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SAT Critical Reading Vocab 2
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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. Systematic
predilection
methodical
muted
reprove
2. Touchy
proximity
ruthless
objective
petulant
3. Former occupant of a post
pomposity
insuperable
predecessor
levity
4. Wind or turn in a course
reprehensible
meander
petulant
intangible
5. Hermit
morbid
quell
repudiate
recluse
6. Modest; shy
prosaic
munificent
paucity
retiring
7. Damaged
raucous
merger
initiate
marred
8. Detest
petty
rancor
loathe
polemical
9. Nourish; educate; foster
respite
nurture
mercurial
infer
10. Gullibility; simplicity
retract
naivete
pernicious
protract
11. Weariness
nonchalance
negate
ruthless
lassitude
12. Showing hard work
reprimand
painstaking
passive
paragon
13. Gloomy
melancholy
propitious
prolific
methodical
14. Dull and unimaginative
prosaic
perpetuate
misanthrope
injurious
15. Narrate
jargon
ratify
recount
poignancy
16. Rebellious
redundant
insurgent
partial
ironic
17. Controlling force
restraint
rudimentary
relegate
opulence
18. Postpone
propitious
procrastinate
rigorous
profane
19. Quality of being deeply moving
irreproachable
poignancy
reverent
laconic
20. Foretelling the future
resigned
opportunist
intransigence
prophetic
21. Marvelous
obliterate
prodigious
paradigm
innate
22. Lack of seriousness
obsessive
plagiarize
levity
presumptuous
23. Greedy
placate
insatiable
nonentity
linger
24. Limited
obliterate
proliferation
qualified
paradox
25. Blameless
jargon
irreproachable
minute
quell
26. Essential
monotony
polemical
intrinsic
prologue
27. Silent
irreproachable
justification
muted
lament
28. Interested in money or gain
pretentious
paucity
retiring
mercenary
29. Technical terminology
painstaking
penchant
lurid
jargon
30. Lack in spirit or energy
listlessness
oblivious
novelty
mock
31. Melancholy
innovation
morose
pernicious
propriety
32. Observable facts
muted
robust
phenomena
inequity
33. Hasty; sudden
precipitate
recalcitrant
naivete
prolific
34. Put down; extinguish
monotony
quell
provocative
inexorable
35. Limited in outlook; unsophisticated
provincial
integral
quell
list
36. Looking within oneself
introspective
relevant
pithy
obtuse
37. Person who looks on the good side
optimist
inopportune
meander
mitigate
38. Public speaker
resplendent
orator
list
opulence
39. Abundantly fruitful
partial
infinitesimal
relinquish
prolific
40. Tilt
list
parochial
nostalgia
morose
41. Express disapproval
mercenary
laud
reproach
protract
42. Insightful
recluse
irrational
perceptive
infamous
43. Drowsy and dull
lethargic
loquacious
rebuttal
materialism
44. Flood
pretentious
inundate
judicious
sagacious
45. Model of perfection
insatiable
meander
paragon
rebuttal
46. Combination of two business corporations
justification
merger
obtuse
perpetuate
47. Stubborn
list
obstinate
inundate
recount
48. Humorous imitation
ironic
placate
plight
parody
49. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances
predator
mitigate
opportunist
lament
50. Impression produced by reputation
prestige
platitude
novelty
nefarious