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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. Outer
intervene
insuperable
peripheral
perfunctory
2. Withdraw;take back
retract
ornate
perceptive
instigate
3. Destroy completely
raucous
paucity
reproach
obliterate
4. Necessary for completeness
integral
pensive
pitfall
linger
5. Self-control
loquacious
parsimony
reserve
pithy
6. Overabundance
profusion
pomposity
repress
intricate
7. Technical terminology
jargon
recalcitrant
laud
sagacious
8. Condition
irreproachable
jocular
plight
initiate
9. Something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action
malign
prevalent
precedent
perjury
10. Narrow in outlook
parochial
repudiate
perpetuate
ponderous
11. Favorable
robust
legacy
propitious
predecessor
12. Full of pores
profound
ramble
renegade
porous
13. Illogical
rancor
predilection
irrational
perpetuate
14. Homesickness
pivotal
perceptive
nostalgia
parry
15. Hint
rigorous
medley
obscure
insinuate
16. Disprove
methodical
pernicious
refute
raze
17. Threatening
insipid
ominous
martinet
recluse
18. Openly confess error
obtuse
infiltrate
precipitate
recant
19. Hatred
kindle
rigorous
reserve
malice
20. Change
prestige
innovation
profligate
renegade
21. Hasty; sudden
prodigious
precipitate
platitude
insuperable
22. Prolong; delay
protract
precedent
judicious
reverent
23. Make something last
perpetuate
profligate
obstinate
list
24. Start a fire
kindle
inexorable
receptive
pedantic
25. Extravagant
levity
renounce
lavish
malign
26. Stubborn
kindle
linger
obdurate
insinuate
27. Dawdle
protract
perceptive
reprehensible
linger
28. Tentative
predilection
provisional
qualified
mercurial
29. Weak
naivete
irreproachable
irresolute
preclude
30. Practical
nonchalance
inequity
ornate
pragmatic
31. Generally accepted
inherent
inundate
pessimism
prevalent
32. Excessively decorative
ornate
lament
prosaic
loquacious
33. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things
paltry
predecessor
misnomer
materialism
34. Resolve
objective
resolution
mercenary
obtuse
35. Joking
remorse
parochial
jocular
poignancy
36. Extremely small
minute
obsessive
resolve
proliferation
37. Shade of difference in meaning or color
nuance
perpetuate
nonchalance
resplendent
38. Former occupant of a post
perjury
intangible
poignancy
predecessor
39. Time for rest
intangible
nonentity
painstaking
respite
40. Drive away
prudent
repel
redundant
parochial
41. Quiet and obedient
meek
perpetuate
obsequious
ominous
42. Lacking care
plight
perfunctory
inequity
platitude
43. Insincere in language
initiate
noviceB
naivete
rhetorical
44. Having a show of truth but open to doubt
passive
plausible
obsequious
judicious
45. Response with contrary evidence
rebuttal
pernicious
intrepid
infamous
46. A gift made by a will
listlessness
lassitude
irresolute
legacy
47. Repetitious
resigned
renegade
nonchalance
redundant
48. Exceedingly small
magnanimous
initiate
infinitesimal
remorse
49. At rest; dormant
painstaking
reprimand
relish
quiescent
50. Unfriendly
integral
inimical
repudiate
provocative