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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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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. A lack of experience - wisdom - or judgment; innocence or unsophistication
naïvete
prevalent
stature
spontaneous
2. Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical considerations
solemn
pragmatic
consummate
perplex
3. To totally bewilder or perplex; to puzzle
credible
humility
baffle
empiric
4. Intimidating; seeming difficult to deal with
dominant
libel
daunting
melancholy
5. Wanting or devouring great quantities of food
phenomenon
recollect
pragmatic
voracious
6. A burden or impediment; a hindrance
supersede
provocation
melancholy
encumbrance
7. Larger or more generous than is usual or necessary
munificent
lugubrious
longevity
dilettante
8. To postpone the consideration of
table
benevolent
implausible
scrutinize
9. Having compassion or benevolence; inflicting the minimum of pain
palliative
humane
discriminate
sarcasm
10. To consider carefully; to ponder
indigenous
lamentable
fanciful
deliberate
11. To become tired - weaker - or less enthusiastic
moribund
flag
reminisce
tribute
12. A basic law; a fundamental truth
consensus
digress
principle
oblivious
13. To follow (someone or something); to seek to attain or accomplish (a goal)
evasive
dramatize
cultivate
pursue
14. In agreement; consistent
bombast
renown
concordant
predecessor
15. The state of being subject to death
mortality
provincialism
prohibitive
conspicuous
16. A story - poem - or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning - typically a moral or political one
oblivious
corroborate
allegory
discriminating
17. An official order to do something
amalgamation
candor
mandate
naïve
18. To overcome (a problem or difficulty) - typically in a clever or sneaky way; to get around
render
circumvent
idiosyncrasy
portent
19. To make less severe - serious - or painful; to alleviate
mitigate
utter
predecessor
obsolete
20. To rise in value or price
appreciate
grievance
terminal
foreboding
21. Experienced and sophisticated; cosmopolitan
grievous
worldly
perspective
digress
22. A polite expression of praise or admiration
innovative
intransigence
populous
compliment
23. To reduce the danger or tension in (a difficult situation)
nostalgia
defuse
complaint
contemptuous
24. An act - statement - or gift that is intended to show gratitude - respect - or admiration
moral
tribute
integrity
resolute
25. To make legitimate
legitimize
engaging
ominous
analogous
26. Avoiding the company of other people; solitary
disingenuous
foster
reclusive
platitude
27. To come to an end - or to bring (something) to an end
terminate
tyrant
wield
terminal
28. Important; famous
render
prominent
concord
placid
29. Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence; timorous
appointed
resignation
diffident
deter
30. An incorrect understanding
colleague
commend
illuminate
misconception
31. To make use of
felicitous
intransigence
ebullient
employ
32. A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation
tax
estrange
implausible
libel
33. Original; inventive
sufficient
amalgam
innovative
denounce
34. Easily made angry; irritable
equivocal
complementary
resolute
irascible
35. Based on what is generally done or believed; traditional
acumen
predecessor
conventional
hyperbole
36. Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause; passion
verify
vigor
digress
zeal
37. A thing causing constant trouble or irritation
counterintuitive
irascible
plague
prohibitive
38. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
perplexity
objective
tout
virtuoso
39. Deliberately cruel or violent; savage
expeditious
vicious
appreciate
aristocrat
40. A person who held a job or office before the current holder; forerunner
predecessor
myopic
tenacious
plight
41. Not interested or involved in politics
diverse
apolitical
debilitate
sentiment
42. Easily persuaded to believe something; naïve
gullible
irreverent
morale
ambivalent
43. The avoidance of excess or extremes; self-restraint
indigent
moderation
tenacity
irrational
44. A subtle distinction - feature - or argument
implication
subtlety
lucid
exhaustive
45. Showing care and conscientiousness in one's work; hard-working
integrity
bureaucrat
advocacy
diligent
46. Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
facetious
homogeneous
dilemma
adherent
47. Action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry - especially deliberately
perseverance
provocation
solemnize
sensational
48. A person inclined to question or doubt an accepted opinion
antagonize
sanctimonious
effusive
skeptic
49. To prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking action ahead of time; to preempt
forestall
sarcasm
resilient
moderate
50. Credibility
determinism
constitute
skirt
credence