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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. To make unpleasant sound
pseudonym
barrage
notion
jangle
2. Beg; seriously asking for
glowing
entreat
effusive
ungainly
3. The quality of being completely honest
unvarying
probity
offbeat
disseminate
4. To pretend to have a particular feeling
feign
rail at
innuendo
bestow
5. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
mime
repudiate
placid
rout
6. In syncopated rhythm the strong beats are made weak and the weak beats are made strong
glum
ammunition
virulent
syncopated
7. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
fauna
laconic
liberator
belligerent
8. Full of energy - excitement and happiness
exuberant
mournful
divulge
clump
9. give up
relinquish
hasty
preeminent
rout
10. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
precarious
notion
entrench
captive
11. Moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
redundant
ungainly
vassal
bombastic
12. Very high (loft=attic)
criteria
lofty
stolid
delve into
13. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
serenade
hybrid
discreet
offbeat
14. Most important and noticeable
venue
salient
grin
humanitarian
15. Extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have a n effect
ration
superfluous
virulent
rhetoric
16. To punish or make sb suffer
indigenous
metes out
venue
ghastly
17. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
feral
topography
candor
pantomime
18. To take control of a country - region - etc - especially by force
annex
niche
utilitarian
demolish
19. Critical in a direct and rather cruel way
inept
acerbic
aggravate
divulge
20. To have pity on sth you want to have that you used to have
wistfully
curmudgeon
enthrall with
lofty
21. Talking a lot - especially about unimportant things
fallacy
humility
garrulous
excommunicate
22. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
aggravate
deprecate
benign
totter
23. Regulated
reservoir
sturdy
prescribed
indigenous
24. = mime; = farce
arid
benchmark
pantomime
grin
25. Never changing therefore boring
precipitate
monotonously
alias
totter
26. To fell disgust or strong dislike
repulsed
effusive
offbeat
procure
27. Very dry; having no or little rain
arid
stolid
beguile
benign
28. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
altruistic
embark on
cognizant
scanty
29. To limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have
annex
stipend
blistering
ration
30. Rude because sth done quickly or using very few words
viciously
strenuous
curt
precarious
31. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
innuendo
prompt
mercenary
repudiate
32. To become gradually weaker or less important
hull
mime
wane
premonition
33. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
unvarying
eradication
unrest
upbraid
34. Unexpectedly amusing
mournful
subsidize
monetary
droll
35. To depend on something
placid
mirth
garrulous
hinges on
36. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
confront
fauna
fidelity
tentative
37. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
grin
stipend
bombastic
reservoir
38. Careful in what you say or do to keep sth secret
sumptuous
discreet
precipitate
envision
39. A false idea many people believe to be true; a logic false in thinking about sth
offbeat
incentive
sodden
fallacy
40. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
trivial
condone
cessation
spawn
41. Narrow-minded
provincial
unpalatable
promiscuous
unvarying
42. Clear and easy to understand
courtly
exemption
explicitly
illuminate
43. Not needed or useful
redundant
editorial
reapportion
spurn
44. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
refute
obsequious
notion
misconstrue
45. How serious - important - large sth is
extent
mercenary
persistently
replicate
46. Not important or serious; not worth considering
serenade
mirth
trivial
conventional
47. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
vassal
conjecture
replicate
enact
48. To give sth to sb to show respect
grant
integrity
bestow
ammunition
49. A highly poisonous chemical
wax
bout
cyanide
mundane
50. Very disappointing
monotony
virulent
lamentable
prompt