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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. That can be done; that will be successful (= feasible); (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently
viable
procure
concession
lambaste
2. Never changing
upbraid
unvarying
wane
integrity
3. Additional information
venerate
jangle
addendum
rubric
4. Hurried - especially when this has bad results
altruistic
hasty
thwart
placate
5. Souvenir
premonition
mementos
diminish
feral
6. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
rubric
patron
unvarying
preeminent
7. A place where people meet for an organized event - for example a concert - sporting event - or conference
venue
hinges on
meager
penchant
8. Able to spread around
extent
premonition
altruistic
infectious
9. Clear and easy to understand
reluctant
explicitly
arbitrary
bestow
10. Believing that everything happened for selfish reasons; being selfish when doing things
surpass
cynically
fidelity
hierarchical
11. Very disappointing
multifarious
lamentable
wax
arsonist
12. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
blistering
mirth
grudgingly
strenuous
13. Using only a few words to say sth
serenade
laconic
dexterous
mirth
14. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
eradication
persistently
feral
entrench
15. Kind and gentle
syncopated
totter
benign
applicable
16. An indirect remark about sb/sth - usually suggesting sth bad or rude.
lamentable
penchant
innuendo
reservoir
17. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
cessation
unvarying
exterminate
rubric
18. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
acerbic
havoc
illuminate
monetary
19. Of many kinds; having great variety
multifarious
vague
redundant
bequeath
20. To make it difficult for sth to continue in the normal way
rejoinder
unvarying
disrupt
wane
21. Name or word that is not accurate or appropriate
misnomer
entreat
ungainly
sodden
22. The outer edge of a particular area
venue
retelling
periphery
barrage
23. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
placate
ungainly
rhetoric
placid
24. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
rubric
assortment
prescribed
ascetic
25. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
sumptuous
timorous
heirloom
formality
26. Understood or experienced by only a small group of people who share a particular area of knowledge on or activity
disrupt
instrumental
rarefy
demolish
27. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
deficit
liberator
barrage
forlorn
28. Full of people moving around in a busy way
bustling
insinuate
grin
elicited
29. A reply - especially a quick critical or amusing
dexterous
barrage
rejoinder
redundant
30. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
unpalatable
sumptuous
indigenous
trivial
31. Not noticeable or obvious
periphery
subtle
harbinger
barge
32. Unexpectedly amusing
repulsed
entitle
alias
droll
33. To make unpleasant sound
syncopated
jangle
rejoinder
innuendo
34. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
deficit
exuberant
seedy
conjecture
35. Skill with your hands; skilfully done
dexterous
surpass
pantomime
rarefy
36. A match of boxing/wrestling
dilution
obsequious
bout
exuberant
37. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
utilitarian
mime
precipitate
lambaste
38. Strong and not easily damaged
exterminate
rash
thwart
sturdy
39. Supporter
ungainly
aggravate
periphery
proponent
40. Narrow-minded
provincial
promiscuous
timorous
rhetoric
41. Not safe and certain; dangerous
precarious
virulent
genial
jangle
42. To pretend to have a particular feeling
nourish
virulent
feign
mundane
43. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
warily
altruistic
exemption
precipitate
44. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
spawn
barrage
notion
ration
45. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
bombastic
prompt
indefatigable
virulent
46. Not seeming to be based on a reason - system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair
illuminate
arbitrary
voluminous
erosion
47. To talk sb into gently
agnostic
hasty
coax
incentive
48. To have foretold vision
monotony
envision
extolling
preeminent
49. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
benchmark
reign over
verbose
procure
50. To tell again
deficit
premonition
misnomer
retelling