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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) to become more alert or active - or excited about something
vexatious
stimulate
malice
personify
2. Physical strength and good health; effort - energy - and enthusiasm
temperamental
vigor
notorious
assertion
3. A system or organization in which people are ranked one above the other according to status or authority
subdue
paramount
dialect
hierarchy
4. To put off (an action or event) to a later time; to postpone
clandestine
defer
irreconcilable
shrewd
5. Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure; confusing
cryptic
pundit
grievance
misconception
6. Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large - powerful - intense - or capable
evasive
indelible
formidable
revoke
7. Complete; all-inclusive
synthesize
stimulation
nonchalant
comprehensive
8. To force or oblige (someone) to do something; to pressure
compel
prospect
accost
dispel
9. Most important or powerful
profundity
impassive
dominant
disdain
10. A deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion
misconception
antipathy
tangential
substantiate
11. Fading; weakening
flagging
intimidate
aplomb
consecrate
12. Affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching
testimonial
radical
ambiguous
salvage
13. Not able to be imitated; unique
credential
inimitable
remorse
stimulate
14. A qualification or aspect of a person's background - used to indicate that they are suitable for something
ominous
bolster
credential
discredit
15. A report or description of an event or experience
account
zeal
anachronism
usurp
16. Severe or intense; sharp
expedient
aesthete
acute
suffice
17. Unwise
quizzical
discrete
injudicious
intimacy
18. To take the place of (a person or thing previously in use); to supplant
satirize
credible
supersede
terminate
19. Carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection; cursory
complementary
perfunctory
profusely
self-deprecating
20. To retrieve or save (something) from potential loss or adverse circumstances; to recoup
indulgent
exemplar
to dispense with
salvage
21. To cause (someone) to believe something that is not true; to trick
assertion
prescriptive
deceive
supplant
22. To depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature; to represent
oblivion
flagging
renown
portray
23. All the people who are entitled to vote in an election
peruse
electorate
fallacy
forbear
24. To destroy completely; to put an end to
chicanery
commendable
adverse
eradicate
25. To remember (something); to call to mind
servile
contention
tyranny
recollect
26. To make (something) by synthesis - especially chemically
impetuous
solicit
synthesize
trenchant
27. To describe (something) as admirable - especially undeservedly; to glamorize
glorify
debunk
diminutive
citation
28. Self-confidence or assurance - especially when in a demanding situation; poise
shrewd
squander
quarrelsome
aplomb
29. Oppression
credence
impressionistic
compliment
tyranny
30. To hold down or subdue (something) by force
repress
dominant
pretense
ostentatious
31. To make (someone) less angry or hostile; to pacify
candor
prevalent
discredit
placate
32. Making a show of being morally superior to other people; self-righteous
sanctimonious
adversarial
unambiguous
invaluable
33. To buy - get - or obtain (something)
superb
to be resigned
respective
acquire
34. Valued objects and qualities such as cultural traditions and historic buildings that have been passed down from previous generations; inheritance
founder
incisive
iconoclast
heritage
35. Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull
morale
pedestrian
placate
belligerent
36. Anxious or fearful
discreet
founder
apprehensive
eulogy
37. To give a satisfactory explanation for (something)
account
account for
testament
dispassionate
38. Unverified information received from other people; rumor
palliate
seclusion
hearsay
render
39. A person who performs tricks that deceive the eye; a magician
illusionist
provincialism
ensure
emphasis
40. The intention or desire to do evil; ill will
imposing
malice
incisive
quizzical
41. Lacking interest or excitement; dull
evade
lament
mundane
integrity
42. Regrettable
reiterate
profusely
emphasize
lamentable
43. So delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe
mitigate
consequence
implement
subtle
44. Concerned (or overly concerned) with lawsuits or litigation
unqualified
cohesive
pundit
litigious
45. Lacking imagination - foresight - or intellectual insight; narrow-minded
aristocrat
zealous
myopic
flag
46. To describe incorrectly
dialect
servile
mischaracterize
belligerent
47. The state of being unaware of what is happening
convene
consensus
oblivion
symbolism
48. Familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures
cosmopolitan
composite
idiosyncrasy
seclusion
49. To consider carefully; to ponder
deliberate
sentiment
prescient
grating
50. Not ruled or controlled by others
indifferent
expedite
adept
autonomous