boring
redundant
monotonously
flimsy
chivalry
12. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
founder
plummet
conventional
liberator
13. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
illuminate
impetus
prescribed
cessation
14. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
sole
subvert
seedy
ration
15. A legal document from a court of order
nourish
writ
prompt
provincial
16. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
compartmentalize
hierarchical
haste
ration
17. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
mercenary
bestow
entrench
mime
18. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
meager
grant
barrage
misconstrue
19. To copy sth exactly
replicate
dire
niche
scanty
20. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
insinuate
reservoir
disseminate
curt
21. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
candor
denounce
syncopated
cognizant
22. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
relish
misnomer
bombastic
timorous
23. To depend on something
hinges on
aggravate
notion
conventional
24. To look like or be similar to another person or thing
prevalent
eradication
reluctant
resemble
25. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
benchmark
rhetoric
pretentious
rout
26. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
applicable
arid
nourish
condone
27. (formal) a costumer
laconic
writ
heirloom
patron
28. To make unpleasant sound
jangle
subsidize
rejoinder
candor
29. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
compartmentalize
indigenous
cognizant
mercenary
30. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
cede
wistfully
vetiver
mirth
31. Strong and not easily damaged
sturdy
extolling
hasty
heirloom
32. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow; (formal) having many twits or curves
notion
rhetoric
convoluted
bombastic
33. = mime; = farce
pantomime
superfluous
instrumental
cessation
34. Very disappointing
reign over
perturbed
lamentable
reservoir
35. Unexpectedly amusing
able-bodied
droll
fallacy
stolid
36. To make into compartment (room)
morale
compartmentalize
curt
verbose
37. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
famished
conventional
garrulous
totter
38. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
arbitrary
chock back
rejoinder
embark on
39. Not clear in a person's mind
stipend
vague
condone
bombastic
40. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
compartmentalize
serenade
benchmark
strenuous
41. A person who can't control himself to set fire on things
pyromaniac
wax
distraught
precipitate
42. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
ungainly
refute
garrulous
illuminate
43. Supply of bullets
trivial
impetus
vexed
ammunition
44. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
monotonously
unrest
delve into
arsonist
45. Very expensive and looking very impressive
thwart
fidelity
cede
sumptuous
46. Plunge
agnostic
farce
syncopated
plummet
47. Not interesting or exciting
mundane
beguile
bout
vetiver
48. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
arbitrary
displace
progenitor
conjecture
49. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
ascetic
exuberant
periphery
delve into
50. Horrible or terrible
ghastly
venue
lofty
impetus