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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. To punish by officially kick sb out of a Christian Church
misconstrue
infectious
excommunicate
enact
2. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
miserly
catalogue
unrest
monetary
3. To pretend to have a particular feeling
replicate
hasty
bustling
feign
4. (man) to sing or play music to a woman of his love outside under the window
curt
mementos
serenade
annex
5. To strongly criticize sb/sth that you think is wrong - illegal - etc.
annex
benign
omit
denounce
6. (of actions that are considered bad) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
bombastic
vague
hybrid
blatant
7. To be respected very much as being very important or holy
enthrall with
hybrid
venerate
embark
8. Not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing
arsonist
meager
titillate
stolid
9. To make sth smaller or weak
perturbed
diminish
enthrall with
divulge
10. Regulated
vague
redundant
prescribed
confront
11. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
arbitrary
metes out
miserly
candor
12. Connected with money
monetary
utilitarian
repulsed
instrumental
13. Starving
reign over
famished
incensed
aggravate
14. Determined to do sth despite difficulty - especially when people are against you and think that you are being annoying and unreasonable
spawn
fallacy
wistfully
persistently
15. To do or be better than sb/sth
warily
lambaste
surpass
conventional
16. (formal) a costumer
patron
mournful
erosion
amorous
17. Not safe and certain; dangerous
precarious
dilution
stolid
multifarious
18. Organized of levels from high to low in a society
hierarchical
envision
retelling
illuminate
19. Not clear in a person's mind
humanitarian
vague
blatant
provincial
20. To give sb the right to do sth
entitle
discreet
utilitarian
curt
21. (usually plural) a thing you must do as a formal or official part of a legal process - a social situation - etc - (usually singular) a thing - that you must do as part of an official progress - but which has little meaning and will not affect what ha
embark
formality
precipitate
topography
22. Dirty and unpleasant - usually with immortal or illegal activities
reapportion
inept
laconic
seedy
23. Lonely and unhappy
plummet
forlorn
surpass
infectious
24. To make yourself responsible for sth
undertake
vague
hierarchical
rash
25. Violent and brutal
indefatigable
viciously
criteria
agnostic
26. The act of conceding
bombastic
eradication
frugal
concession
27. A person who helps in criminal incidents
barge
accomplice
lambaste
denounce
28. (formal) to prove that sth is wrong; to say that sth is not true or fair
agnostic
refute
morale
haste
29. A person who commit the crime of setting fire
arsonist
bequeath
famished
premonition
30. The outer edge of a particular area
entitle
rash
periphery
pretentious
31. give up
harbinger
relinquish
hinges on
deficit
32. Very sad
displace
magnify
mournful
spawn
33. To spread information - knowledge - etc - so that it reaches many people
placid
entitle
topography
disseminate
34. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
heirloom
jangle
convoluted
prescribed
35. An idea - a belief or an understanding of shth
notion
explicitly
curmudgeon
promiscuous
36. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
exemption
rhetoric
lamentable
rescind
37. A situation that sth is defeated easily and completely
jangle
trivial
totter
rout
38. Dull gray - like lead
topography
formality
shear
leaden
39. Unable to escape; kept as a prisoner or in a confined space
arid
envision
convoluted
captive
40. To trick sb into doing sth - especially by being nice to them
beguile
reticent
confront
cyanide
41. To be worried and anxious
embark on
procure
heirloom
perturbed
42. A man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and be loyal to a king or other powerful owner of land
vassal
reign over
hull
hinges on
43. Having a good effect on sb/sth - though often seeming unpleasant
mournful
applicable
lofty
salutary
44. The continuous firing of a large amour of guns in a particular direction
bustling
incentive
venerate
barrage
45. The main bottom part of a ship that goes in the water
hull
embark
mementos
prudence
46. Only; single
arbitrary
bequeath
fauna
sole
47. To copy sth exactly
fidelity
replicate
entreat
metes out
48. A match of boxing/wrestling
cede
delve into
bout
glum
49. Full of people moving around in a busy way
bustling
clump
indefatigable
shear
50. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you don't approve what they have done or said
upbraid
meager
addendum
multifarious