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SAT Critical Reading Vocab 2
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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. Creature that seizes and devours another animal
predator
laconic
intransigence
pivotal
2. Vague; elusive; not material
painstaking
ironic
provocative
intangible
3. Praise
laud
phenomena
insurgent
potent
4. Ill fame
relinquish
inequity
obstinate
notoriety
5. Assign
laconic
preposterous
pitfall
relegate
6. Put down; extinguish
levity
quell
qualified
malice
7. Nearness
pervasive
proximity
intervene
profusion
8. Practical
ironic
perfunctory
pragmatic
ponderous
9. Hermit
paradigm
predator
recluse
medley
10. Hint
laconic
intermittent
rebuttal
insinuate
11. Meddlesome
recant
officious
minute
momentous
12. Urge
ornate
instigate
negate
relish
13. Immediate insight
intuition
insurgent
invert
ornate
14. Not active
pretentious
passive
platitude
misnomer
15. Very destructive
reproach
predilection
pernicious
parry
16. Savor; enjoy
relish
irresolute
renegade
retiring
17. Dawdle
perjury
linger
resigned
problematic
18. Cautious
prudent
resolve
rancor
protract
19. Spread throughout every part
protract
pervasive
reserve
levity
20. Weak
profligate
irresolute
objective
relish
21. Insignificant
paltry
replete
inert
jocular
22. Generous
magnanimous
pernicious
pugnacity
lurid
23. Doubtful; questionable
problematic
precarious
negate
partial
24. Belief that life is basically bad
insinuate
mercenary
pessimism
lament
25. Unresisting
pragmatic
relinquish
resigned
relevant
26. Harmless
relegate
pretentious
pungent
innocuous
27. Relating to the case in hand
relevant
reserve
prodigious
rhetorical
28. Something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action
repudiate
meager
precedent
rudimentary
29. Lack in spirit or energy
pugnacity
preclude
listlessness
profane
30. Narrow in outlook
rescind
problematic
phenomena
parochial
31. Ungrateful person
ingrate
recluse
respite
petty
32. Joking
irrelevant
nonchalance
magnate
jocular
33. Insincere in language
prolific
pacifist
rhetorical
malign
34. Unbeatable
invert
insuperable
parry
listlessness
35. Willing to receive suggestions
receptive
ironic
judicious
sagacious
36. Something new
lofty
insolvent
opulence
novelty
37. Wasteful
pensive
profligate
ingenious
presumptuous
38. Quiet and obedient
meek
lofty
intermittent
legacy
39. Excessively careful
meticulous
pensive
recount
pugnacity
40. Showy
misanthrope
sagacious
ostentatious
pithy
41. Bookish
relegate
insatiable
profligate
pedantic
42. Wise
morbid
objective
judicious
melancholy
43. Extremely small
pensive
minute
inherent
objective
44. Technical terminology
jargon
mundane
plagiarize
provocative
45. Abundantly fruitful
misnomer
opportunist
painstaking
prolific
46. Inadequate
ramble
rectify
ostentatious
meager
47. Essential
pretentious
objective
recant
intrinsic
48. Abolish
mundane
nullify
inimical
recant
49. Dilemma
introspective
naivete
lassitude
quandary
50. Showing hard work
predecessor
painstaking
jocular
preclude