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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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1. Firmness of purpose
resolve
lavish
morbid
rhetorical
2. Destroy completely
paradox
legacy
poignancy
raze
3. Openly confess error
recant
provisional
pitfall
inherent
4. Impression produced by reputation
obliterate
linger
renounce
prestige
5. Harsh and shrill
raucous
morbid
insatiable
muted
6. Lover of mankind
retract
insularity
nefarious
philanthropist
7. Combination of two business corporations
mock
pungent
problematic
merger
8. Harmful
invert
injurious
provincial
plagiarize
9. Unfriendly
injurious
inimical
intermittent
infraction
10. Bankrupt
prodigal
insolvent
proclivity
quandary
11. Deflect
oblivious
poignancy
parry
resolution
12. Appease
misanthrope
infiltrate
mitigate
obstinate
13. Respectful
misanthrope
reverent
predator
relinquish
14. Insincere in language
quiescent
plausible
rhetorical
prosaic
15. Practical
insularity
opaque
pragmatic
ratify
16. Full of pores
opulence
objective
porous
philanthropist
17. Come between
intervene
lethargic
obdurate
prodigy
18. Withdraw;take back
retract
relinquish
mercenary
mollify
19. Spread throughout every part
infinitesimal
nurture
lofty
pervasive
20. Incomplete; biased
objective
receptive
partial
pungent
21. Disown
repudiate
ornate
loathe
inequity
22. Goal
opaque
replete
objective
lurid
23. Complex
pragmatic
reverent
intricate
rhetorical
24. Moody
mollify
morbid
lethargic
listlessness
25. Modest; shy
replete
momentous
retiring
ostentatious
26. Outer
pacifist
peripheral
materialism
oblivion
27. Marvelous
intangible
mercurial
prodigious
inexorable
28. Postpone
pomposity
mercurial
intuition
procrastinate
29. Talkative
ironic
obsessive
loquacious
nostalgia
30. Dawdle
linger
mollify
ramble
objective
31. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things
paragon
injurious
materialism
misnomer
32. Demanding
passive
rigorous
ironic
lament
33. Stupid
obtuse
problematic
plagiarize
provincial
34. Clear
recant
mock
lucid
relegate
35. Unrelated
irrelevant
porous
intrepid
nullify
36. Rebuke
placate
negate
redundant
reprove
37. Tilt
intractable
list
respite
predilection
38. Gloomy
maladroit
momentous
irreproachable
melancholy
39. Extravagant
mitigate
lavish
materialism
intrinsic
40. Example
redundant
intervene
predecessor
paradigm
41. Correct
lethargic
irrelevant
rectify
paltry
42. Resolve
resolution
levity
intimidate
meticulous
43. Illogical
obsequious
irrational
ostentatious
loathe
44. Fretful; whining
querulous
optimist
pious
pungent
45. Excuse
prattle
justification
irreproachable
profligate
46. Arousing anger or interest; annoying
ingenious
paradigm
provocative
presumptuous
47. Trivial
kindle
petty
insipid
insularity
48. Damaged
prodigal
marred
negate
legacy
49. Sharp in taste or smell
recluse
philanthropist
profusion
pungent
50. Narrow in outlook
reprehensible
lethargic
parochial
intimidate