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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. (formal - disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people - but that is not completely honest or sincere
insinuate
rhetoric
conventional
forlorn
2. The quality of being humble
arsonist
blatant
wax and wane
humility
3. To break under pressure
shear
pretentious
surpass
warily
4. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
reservoir
equivocal
humanitarian
deprecate
5. Ambiguous
misnomer
progenitor
topography
equivocal
6. To copy sth exactly
scanty
undertake
clash with
replicate
7. Clear and easy to understand
meager
havoc
cognizant
explicitly
8. (formal - approving) never giving up or getting tired of doing st
provincial
indefatigable
refute
penchant
9. A person living in a country that's not their own
obsequious
blatant
haste
expatriate
10. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
notion
feral
bustling
expatriate
11. Not important or serious; not worth considering
displace
trivial
proponent
altruistic
12. A gradual decline of sth
belligerent
erosion
venerate
rejoinder
13. Dull gray - like lead
bombastic
elicited
leaden
misconstrue
14. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
syncopated
forlorn
glowing
fallacy
15. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
disseminate
subtle
subvert
deficit
16. Unfriendly and aggressive
replicate
exemption
belligerent
dearth
17. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
blatant
integrity
stipend
dreary
18. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
editorial
embark
frugal
clump
19. To suddenly cause sth bad to happen
viscous
precipitate
impetus
enthrall with
20. Being lack of variety
convoluted
voluminous
unrest
monotony
21. Unexpectedly amusing
distraught
retelling
droll
rejoinder
22. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
ungainly
monotonously
venerate
persistently
23. Something that encourage a process or activity
impetus
egregious
lambaste
beguile
24. Kind and gentle
sodden
salutary
benign
fidelity
25. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
voluminous
criteria
insinuate
erosion
26. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
clump
compile
wistfully
benchmark
27. = mime; = farce
subvert
conventional
droll
pantomime
28. Ancestor
repulsed
progenitor
pretentious
extolling
29. A lack of sth
refute
dearth
topography
explicitly
30. (adj.) a problem that is difficult to deal wit
erosion
enthrall with
upbraid
vexed
31. To give subsidy
blistering
subsidize
humility
enthrall with
32. To keep people - animals or plants alive and healthy by food - etc.
indefatigable
nourish
bestow
lethargy
33. To stop sb do sth from his atempt
formality
pyromaniac
thwart
cynically
34. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
repudiate
seedy
sturdy
persistently
35. To praise sb/sth very much
viciously
extolling
captive
addendum
36. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
arsonist
bequeath
egregious
bombastic
37. A fact or an event in nature or society - especially one that is not fully understand
envision
benchmark
incentive
phenomenon
38. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
indefatigable
tentative
superfluous
pretentious
39. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
conglomeration
seedy
shear
reign over
40. Very sad
reservoir
mournful
expatriate
humanitarian
41. To make sth into catalogue
catalogue
elicited
persistently
entitle
42. An animal or a plant of parents from different species
patriarchal
cyanide
hybrid
notion
43. Happiness - fun and the sound of people laughing
pseudonym
mirth
fallacy
envision
44. Outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
infectious
displace
preeminent
indefatigable
45. Rule as emperor - king - or queen
subtle
haste
redundant
reign over
46. The act of conceding
entreat
offbeat
forlorn
concession
47. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
bombastic
serenade
ammunition
miserly
48. A highly poisonous chemical
redundant
cyanide
applicable
disseminate
49. Needing great effort and energy
multifarious
strenuous
chivalry
rash
50. A legal document from a court of order
titillate
barge
grin
writ