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SAT Reasoning Common Words
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. To adopt or support (a cause - belief - or way of life); to endorse
plutocrat
avert
resurgent
espouse
2. To describe the distinctive nature or features of
censor
characterize
passive
perseverance
3. A polite expression of praise or admiration
cryptic
compliment
indispensable
monotony
4. Showing a great deal of variety; heterogeneous
mandatory
transient
definitive
diverse
5. Wishing to do what is right - especially to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly; diligent
pugnacious
conscientious
prose
pundit
6. To praise highly - especially in a public context; to commend
deter
laud
colleague
predecessor
7. Not necessarily true or reliable - because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research
anecdotal
profusion
insatiable
cryptic
8. A person who starts - organizes and operates a business
reputable
demure
flagging
entrepreneur
9. Polite and restrained; proper
ostentatious
decorous
proverbial
wistful
10. A passionate expression of grief or sorrow
portent
epitome
lament
prestige
11. Not having professional qualifications or expert knowledge - especially in law or medicine; nonspecialist
irascible
heresy
circumvent
lay
12. Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind
adroit
vulnerable
intrigue
disaffected
13. Able to be believed; convincing
malice
credible
economy
usurp
14. To be enough or adequate
suffice
deceitful
empiric
commend
15. To return to a former or less developed state; to go backward
cultivate
discrete
populist
regress
16. Unexpected; unanticipated
mediate
unforeseen
lucid
dialect
17. A trait specific to an individual
expedient
idiosyncrasy
intuition
reminiscent
18. Tired - bored - or lacking enthusiasm - typically after having had too much of something; apathetic
concordant
reiterate
irrepressible
jaded
19. Showing care and conscientiousness in one's work; hard-working
fallacy
diligent
accost
unmitigated
20. Having developed certain abilities at an earlier age than usual; gifted
straightforward
demur
precocious
salvage
21. Eager or quick to argue - quarrel - or fight; combative
benign
assimilate
docile
pugnacious
22. To strip (something) of its covering - possessions - or assets; to make bare
ossify
vicious
illegitimate
denude
23. Behaving as though one thinks one is superior to others; arrogant
supercilious
arrogant
bureaucrat
eulogy
24. Slow to reveal emotion or opinions; reticent
attribute
obsolete
reserved
quizzical
25. To mention (a number of things) one by one; to list
ego
enumerate
implicate
irreconcilable
26. To continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success; to persist
obsolete
benevolent
persevere
foreboding
27. Truthful and straightforward; open
credence
candid
stark
oblivious
28. To give a satisfactory explanation for (something)
litigious
account for
appointed
assimilate
29. A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning
critic
diffident
pedant
reminiscent
30. Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous
meticulous
equivocal
palliative
implication
31. Deliberately cruel or violent; savage
vicious
casual
robust
rhetoric
32. To put (a decision - plan - agreement - etc.) into effect
implement
apt
temperament
revere
33. Arousing pity - especially through vulnerability or sadness; pitiful
naïvete
pathetic
causal
acumen
34. Lasting only for a short time; impermanent
shrewd
transient
duplicitous
hyperbole
35. Related to the sense of hearing
anachronism
worldly
auditory
ambivalent
36. Optimistic; certain
idiosyncrasy
superficial
hypothesize
confident
37. Having an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage; shrewd
indelible
uncharacteristic
appreciate
astute
38. The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
zeal
eclectic
tribute
rhetoric
39. Physical strength and good health; effort - energy - and enthusiasm
perpetual
temperamental
vigor
provincialism
40. Showing or feeling no interest - enthusiasm - or concern
apathetic
prejudice
testify
stringent
41. A person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans
opportunist
ideologue
bounty
anomaly
42. Skillfulness; mastery
virtuosity
superior
callous
irrepressible
43. To politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something; to refrain
attribute
idiosyncrasy
forbear
ingenuity
44. Excessively complicated administrative procedures; red tape
steadfast
progenitor
temperamental
bureaucracy
45. Special importance
omen
emphasis
squander
systemic
46. Abundance; plenty
zeal
bounty
innocuous
precedence
47. Difficult to find - catch - or achieve; evasive
elusive
embellish
terminal
simplistic
48. Appropriate or suitable in the circumstances
respective
foresee
apt
intemperance
49. Having a good reputation; respected
renown
mandatory
rhetorical question
reputable
50. Intended to teach - especially in a patronizing way or having moral instruction as a hidden motive
didactic
parody
misconception
whimsical
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