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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. Something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action
pragmatic
precedent
integral
loathe
2. Approve formally;verify
lassitude
meticulous
ratify
opaque
3. Insignificant
paltry
miserly
recant
peripheral
4. Forgetfulness
ornate
oblivion
pragmatic
ratify
5. Not active
plagiarize
parry
prodigy
passive
6. Very wicked
retract
nefarious
pivotal
reserve
7. Praise
laud
insolvent
irrelevant
inequity
8. Related to thinking about something constantly
obsessive
propitious
precedent
malevolent
9. Bitterness; hatred
obliterate
rancor
plight
infiltrate
10. Steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
plagiarize
lavish
infiltrate
parody
11. Prolong; delay
rectify
purse
protract
provincial
12. One opposed to force
prolific
morbid
pacifist
obliterate
13. Urge
instigate
provisional
receptive
laconic
14. Deserving blame
malign
sagacious
reprehensible
insolvent
15. Rebuke
ornate
reprove
inundate
quiescent
16. Wise
parochial
insularity
judicious
intrinsic
17. Wild
lurid
remorse
nonchalance
philanthropist
18. Traitor
optional
renegade
laconic
peripheral
19. Moody
irreverence
morbid
intrinsic
reprehensible
20. Tilt
placate
list
rescind
propriety
21. Clumsy
respite
irascible
maladroit
rant
22. Cruel
precedent
intransigence
ruthless
lament
23. Limited in outlook; unsophisticated
irrelevant
provincial
repudiate
profligate
24. Wind or turn in a course
inimical
obstinate
meander
insightful
25. Begin
nostalgia
initiate
nuance
laud
26. Wrong name
opportunist
misnomer
ponderous
lethargic
27. Destroy completely
opportunist
obliterate
quell
momentous
28. Beginner
inopportune
noviceB
redundant
inexorable
29. Complex
perfunctory
obdurate
mitigate
intricate
30. Narrate
orator
qualified
precipitate
recount
31. Wishing evil
prestige
nonentity
malevolent
perpetuate
32. Introduction
prosaic
prologue
problematic
profligate
33. Put down; extinguish
profligate
rigorous
quell
paragon
34. Observable facts
respite
phenomena
innocuous
magnanimous
35. Harsh and shrill
magnate
meander
raucous
insurgent
36. Filled to the brim
pragmatic
ingenious
replete
parsimony
37. Example
reprehensible
paradigm
ramble
pliant
38. Relating to the case in hand
inexorable
nurture
profligate
relevant
39. Appease
integral
precocious
ingenious
mitigate
40. Change
proclivity
innovation
invert
repress
41. Outer
peripheral
proclivity
parry
perceptive
42. Excessively careful
oblivion
infinitesimal
mutability
meticulous
43. Extravagant
lavish
insularity
pedantic
jocular
44. Brief
laconic
prodigious
monotony
sagacious
45. Refusal of any compromise
malice
intransigence
intricate
paucity
46. Bookish
justification
pedantic
insurgent
magnanimous
47. Showy
recount
ostentatious
nefarious
renounce
48. Ability to change in form
mutability
infamous
recluse
quell
49. Inclination
porous
intrinsic
prosaic
proclivity
50. Excuse
noviceB
initiate
ingrate
justification