vocabulary of practice test 4 and 5 from the reading section

Prudently

Wisely, with careful thought

Overtly

Openly, not hidden

Cordially

Warmly, in a friendly way

Inadvertently

Accidentally, without meaning to

Deliberate

Done on purpose, intentional

Acquired

Obtained or gained

Precariousness

The state of being unstable or uncertain

Exactitude

Extreme accuracy and precision

Resilience

Ability to recover quickly from difficulties

Inconspicuous

Not easily noticed, attracting little attention

Controversial among

Causing disagreement within a group

Antagonistic toward

Hostile or unfriendly toward

Imitated by

Copied or mimicked by others

Inconsequential to

Unimportant or irrelevant to

Adhere to

To follow or stick to rules or beliefs

Grapple with

To struggle with or try to solve

Rudimentary

Basic, undeveloped, elementary

Surmise

To guess or infer without proof

Contrived

Artificial, forced, not natural

Innocuous

Harmless, not offensive

Deceptive

Misleading, meant to trick

Novel (adjective)

New, original, unusual

Quarrel about

To argue or fight about something

Paucity

Scarcity, smallness of quantity

Profusion

Abundance, large quantity

Verisimilitude

Appearance of being true or real

Legitimacy

Lawfulness, validity

Reciprocate

To give back in return

Corollary

A natural consequence or result

Annotate

To add notes or comments to a text

Buttress

To support or strengthen

Barren

Empty, unable to produce life

Terrain

Land, ground, or landscape