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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. Shade of difference in meaning or color
polemical
pious
nuance
opulence
2. Pucker
irrational
melancholy
mock
purse
3. Irritable
pedantic
irascible
objective
pacifist
4. Favorable
lofty
propitious
philanthropist
pugnacity
5. Not active
linger
pious
passive
recluse
6. Turn upside down
nurture
objective
invert
resplendent
7. Tentative
obsessive
insightful
mitigate
provisional
8. Rebuke
reprehensible
reprimand
relish
obtuse
9. Excessively careful
materialism
meticulous
prudent
malevolent
10. Technical terminology
intervene
provincial
nefarious
jargon
11. A gift made by a will
legacy
ramble
rescind
obtuse
12. Weak
ornate
irresolute
presumptuous
precarious
13. Interested in money or gain
mercenary
partial
prudent
innovation
14. Speak evil of
prophetic
misnomer
infinitesimal
malign
15. Destroy completely
obliterate
profane
inimical
passive
16. Foretelling the future
repress
inundate
munificent
prophetic
17. Melancholy
morose
merger
invert
martinet
18. Disturb greatly
ruthless
relevant
recalcitrant
perturb
19. Forgetfulness
pensive
oblivion
pugnacity
judicious
20. At rest; dormant
preposterous
resolution
introspective
quiescent
21. Lack of seriousness
passive
injurious
levity
noviceB
22. Ability to change in form
mutability
minute
philanthropist
ornate
23. Discerning
insightful
passive
predecessor
parody
24. Not developed
naivete
rudimentary
relish
plagiarize
25. Frighten
painstaking
intimidate
reticent
laud
26. Commonplace statement
renegade
platitude
provincial
resplendent
27. Lacking care
perfunctory
objective
insightful
intractable
28. Pass into or through
meander
placate
loquacious
infiltrate
29. Ridicule
recant
merger
mock
intuition
30. Bookish
pedantic
malign
inequity
resplendent
31. Model of perfection
paucity
prolific
paragon
provisional
32. Overabundance
pugnacity
profusion
precipitous
paradigm
33. Creature that seizes and devours another animal
predator
judicious
resigned
procrastinate
34. Immediate insight
innovation
prophetic
intuition
paradigm
35. Outer
materialism
intricate
peripheral
marred
36. Unfriendly
inimical
rhetorical
listlessness
mercenary
37. Inborn
prologue
innate
parsimony
nonentity
38. Insightful
pomposity
perceptive
parochial
plight
39. Stubborn
obdurate
qualified
muted
pliant
40. Inactive
raze
parry
instigate
inert
41. Stinginess
lethargic
parsimony
nurture
precocious
42. Quiet and obedient
rebuttal
meek
instigate
prodigious
43. Showy
rant
protract
respite
ostentatious
44. Changing
procrastinate
reverent
obscure
mercurial
45. Vague; elusive; not material
pacifist
intangible
inequity
irrelevant
46. Extravagant
perfunctory
sagacious
lavish
obliterate
47. Generous
obliterate
magnanimous
insatiable
perpetuate
48. Uprightness; wholeness
perjury
integrity
painstaking
intermittent
49. One sided
insatiable
rancor
partisan
inundate
50. Unresisting
resigned
obliterate
proclivity
reverent