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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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1. Nervous and easily frightened
farce
probity
surpass
timorous
2. Very expensive and looking very impressive
ghastly
monetary
unpalatable
sumptuous
3. A mix of different things found together
hybrid
conglomeration
trivial
periphery
4. False - although seeming to be genuine
lofty
entrench
spurious
prudence
5. To refuse - reject in a proud way
acerbic
denounce
spurn
exuberant
6. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
bustling
hybrid
extent
diminish
7. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
misnomer
expatriate
precipitate
hybrid
8. To hide sth
hybrid
monotonously
vetiver
conceal
9. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
bequeath
extent
utilitarian
rubric
10. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
wistfully
timorous
integrity
ungainly
11. (formal) knowledge or understanding of sth
vetiver
vague
cognizant
deplete
12. The complete destruction of every trace of something
eradication
utilitarian
explicitly
mournful
13. Never changing
reluctant
deplete
unvarying
reapportion
14. To pretend to have a particular feeling
procure
feign
assortment
sumptuous
15. (disapproving) to interest or excite in a sexual way
dexterous
titillate
precarious
ascetic
16. Sad - quite and unhappy
glum
ascetic
cessation
humanitarian
17. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
meager
delve into
venerate
glum
18. The sate of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
lethargy
concession
cognizant
glum
19. To get info or reaction - especially with difficulty
applicable
catalogue
elicited
courtly
20. Needing great effort and energy
dreary
strenuous
precarious
ghastly
21. Very large
curmudgeon
voluminous
barge
laconic
22. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
captive
flimsy
persistently
alias
23. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
niche
pretentious
grudgingly
notion
24. To give sb the right to do sth
entitle
progenitor
stipend
courtly
25. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
wistfully
sodden
condone
vassal
26. Not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing
stolid
demolish
indefatigable
notion
27. 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
discreet
cede
viciously
reluctant
28. To get onto a sheep
hierarchical
embark
benign
miserly
29. A special liking for sth
barrage
excommunicate
convoluted
penchant
30. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
pseudonym
seedy
curt
fidelity
31. The quality of being loyal to sb/sth
premonition
compile
exuberant
fidelity
32. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
hierarchical
offbeat
diminish
cessation
33. An important article in newspaper that express the editor's opinion
editorial
compile
voluminous
accomplice
34. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
excommunicate
editorial
fauna
alias
35. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
deprecate
conceal
diminish
benefactor
36. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
fauna
phenomenon
relinquish
acerbic
37. The act of conceding
prudence
concession
hull
hybrid
38. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
pyromaniac
spawn
conjecture
applicable
39. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
embark on
unpalatable
salient
warily
40. Showing much or too much emotion
progenitor
effusive
patron
prompt
41. Official of not to do/pay what you normally have to
exemption
placid
warily
bombastic
42. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
embark on
pretentious
cede
famished
43. To do or be better than sb/sth
surpass
innuendo
reticent
cessation
44. Supporter
lanky
timorous
glum
proponent
45. A legal document from a court of order
pyromaniac
candor
writ
egregious
46. To produce a book - list - report - etc. by bringing together different items - articles - songs - etc.
compile
feign
cynically
assortment
47. Not enough
cynically
demolish
scanty
annex
48. To take control of a country - region - etc - especially by force
rhetoric
wax
salient
annex
49. A comfortable or suitable role - job - way of life - etc.
seedy
bustling
totter
niche
50. To copy sth exactly
frugal
subvert
replicate
retelling