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Reading Subtest Study Guide - Definitions: Sample Questions

Define one group of words a day for the next six days. Use the steps above to generate your own definitions. Do not open a dictionary until you have finished defining all six words.

 

Day One:

  • Socialism
  • Intractable
  • Sanction
  • Insipid
  • Diatribe
  • Litigious
Day Two:
  • Democracy
  • Imminent
  • Gregarious
  • Subpoena
  • Superfluous
  • Catalyst
Day Three:
  • Anarchy
  • Adulterate
  • Obtuse
  • Provincial
  • Pedestrian
  • Esoteric
Day Four:
  • Justice
  • Prolific
  • Laconic
  • Nostalgia
  • Contrite
  • Quell
Day Five:
  • Glib
  • Pervasive
  • Travesty
  • Dupe
  • Dogmatic
  • Guile
Day Six:
  • Pirate
  • Satirize
  • Maladroit
  • Mundane
  • Prodigy
  • Euphemism

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