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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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sat
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
viable
viscous
monotonously
proponent
2. Reveal a secret
divulge
provincial
innuendo
prompt
3. Allocate - distribute - or apportion anew
annex
niche
barge
reapportion
4. Souvenir
prudence
mementos
spurn
titillate
5. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
magnify
preeminent
incentive
extolling
6. Not safe and certain; dangerous
precarious
fidelity
prescribed
acerbic
7. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
flimsy
totter
wistfully
virulent
8. Unwilling to tell people about things
voluminous
prevalent
laconic
reticent
9. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
vassal
grudgingly
jangle
viable
10. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
hasty
lethargy
unrest
exuberant
11. Clear and easy to understand
misnomer
captive
explicitly
illuminate
12. To depend on something
fidelity
grant
hinges on
alias
13. Very expensive and looking very impressive
blistering
sumptuous
accomplice
acerbic
14. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
chock back
phenomenon
extolling
curt
15. To make sth smaller or weak
sole
aggravate
diminish
sodden
16. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
entitle
morale
persistently
promiscuous
17. Showing sexual desire and love towards sb
frugal
indigenous
divulge
amorous
18. How serious - important - large sth is
sumptuous
placate
extent
enthrall with
19. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
imprudence
exemption
notion
compile
20. Being lack of variety
progenitor
benign
applicable
monotony
21. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
upbraid
exterminate
obsequious
insinuate
22. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
conjecture
fauna
dreary
omit
23. To move in an awkward way - pushing people around out of the way or crash into them
barge
lambaste
reservoir
sturdy
24. To make unpleasant sound
distraught
mirth
genial
jangle
25. Additional information
ghastly
unvarying
wax
addendum
26. More than you need or want
superfluous
integrity
ascetic
accomplice
27. Rule d and controlled by men
warily
patriarchal
dexterous
disseminate
28. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
innuendo
convoluted
addendum
lambaste
29. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
thwart
subvert
grudgingly
inept
30. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
relish
candor
genial
arbitrary
31. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
exterminate
vassal
eradication
subsidize
32. To fell disgust or strong dislike
mirth
repulsed
relinquish
chock back
33. To break under pressure
writ
retelling
shear
compartmentalize
34. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
deplete
embark on
sole
wax
35. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
deprecate
candor
denounce
lambaste
36. Using only as much money or food as is necessary
formality
frugal
fauna
droll
37. False - although seeming to be genuine
spurious
effusive
catalogue
superfluous
38. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
lethargy
dilution
dearth
agnostic
39. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
preeminent
assortment
voluminous
reluctant
40. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
glum
enact
pseudonym
preeminent
41. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
monotony
prevalent
prompt
morale
42. (informal) different from what most people expect
extent
offbeat
effusive
able-bodied
43. To do or be better than sb/sth
phenomenon
surpass
applicable
elicited
44. Unexpectedly amusing
belligerent
trivial
distraught
droll
45. Violent and brutal
viciously
equivocal
lofty
strenuous
46. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
fallacy
confront
excommunicate
embark on
47. The act of conceding
concession
periphery
plummet
imprudence
48. To make sth happen or be produced
spawn
prescribed
promiscuous
provincial
49. A series of unpleasant things that happen
prudence
able-bodied
rash
havoc
50. To make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse (=worsen)
upbraid
titillate
curt
aggravate