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SAT Reasoning Common Words
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sat
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. To cause (an undesirable event) to happen suddenly - unexpectedly - or prematurely
felicitous
tractable
illegitimate
precipitate
2. A scheme
humanitarian
impugn
machination
terminate
3. Showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others
passive
homogeneous
humanitarian
servile
4. Impressive or magnificent in appearance or style - especially in a pretentious or excessive way
grandiose
versatile
hyperbole
insubstantial
5. Excessively complicated administrative procedures; red tape
bureaucracy
exemplar
dominate
concur
6. Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
inclined
advocate
facetious
regress
7. To support or strengthen; to prop up
placid
demur
bolster
illusory
8. Easily irritated - especially by unimportant things
tactful
deliberate
peevish
critique
9. To bring to mind
susceptible
rigidity
evoke
scrutinize
10. To say (something) aloud
prospectus
forgo
utter
grounded
11. To combine - merge - or unite
amalgamate
derision
contempt
expedient
12. Ready to accept control or instruction; submissive
invulnerable
acute
rational
docile
13. Only barely touching or related to (something); peripheral
pretense
unverified
irreproachable
tangential
14. To make certain that (something) shall occur or be the case
stimulus
disposition
incoherent
ensure
15. A formal statement given in a court of law
discriminate
ascetic
antagonistic
testimony
16. Inclined to agree with others or obey rules - especially to an excessive degree; acquiescent
convoluted
site
coherent
compliant
17. Intimidating; seeming difficult to deal with
abstraction
defiance
daunting
demur
18. To ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone; to request
satire
solicit
ego
fabricate
19. A thing that is granted in response to demands; a compromise
consummate
fallacy
loquacious
concession
20. To make (someone) weak and infirm; to impair
ego
subtle
debilitate
naïve
21. To put forth a hypothesis
cultivate
abstruse
verify
hypothesize
22. The ability to understand something immediately - without the need for conscious reasoning; instinct
tribute
lay
worldly
intuition
23. To admit that something is true after first denying or resisting it; to grant
concede
confidant
unprecedented
prospect
24. Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise
meticulous
anthropologist
defuse
daunting
25. Wanting or devouring great quantities of food
contention
sympathy
voracious
capricious
26. Understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge; obscure
intimate
buoy
esoteric
inundate
27. A sign or warning that something momentous or calamitous is likely to happen; an omen
portent
eclectic
credential
stringent
28. An activity of a specified kind - especially a recreational or athletic one
indispensable
convivial
discriminate
pursuit
29. To make (someone) less angry or hostile; to pacify
dialect
placate
plastic
succinct
30. To claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong; to accuse
monotonous
infatuation
allege
obsolete
31. A trait specific to an individual
idiosyncrasy
simulate
contentious
negligent
32. Lasting only for a short time; impermanent
dubious
pugnacious
discreet
transient
33. Uncertain; hesitant
accost
tranquil
site
tentative
34. A subtle distinction - feature - or argument
rhetorical question
unsolicited
impassive
subtlety
35. A widely held but oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
altruism
stereotype
derivative
refute
36. A stock of plays - dances - or pieces that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform
inapt
repertoire
adhere
employ
37. Having good judgment or taste; selective
platitude
complicity
tout
discerning
38. The use of language that seems to be the opposite of the intended meaning; sarcasm
prospective
irony
inherent
paraphrase
39. A strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something; a proclivity
devalue
innocuous
conjecture
penchant
40. To openly disregard (a rule - law or convention); to defy
subvert
assimilate
methodology
flout
41. Loud and harsh; grating
irrational
malicious
appease
strident
42. Never ending or changing; perennial
docile
adverse
enthrall
perpetual
43. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind - used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
disparity
simile
anthropology
libel
44. A way in which something is usually done; a custom
placate
convention
economy
anthropologist
45. The feeling or belief that someone or something is worthless or despicable; contempt
scorn
analogous
dubious
deferential
46. Likely to happen at a future date; concerned with the future
provincialism
unsubstantiated
foreboding
prospective
47. To recall and show respect for (someone or something) in a ceremony; to pay homage to
satire
commemorate
conspicuous
preoccupation
48. A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
prescribe
composite
baffle
anecdote
49. Causing great public interest and excitement; shocking
commendable
sensational
evoke
prudent
50. Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing
zeal
prospect
convene
susceptible