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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. Introduction
justification
insightful
prologue
recant
2. Generally accepted
martinet
obsessive
prevalent
peripheral
3. Very destructive
refute
pernicious
precarious
prattle
4. Impression produced by reputation
objective
inundate
repel
prestige
5. Stubborn
perpetuate
partial
provocative
obdurate
6. Come between
reticent
intervene
proliferation
objective
7. Commonplace statement
ratify
platitude
perturb
oblivious
8. Insincere in language
placate
polemical
rhetorical
ornate
9. Correct conduct
martinet
placate
integrity
propriety
10. Stubborn
novelty
ramble
obstinate
insatiable
11. Uncertain
precarious
provincial
obdurate
lofty
12. Insignificant
resplendent
paltry
miserly
martinet
13. Isolation
precocious
insatiable
insularity
paragon
14. Vague; elusive; not material
relish
protract
malice
intangible
15. Immediate insight
intuition
rhetorical
medley
refute
16. Creature that seizes and devours another animal
profane
laud
nullify
predator
17. Deduce
polemical
pragmatic
methodical
infer
18. Silent
respite
ingrate
muted
ingenious
19. Soothe
painstaking
mollify
pugnacity
phenomena
20. Doubtful; questionable
relegate
initiate
prosaic
problematic
21. Modest; shy
intangible
relinquish
retiring
intrinsic
22. Express sorrow
partial
lament
prophetic
pivotal
23. Unresisting
resigned
prosaic
propitious
mundane
24. Prolong; delay
melancholy
protract
irrational
petty
25. Looking within oneself
perceptive
legacy
introspective
inequity
26. Excessively decorative
muted
rudimentary
ornate
innocuous
27. Frighten
intimidate
predecessor
laud
repudiate
28. Wishing evil
meager
oblivion
quell
malevolent
29. Steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
plagiarize
plight
polemical
meager
30. Concise
inimical
nefarious
pithy
prologue
31. Resolve
renegade
lethargic
prattle
resolution
32. Brief
laconic
integral
passive
insularity
33. Weighty
ponderous
intransigence
nonentity
lassitude
34. Rigid disciplinarian
paradigm
martinet
pedantic
robust
35. Dawdle
relish
purse
ominous
linger
36. Withdraw;take back
injurious
recount
intractable
retract
37. Make something last
perpetuate
intrinsic
petulant
jocular
38. Extremely small
minute
proliferation
irascible
recluse
39. Notoriously bad
peripheral
sagacious
nostalgia
infamous
40. Excessively careful
irreverence
lethargic
mock
meticulous
41. Pacify
partial
jargon
obscure
placate
42. Lack
paucity
partial
obliterate
petulant
43. Easily influenced
repress
officious
pliant
prodigious
44. Steep
precipitous
pragmatic
opportunist
pithy
45. Maze
labyrinth
medley
platitude
parsimony
46. Correct
rudimentary
melancholy
rectify
lurid
47. Abundantly fruitful
prolific
potent
kindle
rhetorical
48. Tilt
prolific
innovation
list
intangible
49. Approve formally;verify
ingenious
maladroit
rudimentary
ratify
50. Dark; vague; unclear
profane
mock
obscure
ramble