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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. The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
morale
genial
embark
concession
2. To agree to give sb what they ask for especially formal or legal permission to do sth
grant
pseudonym
perturbed
repudiate
3. A natural or artificial lake that keeps water before it is taken by pipes to houses - etc.
mime
ghastly
miserly
reservoir
4. The quality of being completely honest
laconic
probity
clash with
clump
5. Able to spread around
catalogue
refute
infectious
formality
6. The quality of being humble
humility
patron
confront
unvarying
7. Beg; seriously asking for
entreat
captive
elicited
viciously
8. Never changing
unvarying
curmudgeon
titillate
assortment
9. Clever at understanding and making judgments about
wax and wane
lamentable
enthrall with
feign
10. Belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else (= native)
indigenous
deprecate
lethargy
prevalent
11. Sensible and careful when you make judgments and decisions - avoiding unnecessary risks
pyromaniac
conjecture
barrage
prudence
12. To accept sth wrong or treat it as it is not serious
enthrall with
condone
assortment
belligerent
13. To break under pressure
thwart
sole
cessation
shear
14. A code that knights adopted in the late Middle Ages; requiring them to be brave - loyal and true to their word; they had to fight fairly in battle
displace
belligerent
miserly
chivalry
15. Badly made and not strong enough for the purpose for which it is used
flimsy
ration
monotonously
compile
16. Speed in doing sth - especially because you do not have enough time
erosion
precarious
retelling
haste
17. Title or set of instructions of book or exam
incentive
ungainly
arbitrary
rubric
18. Not easily irritated
infectious
placid
exterminate
grudgingly
19. (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
editorial
wax
superfluous
aggravate
20. A person who believe it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
prudence
agnostic
heirloom
sodden
21. Incompetent; not having the skill
strenuous
inept
conventional
bustling
22. Small and poor in quality
meager
serenade
fidelity
incentive
23. Not define or certain because you may want to change it later; hesitant
tentative
leaden
grin
conglomeration
24. (disapproving) trying to appear important - intelligent - etc - in order to impress other people
pretentious
cyanide
virulent
enact
25. To refuse to accept sth (=reject)
repudiate
fauna
chock back
benchmark
26. Concerned with making people live better
humanitarian
strenuous
grin
vetiver
27. (formal) words which sound important but have little meaning - used to impress people
bombastic
repudiate
reluctant
imprudence
28. The quality of being loyal to sb/sth
laconic
applicable
fidelity
jangle
29. A political situation in which people are angry and likely to pretest or fight
pseudonym
unrest
misconstrue
famished
30. Having many sexual partners; taking from a wide range of sources - especially without careful thought
prudence
sole
penchant
promiscuous
31. To praise sb/sth very much
obsequious
sodden
extolling
barge
32. Something that encourages you to do sth
miserly
incentive
precarious
rash
33. Violent and brutal
dilution
dearth
viciously
droll
34. Very serious
hasty
dire
fidelity
prompt
35. Nervous and easily frightened
wax and wane
timorous
promiscuous
salutary
36. Narrow-minded
syncopated
leaden
provincial
divulge
37. To give sb the right to do sth
extolling
incensed
entitle
exterminate
38. (formal - disapproving) trying too hard to please sb - especially sb who is important
condone
replicate
lamentable
obsequious
39. A funny play for the theater based on ridiculous and unlikely situation and events
condone
hybrid
cognizant
farce
40. To make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen
prompt
heirloom
alias
exemption
41. To become gradually weaker or less important
lanky
grant
wane
niche
42. To do or be better than sb/sth
entreat
surpass
pseudonym
subtle
43. To give sth to sb to show respect
captive
refute
bestow
mercenary
44. Not needed or useful
redundant
reservoir
viscous
cessation
45. Sth valuable that has passed down within a family
heirloom
persistently
promiscuous
viciously
46. Extremely wet
sodden
sumptuous
proponent
infectious
47. (formal) to start to do sth new or difficult
integrity
salutary
monotonously
embark on
48. Rule d and controlled by men
curmudgeon
feign
patriarchal
liberator
49. Kind and gentle
conceal
magnify
benign
belligerent
50. Revoke; to sate that a law - contract - decision - etc. is no longer valid
rescind
erosion
offbeat
proponent