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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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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. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
monetary
diminish
insinuate
condone
2. Cheerful and friendly
flimsy
deprecate
exterminate
genial
3. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
embark on
barge
liberator
entitle
4. To give sb the right to do sth
hasty
entitle
disrupt
hierarchical
5. A match of boxing/wrestling
discreet
ascetic
fauna
bout
6. The outer edge of a particular area
rash
grudgingly
refute
periphery
7. Very large
exuberant
rescind
reluctant
voluminous
8. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
grudgingly
rarefy
prevalent
salient
9. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
unpalatable
prescribed
obsequious
repudiate
10. To obtain - especially with difficulty
procure
cognizant
ascetic
curmudgeon
11. Rage
leaden
rail at
chock back
grudgingly
12. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
compile
provincial
curmudgeon
surpass
13. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
discreet
illuminate
entitle
lofty
14. Very disappointing
mime
lamentable
mournful
fidelity
15. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
haste
cessation
bequeath
indefatigable
16. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
cede
lanky
thwart
rout
17. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
wax and wane
lanky
infectious
proponent
18. Short fight between groups (clash=conflict)
clash with
flimsy
founder
denounce
19. Nervous and easily frightened
timorous
conventional
phenomenon
serenade
20. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
mirth
flimsy
unrest
sumptuous
21. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
curt
vexed
arsonist
spurious
22. 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
arsonist
infectious
hasty
23. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
lanky
unrest
bombastic
rail at
24. Concerned with making people live better
benign
humanitarian
lambaste
formality
25. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
excommunicate
misconstrue
exuberant
benign
26. Talking a lot - especially about unimportant things
bequeath
alias
topography
garrulous
27. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
arsonist
timorous
condone
perturbed
28. To be worried and anxious
enthrall with
rubric
perturbed
embark on
29. Not needed or useful
dilution
chivalry
redundant
benign
30. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
grudgingly
sturdy
rescind
erosion
31. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
grudgingly
misconstrue
subsidize
spurn
32. Ancestor
bequeath
disrupt
progenitor
probity
33. give up
relinquish
conceal
rout
hierarchical
34. A series of unpleasant things that happen
rash
undertake
replicate
extolling
35. Showing much or too much emotion
effusive
innuendo
cynically
integrity
36. The complete destruction of every trace of something
repulsed
spurious
eradication
salutary
37. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
fauna
salutary
indefatigable
benefactor
38. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
cognizant
refute
indigenous
conceal
39. The quality of being humble
benchmark
humility
laconic
spawn
40. A fragrant extract or essential oil obtained from the root of an Indian grass - used in perfumery and aromatherapy
instrumental
vetiver
sumptuous
rash
41. To break under pressure
shear
deprecate
prompt
benchmark
42. Extremely wet
sodden
metes out
deplete
patron
43. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
mercenary
exuberant
prevalent
denounce
44. Being lack of variety
monotony
curmudgeon
sodden
voluminous
45. Supply of bullets
ammunition
voluminous
condone
enthrall with
46. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
dearth
conglomeration
trivial
ration
47. Physically strong and healthy
morale
able-bodied
heirloom
bestow
48. Not safe and certain; dangerous
nourish
patron
precipitate
precarious
49. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
compartmentalize
elicited
unpalatable
humanitarian
50. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
lanky
bestow
acerbic
lambaste