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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. Brilliant
nurture
resplendent
provincial
inexorable
2. Combination of two business corporations
nefarious
rudimentary
merger
partial
3. Cancel
rescind
platitude
paradox
proclivity
4. Destroy completely
parody
inexorable
raze
qualified
5. Savor; enjoy
list
reprove
problematic
relish
6. Wild
lurid
rigorous
recount
intervene
7. Tentative
renounce
provisional
ostentatious
ramble
8. Make impossible
rectify
lavish
preclude
receptive
9. Exceedingly small
infinitesimal
methodical
reproach
prevalent
10. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances
mercenary
pivotal
opportunist
infamous
11. Lacking care
proclivity
irresolute
perfunctory
negate
12. Humorous imitation
parry
recalcitrant
ruthless
parody
13. Stubborn
ingrate
mutability
precarious
obstinate
14. Easily influenced
resolution
penchant
pliant
prologue
15. Rigid disciplinarian
martinet
nullify
prestige
painstaking
16. Very high
petulant
lofty
proclivity
inopportune
17. On and off
quandary
intermittent
plausible
obdurate
18. Wander aimlessly
plight
ramble
insolvent
preposterous
19. Sameness leading to boredom
infiltrate
monotony
pliant
lament
20. Correct conduct
predilection
recant
irrelevant
propriety
21. Firmness of purpose
petty
resolve
intimidate
repress
22. Drowsy and dull
propriety
lethargic
precedent
novelty
23. Steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
plagiarize
pedantic
propriety
prodigal
24. Clumsy
ratify
jargon
inundate
maladroit
25. Quality of being deeply moving
retract
propriety
rectify
poignancy
26. Stubborn
materialism
prodigy
obdurate
rhetorical
27. Controlling force
ruthless
problematic
restraint
qualified
28. Disprove
refute
infraction
qualified
mercurial
29. Drive away
oblivious
recant
repel
ominous
30. Very generous
intransigence
list
parochial
munificent
31. Person of no importance; nonexistence
nonentity
inherent
retract
nuance
32. Creature that seizes and devours another animal
philanthropist
platitude
predator
retract
33. Change
irascible
phenomena
novelty
innovation
34. Aggressive in verbal attack
objective
inimical
polemical
oblivion
35. Arousing anger or interest; annoying
pious
jargon
repudiate
provocative
36. Lack of proper respect
reticent
irreverence
integral
qualified
37. Ability to change in form
platitude
mutability
magnate
prophetic
38. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things
relevant
materialism
procrastinate
mollify
39. Modest; shy
resigned
respite
irresolute
retiring
40. Give up something with reluctance
lucid
relinquish
preclude
presumptuous
41. Stinginess
parsimony
optimist
lament
perfunctory
42. Cancel out; nullify; deny
negate
ponderous
relegate
notoriety
43. Pacify
profane
placate
raze
profusion
44. Mixture
profligate
medley
preposterous
reverent
45. Hasty; sudden
repel
ingenious
precipitate
monotony
46. False testimony while under oath
perjury
receptive
raze
ingenious
47. Generally accepted
prevalent
precocious
recalcitrant
partisan
48. Maze
laconic
purse
labyrinth
pugnacity
49. One opposed to force
precedent
pacifist
ingrate
paucity
50. Person who looks on the good side
reserve
obtuse
intrinsic
optimist