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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. A name used b y writer that is not real
pseudonym
placate
concession
ungainly
2. The stopping of sth; giving birth to baby by taking them out of the mother through a surgery
cessation
alias
feign
formality
3. (formal) to feel and express strong disapproving of sth
conglomeration
deprecate
venue
feral
4. Showing much or too much emotion
effusive
displace
ghastly
accomplice
5. Never changing
bombastic
lanky
conjecture
unvarying
6. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
bustling
prudence
arsonist
humility
7. (formal) to understand sb's words or action wrongly
misconstrue
rarefy
reign over
condone
8. Money paid regularly to sb as wages
incentive
accomplice
stipend
illuminate
9. A person who helps in criminal incidents
exemption
belligerent
benefactor
accomplice
10. (formal) to say in a will that you want sb to have your property - money - etc. after your die.
fallacy
bequeath
topography
extent
11. A performance using gestures and body movements without words
mime
refute
shear
penchant
12. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
seedy
repulsed
arid
ascetic
13. To praise sb/sth very much
curmudgeon
niche
blistering
extolling
14. To make unpleasant sound
dearth
jangle
deprecate
cessation
15. To move away sth
cyanide
resemble
displace
morale
16. Extremely upset and anxious so that you can't think clearly
distraught
imprudence
dire
relinquish
17. Not needed or useful
ascetic
redundant
lamentable
candor
18. A collection of different things or different type of the same thing
assortment
agnostic
patron
forlorn
19. (spots) done very fast with great energy
blistering
mirth
glum
leaden
20. To smile widely
agnostic
ungainly
grin
surpass
21. Living wild - especially after escaping from life as a pet or on a farm
unvarying
cessation
feral
relinquish
22. (disapproving) to be slow and unwilling to understand sth
coax
spurious
bout
obtuse
23. Not interesting or exciting
misconstrue
spawn
mundane
embark
24. A situation of destruction - damage and confusion
niche
havoc
assortment
integrity
25. To make into compartment (room)
conjecture
compartmentalize
impetus
divulge
26. More than you need or want
agnostic
superfluous
disrupt
morale
27. Giving enthusiastic praise 'in glowing terms'
preeminent
glowing
courtly
illuminate
28. Rule d and controlled by men
erosion
formality
repulsed
patriarchal
29. To deal with a problem or difficult situation
monotonously
leaden
confront
insinuate
30. (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
conjecture
dreary
exemption
rhetoric
31. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
utilitarian
inept
grant
bout
32. Souvenir
premonition
timorous
divulge
mementos
33. A situation of earning less than owed of spent
deficit
seedy
proponent
stolid
34. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing freely
viscous
captive
prevalent
misconstrue
35. Unwilling to tell people about things
catalogue
perturbed
nourish
reticent
36. A standard or principle by which sth is judged
repulsed
inept
criteria
indefatigable
37. Never changing therefore boring
viscous
monotonously
diminish
ungainly
38. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
agnostic
captive
discreet
exterminate
39. A bad sense of something will happen
vague
altruistic
precarious
premonition
40. Very large
arsonist
delve into
voluminous
stolid
41. St that can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with
benchmark
bestow
ammunition
superfluous
42. Unpleasant and not easy to accept
subvert
unpalatable
benign
relinquish
43. Only; single
aggravate
sole
droll
benign
44. Not wise or sensible
imprudence
placid
deficit
rout
45. Extremely bad
egregious
ammunition
embark
liberator
46. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
scanty
annex
compartmentalize
blatant
47. Sad - quite and unhappy
precipitate
glum
surpass
enact
48. A sign that shows that sth is going to happen - often bad
precipitate
harbinger
obtuse
periphery
49. To put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
clump
flimsy
pyromaniac
haste
50. A solider who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
stolid
penchant
obtuse
mercenary