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SAT Critical Reading Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.






2. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people






3. A person living in a country that's not their own






4. To fill with water and sink; to fail because of a particular problem






5. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable






6. Tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general






7. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb






8. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.






9. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely






10. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way






11. To give sth to sb to show respect






12. Horrible or terrible






13. To make into compartment (room)






14. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth






15. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand






16. = mime; = farce






17. Needing great effort and energy






18. To have foretold vision






19. To talk or move with weak unsteady steps - especially because you are drunk or ill/sick






20. Unpleasant and not easy to accept






21. Only; single






22. Not interesting or exciting






23. A situation of earning less than owed of spent






24. A person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization






25. Dull gray - like lead






26. Showing much or too much emotion






27. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference






28. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not






29. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)






30. A series of unpleasant things that happen






31. Not noticeable or obvious






32. A legal document from a court of order






33. To make sth happen or be produced






34. Supporter






35. To try hard not to show your feelings






36. Careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem






37. Narrow-minded






38. To reduce sth by a large amount so that there's not enough left






39. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight






40. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair






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






42. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought






43. A gradual decline of sth






44. Practices self denial as spiritual discipline






45. A performance using gestures and body movements without words






46. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)






47. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew






48. Able to spread around






49. To be respected very much as being very important or holy






50. To give subsidy