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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. Commonplace statement
ratify
lament
platitude
perjury
2. Threatening
ominous
optional
plagiarize
pervasive
3. Hatred
pitfall
ornate
malice
philanthropist
4. Wasteful with money
medley
obtuse
prodigal
nefarious
5. Sharp in taste or smell
innovation
meager
pungent
mercenary
6. Cancel out; nullify; deny
rectify
loathe
parody
negate
7. Limited
irreverence
intransigence
qualified
obliterate
8. Hermit
muted
prevalent
recluse
precedent
9. Excessively decorative
ornate
raucous
propitious
precocious
10. Rebuke
opulence
potent
reprimand
optional
11. At rest; dormant
pervasive
reprimand
quiescent
integral
12. Greedy
malign
ratify
magnanimous
insatiable
13. Speak evil of
malign
materialism
infer
lucid
14. Turn upside down
renounce
methodical
recount
invert
15. Inborn
intrepid
plight
innate
pragmatic
16. Example
optional
ponderous
retract
paradigm
17. Withdraw;take back
rant
pernicious
retract
prattle
18. Cancel
proximity
painstaking
repel
rescind
19. Urge
perturb
pessimism
plagiarize
instigate
20. Impression produced by reputation
nostalgia
mundane
objective
prestige
21. Shade of difference in meaning or color
insurgent
perturb
nostalgia
nuance
22. Very wicked
nefarious
levity
reserve
partial
23. Something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action
ingrate
irrelevant
novelty
precedent
24. Drive away
momentous
prudent
repel
loathe
25. Overconfident
judicious
presumptuous
precocious
munificent
26. Ungrateful person
ingrate
pretentious
obstinate
rescind
27. Belief that life is basically bad
nostalgia
pessimism
profane
inherent
28. Relating to the case in hand
relevant
ostentatious
muted
levity
29. Quality of being deeply moving
poignancy
pliant
resigned
pivotal
30. Harmless
insularity
oblivious
prattle
innocuous
31. Lacking care
perfunctory
pernicious
prudent
negate
32. Disturb greatly
perturb
rant
receptive
obsessive
33. Appease
mitigate
perpetuate
retiring
marred
34. Babble
relinquish
irresolute
intricate
prattle
35. Essential
intrinsic
opaque
irresolute
legacy
36. Weak
procrastinate
protract
parochial
irresolute
37. Joking
jocular
magnate
prodigal
predator
38. Looking within oneself
introspective
obliterate
reprehensible
muted
39. Gullibility; simplicity
raucous
insightful
naivete
profound
40. Strong
propitious
robust
proximity
rudimentary
41. Start a fire
inert
malevolent
justification
kindle
42. Something that appears false but is actually correct
redundant
paradox
irrational
perpetuate
43. Forgetfulness
querulous
oblivion
paradox
ironic
44. Reserved
lassitude
passive
opaque
reticent
45. Exceedingly small
listlessness
philanthropist
infinitesimal
integrity
46. Mixture
potent
perjury
problematic
medley
47. Abandon
infinitesimal
renounce
mitigate
penchant
48. Stubborn
intrepid
reprehensible
profusion
obstinate
49. Response with contrary evidence
pithy
rebuttal
negate
intangible
50. Mean
magnate
rhetorical
miserly
infer