SAT Section 1 Critical Reading

Review 267 SAT-SECTION-1-CRITICAL-READING practice questions with answer explanations and community insights.

Question 1

The ______ behavior of the demonstrators became even more apparent when they all chained themselves together when the authorities came on scene.

  1. indolent
  2. spurious
  3. individual
  4. recalcitrant
  5. cohesive

Question 2

Throughout history great civilizations including the Egyptians, Romans, and Greeks can trace their downfalls to a certain societal ______ and general failing of moral values.

  1. hierarchy
  2. bliss
  3. indifference
  4. decadence
  5. latitude

Question 3

Had Einstein not been such a ______ mathematician, many of our engineering Accomplishments may have taken many years before even reaching the drawing board.

  1. prodigious
  2. superb
  3. qualified
  4. prophetic
  5. prosaic

Question 4

Had it not been for his ______ prowess, Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, would not be considered one of the worlds’ greatest fighters of all time.

  1. elocutionary
  2. prestidigitation
  3. ponderous
  4. poetical
  5. pugilistic

Question 5

Were I indeed ______, I likely would not still be teaching, for I would have long ago played the winning lottery numbers and be traveling the world sending postcards to the classroom.

  1. fortuitous
  2. clairvoyant
  3. prescient
  4. philanthropic
  5. perspicacious
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