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SAT Reasoning Common Words
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another
economic
sufficient
sap
divert
2. To manage without; to get rid of
to dispense with
egotism
confident
edify
3. Dull - tedious - and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest
monotonous
deference
hearsay
antagonize
4. To stop (someone) from being angry or discontented; to placate
skeptic
conciliate
loquacious
assimilate
5. To confirm or give support to (a statement or theory)
adept
precedence
corroborate
complaint
6. To make (a statement or assertion) less absolute; to modify - limit - or temper
qualify
advocacy
deception
sufficient
7. Impressive or magnificent in appearance or style - especially in a pretentious or excessive way
contention
paraphrase
acuity
grandiose
8. To claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong; to accuse
despondent
hypothesis
allege
intransigence
9. To praise enthusiastically; to acclaim
diversion
coherent
relinquish
extol
10. To make a serious or urgent request - typically to the public
insatiable
peevish
rhetorical question
appeal
11. Outward behavior or bearing; manner
orthodox
plight
demeanor
chicanery
12. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness
adept
apt
foreboding
integrity
13. To force or oblige (someone) to do something; to pressure
ambiguous
concur
hypothesize
compel
14. To support or strengthen; to prop up
bolster
vivid
causal
precipitate
15. Abundance; plenty
aesthetics
disseminate
skeptic
bounty
16. A portrayal; a description
depiction
irrepressible
laudatory
penitent
17. To spread or disperse (something - especially information) widely; to promulgate
credential
disseminate
appointed
complicity
18. Relating to financial matters
virtuoso
fiscal
cosmopolitan
revelation
19. To voluntarily cease to claim; to give (something) up
relinquish
indifferent
unprovoked
partisan
20. Optimistic; certain
confident
nostalgia
discerning
advocacy
21. Importance or reputation gained by ability or achievement
regress
expedite
jaded
stature
22. Poor; destitute
nostalgia
querulous
indigent
innocuous
23. To escape or avoid - especially by cleverness or trickery; to elude
evade
iconoclast
commendable
demure
24. A comparison between two things - typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification
criticize
diversion
analogy
viscous
25. To call people together for (a meeting); to assemble
convene
consensus
superior
discrete
26. A lack of variety; tedium
monotony
skirt
preeminent
obsequious
27. To be a typical example of; to epitomize
cataclysmic
exemplify
trenchant
proceed
28. Unnecessary - especially through being more than enough; surplus
incessant
superfluous
jaded
myopic
29. The highest class of society; the nobility
avant-garde
morale
concord
aristocracy
30. To feel or express strong disapproval of (something); to abhor
vindicate
deplore
languor
salvage
31. A person's natural tendency to act in a particular way
subjective
recollection
consecrate
inclination
32. Failing to take proper care in doing something
negligent
venerate
stereotype
persevere
33. An act - statement - or gift that is intended to show gratitude - respect - or admiration
levity
advocate
terminal
tribute
34. Done or reached decisively and with authority
definitive
jocular
deplore
adversarial
35. Referred to in a proverb or idiom; so well known as to be stereotypical
euphemism
autonomous
proverbial
spartan
36. A cruel and oppressive ruler
pursue
irascible
tyrant
vigor
37. Done at random or without careful judgment; haphazard
demure
contemptible
skepticism
indiscriminate
38. To cause (someone) to become more alert or active - or excited about something
concordant
accost
insure
stimulate
39. Intimidating; seeming difficult to deal with
daunting
futile
charismatic
malice
40. A result or effect of an action or condition
anomaly
deferential
consequence
epitomize
41. Easy to control or influence; malleable
tractable
tacit
rational
commend
42. Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources
intimidate
extravagant
implausible
irresolute
43. Unconditional; without reservation or limitation
unqualified
folly
anthropology
placate
44. A mistaken belief - especially one based on unsound argument
confide
regale
brevity
fallacy
45. Humbleness; a modest or low view of one's own importance
awe
straightforward
humility
punctilious
46. A spoken word - statement - or vocal sound
invulnerable
utterance
sarcasm
deferential
47. Because or as a result of
divert
by virtue of
verbose
reserved
48. Preventing success or development; harmful
sap
adverse
indeterminate
bolster
49. Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous
insubstantial
diminutive
equivocal
plight
50. The ancient past
antiquity
portentous
incredulous
ensure