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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. Harmful
objective
injurious
lucid
ramble
2. Interested in money or gain
mercenary
rancor
insatiable
renegade
3. Ungrateful person
ingrate
rectify
obsessive
phenomena
4. Homesickness
intermittent
inundate
predecessor
nostalgia
5. Changing
initiate
profusion
mercurial
infraction
6. Tentative
intrinsic
infamous
provisional
innocuous
7. Clear
jocular
nullify
magnanimous
lucid
8. Pucker
purse
mercenary
introspective
rectify
9. Silent
porous
nonentity
muted
quell
10. Discerning
querulous
reprehensible
restraint
insightful
11. Praise
laud
lofty
paucity
infraction
12. Very important
platitude
nostalgia
momentous
mercenary
13. Shade of difference in meaning or color
nuance
platitude
rudimentary
rancor
14. Tilt
melancholy
mitigate
relish
list
15. Example
respite
paradigm
magnanimous
quell
16. Demanding
refute
poignancy
intricate
rigorous
17. Self-control
irresolute
pomposity
nullify
reserve
18. Bankrupt
obtuse
prolific
paradox
insolvent
19. Traitor
precipitate
renegade
momentous
oblivious
20. Guilty
prodigal
malice
parry
remorse
21. Destroy completely
provisional
meager
obliterate
parry
22. Meddlesome
precipitate
officious
infiltrate
profane
23. Weariness
qualified
lassitude
problematic
renegade
24. Overconfident
pugnacity
presumptuous
magnanimous
morose
25. Combination of two business corporations
relegate
merger
ornate
integral
26. Nearness
inundate
integral
proximity
parry
27. Stubborn
obdurate
ingrate
intuition
irresolute
28. Disprove
rant
intransigence
refute
reproach
29. Unfairness
ironic
intractable
inequity
infer
30. On and off
raze
pervasive
intermittent
paradigm
31. Change
magnate
innovation
proliferation
naivete
32. Refusal of any compromise
magnate
retiring
intransigence
ominous
33. Abandon
renounce
proliferation
mock
inexorable
34. Express sorrow
lament
pervasive
proclivity
peripheral
35. Wasteful
profound
profligate
intuition
martinet
36. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things
legacy
malevolent
materialism
problematic
37. Firmness of purpose
novelty
relinquish
reproach
resolve
38. Mean
mundane
miserly
integrity
lassitude
39. Hasty; sudden
repress
precipitate
introspective
precarious
40. Deep
rant
insuperable
profound
obsessive
41. Inactive
materialism
inert
pedantic
ingenious
42. Reserved
irrational
placate
irascible
reticent
43. Disown
repudiate
robust
magnanimous
miserly
44. Excuse
judicious
prolific
malign
justification
45. Lack
raze
paucity
nefarious
partisan
46. Violate
profane
redundant
petty
problematic
47. Joking
ponderous
jocular
inimical
insularity
48. Firmly established by nature or habit
repel
predecessor
inherent
pliant
49. Dreamily thoughtful
perceptive
platitude
pensive
perpetuate
50. Beginner
obscure
reverent
noviceB
intrepid