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SAT Critical Reading Vocab
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Subjects
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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. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
integrity
placate
bombastic
leaden
2. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
envision
mime
concession
ungainly
3. To give sb the right to do sth
rout
entitle
vassal
lofty
4. (spots) done very fast with great energy
impetus
salient
cessation
blistering
5. A series of unpleasant things that happen
phenomenon
conglomeration
effusive
rash
6. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
divulge
obtuse
arsonist
lambaste
7. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
candor
timorous
reign over
niche
8. A bad sense of something will happen
premonition
feign
sole
placate
9. Incompetent; not having the skill
prompt
salutary
rhetoric
inept
10. Very disappointing
hinges on
fidelity
lamentable
omit
11. The outer edge of a particular area
periphery
replicate
hasty
dilution
12. To give sb control of sth unwillingly
prevalent
beguile
excommunicate
cede
13. Very important in making sth to happen
rubric
ammunition
instrumental
wax and wane
14. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
elicited
denounce
assortment
grin
15. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
chivalry
subtle
feral
rail at
16. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
subvert
editorial
syncopated
monotonously
17. Ancestor
refute
progenitor
humility
grin
18. To break under pressure
obtuse
precipitate
shear
resemble
19. To make sth weaker
discreet
precarious
exuberant
dilution
20. Extremely polite and full of respect - especially in an old-fashioned way
rubric
conventional
harbinger
courtly
21. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
insinuate
nourish
proponent
deficit
22. Dull gray - like lead
benefactor
leaden
sturdy
relinquish
23. Small and poor in quality
fallacy
topography
spawn
meager
24. Only; single
hybrid
grin
sole
reservoir
25. To leave out
omit
stolid
undertake
serenade
26. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
mournful
hybrid
thwart
obsequious
27. Unwilling to tell people about things
reticent
undertake
monotony
hinges on
28. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
glowing
penchant
beguile
pantomime
29. Having a good effect on sb/sth - though often seeming unpleasant
reapportion
verbose
salutary
cynically
30. Very serious
conjecture
mementos
humanitarian
dire
31. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
misconstrue
dire
premonition
conventional
32. A cranky old person
lethargy
unvarying
curmudgeon
arbitrary
33. To make sth bigger - louder - stronger
concession
magnify
discreet
altruistic
34. Supply of bullets
entreat
ammunition
retelling
criteria
35. Not important or serious; not worth considering
chock back
trivial
droll
phenomenon
36. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
wax
replicate
cyanide
aggravate
37. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
prudence
seedy
conventional
utilitarian
38. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
venerate
surpass
deficit
wax and wane
39. Being lack of variety
preeminent
monotony
genial
frugal
40. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
haste
repudiate
arsonist
conventional
41. Not interesting or exciting
rarefy
mundane
conjecture
chock back
42. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
embark on
lambaste
compartmentalize
candor
43. undermine -> to make sth - especially sb's confidence or authority - gradually weaker or less effective
able-bodied
precarious
effusive
subvert
44. To hide sth
conceal
clump
embark on
hasty
45. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
compile
niche
harbinger
cessation
46. Extremely bad
miserly
embark
egregious
curmudgeon
47. 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
incensed
venerate
able-bodied
reluctant
48. That can be said to be true in the case of sb/sth
exterminate
applicable
harbinger
unrest
49. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
lofty
reign over
alias
replicate
50. Physically strong and healthy
virulent
mementos
distraught
able-bodied