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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 person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
distraught
monetary
agnostic
sturdy
2. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
hasty
premonition
clump
editorial
3. Souvenir
mementos
enact
fallacy
thwart
4. To do or be better than sb/sth
denounce
hasty
discreet
surpass
5. A bad sense of something will happen
flimsy
cognizant
premonition
blatant
6. Very dry; having no or little rain
elicited
ascetic
refute
arid
7. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
glowing
flimsy
mercenary
pantomime
8. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
haste
founder
grudgingly
bustling
9. Rule d and controlled by men
niche
patriarchal
dreary
explicitly
10. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
bestow
relish
hasty
innuendo
11. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
explicitly
cyanide
inept
enthrall with
12. To move away sth
lethargy
innuendo
famished
displace
13. (informal) different from what most people expect
nourish
offbeat
patriarchal
blistering
14. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
meager
bout
exuberant
rhetoric
15. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
misnomer
lanky
exemption
rail at
16. More than you need or want
superfluous
effusive
unrest
placate
17. To get onto a sheep
thwart
embark
precipitate
mementos
18. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
grant
magnify
obsequious
upbraid
19. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
barge
editorial
entreat
explicitly
20. The quality of being loyal to sb/sth
illuminate
provincial
replicate
fidelity
21. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
refute
hinges on
viciously
reticent
22. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
misconstrue
barge
deplete
notion
23. A legal document from a court of order
sturdy
vague
diminish
writ
24. To make unpleasant sound
arbitrary
curmudgeon
jangle
mundane
25. Very expensive and looking very impressive
jangle
extolling
sumptuous
hull
26. Unexpectedly amusing
droll
curt
ungainly
refute
27. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem
harbinger
warily
hull
metes out
28. Horrible or terrible
ghastly
founder
divulge
probity
29. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
superfluous
insinuate
grant
leaden
30. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
periphery
dilution
rhetoric
utilitarian
31. Ambiguous
equivocal
conjecture
incentive
sturdy
32. Very serious
vexed
dire
editorial
mundane
33. Reveal a secret
titillate
humility
divulge
dire
34. A mix of different things found together
repudiate
rescind
conglomeration
bestow
35. To punish or make sb suffer
distraught
metes out
lambaste
compile
36. To give sb the right to do sth
addendum
prescribed
confront
entitle
37. (formal) to shine light on sth; = clarify; = light up
illuminate
indefatigable
annex
able-bodied
38. Additional information
rout
repudiate
addendum
lethargy
39. To make yourself responsible for sth
nourish
superfluous
undertake
condone
40. Having long arms and legs and moving in and awkward way
liberator
droll
lanky
forlorn
41. (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
applicable
heirloom
blatant
formality
42. Imply; to tell or say sth indirectly that it is true
insinuate
convoluted
courtly
jangle
43. To make sb less angry about sth
vexed
placate
indigenous
candor
44. Dirty of any kind
mime
grudgingly
courtly
bustling
45. Very sad
heirloom
mournful
provincial
courtly
46. To make into compartment (room)
cyanide
repulsed
compartmentalize
indefatigable
47. Extremely bad
misnomer
delve into
persistently
egregious
48. The quality of being completely honest
probity
arsonist
hierarchical
effusive
49. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
promiscuous
dexterous
criteria
sturdy
50. A person who helps in criminal incidents
cognizant
prevalent
accomplice
meager