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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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1. Refusal of any compromise
reticent
intransigence
misnomer
petulant
2. Clumsy
repel
obstinate
reticent
maladroit
3. Pacify
intervene
placate
mitigate
renounce
4. Appease
mitigate
rigorous
laud
insatiable
5. Postpone
procrastinate
pessimism
obsessive
monotony
6. Full of pores
porous
list
laconic
merger
7. Excessively careful
meticulous
obscure
ominous
reproach
8. Mean
miserly
optional
muted
intractable
9. Lacking care
perfunctory
reproach
reprimand
novelty
10. Rebuke
officious
profusion
prophetic
reprove
11. Shade of difference in meaning or color
notoriety
lurid
merger
nuance
12. Very important
misanthrope
momentous
problematic
insatiable
13. Mixture
propriety
medley
inherent
intervene
14. Steep
rigorous
precipitous
pitfall
objective
15. Something new
novelty
protract
obsequious
phenomena
16. Generally accepted
meek
prevalent
poignancy
maladroit
17. Melancholy
opaque
morose
lavish
optional
18. Foretelling the future
parody
relinquish
malign
prophetic
19. Put down; extinguish
martinet
quell
quandary
mutability
20. Wasteful with money
insightful
intricate
prodigal
reproach
21. Dark
linger
opaque
rectify
rudimentary
22. Stinginess
phenomena
parsimony
prologue
precocious
23. Introduction
prologue
mutability
obtuse
lurid
24. Speak evil of
malign
intrinsic
plight
inert
25. Systematic
prodigal
insurgent
methodical
oblivion
26. Lack
passive
lassitude
paucity
prattle
27. Rebellious
insurgent
innate
morbid
inexorable
28. Very generous
innate
perpetuate
obsequious
munificent
29. One who hates mankind
misanthrope
loquacious
reprehensible
pliant
30. Relating to the case in hand
perfunctory
insolvent
obsessive
relevant
31. Flood
inundate
respite
profusion
lurid
32. Favorable
insipid
irresolute
propitious
propriety
33. Demanding
muted
pernicious
proliferation
rigorous
34. Creature that seizes and devours another animal
predator
oblivion
prudent
instigate
35. Indifference; lack of concern
jocular
redundant
nonchalance
prodigy
36. Something that appears false but is actually correct
plagiarize
miserly
paradox
pessimism
37. Weariness
lassitude
ponderous
renounce
judicious
38. Ability to change in form
plight
mutability
jocular
resolve
39. Fretful; whining
list
recalcitrant
querulous
insularity
40. Combination of two business corporations
merger
repudiate
porous
resolution
41. Deep
recount
kindle
insinuate
profound
42. Harsh and shrill
justification
renegade
legacy
raucous
43. Express sorrow
integral
pacifist
lament
inexorable
44. One opposed to force
prologue
rebuttal
nostalgia
pacifist
45. Destroy completely
parody
melancholy
obliterate
nonchalance
46. Savor; enjoy
pessimism
relish
laconic
intrinsic
47. Stupid
integrity
painstaking
philanthropist
obtuse
48. Overabundance
magnanimous
maladroit
morbid
profusion
49. Excuse
ostentatious
martinet
nullify
justification
50. Wild
poignancy
infer
lurid
rudimentary