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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. Modest; shy
retiring
jocular
medley
noviceB
2. Illogical
irrational
philanthropist
sagacious
paragon
3. Melancholy
morose
irreproachable
inimical
refute
4. Prolong; delay
repress
judicious
protract
morbid
5. Lack in spirit or energy
misanthrope
reserve
listlessness
jargon
6. Harsh and shrill
mundane
mercurial
raucous
pernicious
7. Shade of difference in meaning or color
loquacious
receptive
nuance
painstaking
8. Drowsy and dull
pivotal
lethargic
redundant
ostentatious
9. Destroy completely
prosaic
obliterate
ruthless
perjury
10. Goal
lucid
monotony
objective
partial
11. Dilemma
quandary
resolve
nuance
ruthless
12. Forgetfulness
lofty
oblivion
platitude
recount
13. Relentless
melancholy
insightful
inexorable
injurious
14. Former occupant of a post
predecessor
methodical
inundate
profane
15. Condition
plight
jocular
porous
medley
16. Ability to change in form
mutability
precipitous
melancholy
prophetic
17. Speak evil of
rancor
malign
obdurate
obscure
18. Marvelous
replete
malice
prodigious
negate
19. Rigid disciplinarian
parsimony
prudent
momentous
martinet
20. Firmness of purpose
predator
insuperable
perceptive
resolve
21. Ostentatious
pretentious
judicious
laconic
insurgent
22. Favorable
malevolent
miserly
propitious
rudimentary
23. Disposition to fight
lurid
monotony
pugnacity
insinuate
24. Limited in outlook; unsophisticated
provincial
petty
levity
rebuttal
25. Moody
morbid
mercenary
paragon
inexorable
26. Rebuke
momentous
retract
precocious
reprove
27. Very high
rancor
lofty
predator
intimidate
28. Discerning
insightful
recluse
rectify
magnate
29. Inattentive
pliant
propitious
oblivious
nuance
30. Weak
resplendent
irresolute
instigate
recant
31. Willing to receive suggestions
rescind
officious
nonchalance
receptive
32. Resolve
pithy
nonchalance
mundane
resolution
33. A gift made by a will
materialism
repress
lurid
legacy
34. Very generous
purse
integral
munificent
parochial
35. Unfriendly
parsimony
inimical
pedantic
rudimentary
36. Doubtful; questionable
raucous
relinquish
problematic
potent
37. Joking
intermittent
parochial
negate
jocular
38. Stinginess
intimidate
parsimony
painstaking
levity
39. Cancel
provocative
irrelevant
prodigy
rescind
40. Sameness leading to boredom
monotony
intricate
rebuttal
lassitude
41. Clever
receptive
intuition
ingenious
paragon
42. Not developed
rudimentary
recount
petty
raucous
43. Something that appears false but is actually correct
initiate
raucous
paradox
insightful
44. Cancel out; nullify; deny
partisan
pacifist
negate
initiate
45. Assign
relegate
inimical
reserve
momentous
46. Absurd
repel
procrastinate
preposterous
plausible
47. Wild
intrepid
morose
lurid
ominous
48. Give up something with reluctance
optional
rigorous
relinquish
rudimentary
49. Make impossible
retiring
preclude
negate
obsequious
50. Soothe
infamous
laud
mollify
noviceB