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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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1. To bring to mind
innocuous
hypothesis
evoke
to dispense with
2. No longer needed or useful; needlessly replicating something already present
to be resigned
antiquity
concede
redundant
3. Too generous; lenient
indulgent
susceptible
laud
meticulous
4. To escape or avoid - especially by cleverness or trickery; to elude
evade
virtuous
advocate
profuse
5. Not open to more than one interpretation; clear
virtuous
table
economy
unambiguous
6. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
iconoclast
virtuoso
tactful
callous
7. To examine (a book - movie - etc.) and suppress or remove unacceptable parts of it
disingenuous
subordinate
spare
censor
8. Clam and peaceful; not easily upset or excited
intuition
placid
avert
ineffable
9. Deliberately cruel or violent; savage
aversion
contemptuous
negligent
vicious
10. Clever - original - and inventive
prejudice
sanctimonious
ingenious
mandatory
11. A way in which something is usually done; a custom
convention
squalid
air
subordinate
12. To be aware of beforehand; to predict
munificent
thwart
foresee
prescriptive
13. Widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something; fame
profundity
skepticism
dominate
prestige
14. Loud and harsh; grating
strident
incoherent
discrete
concur
15. Charming and attractive
dominant
discerning
engaging
apprehensive
16. Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally; overstatement
credence
hyperbole
critic
credibility
17. To begin or continue a course of action; to move forward
curative
proceed
cantankerous
terminate
18. Expressing feelings of gratitude or pleasure in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner; gushing
appreciate
populace
unpretentious
effusive
19. To go around or past the edge of
skirt
accost
reproach
edify
20. A lack of self-control
peeve
urban
satire
intemperance
21. Fervent; ardent
grandiose
tact
zealous
expedient
22. A scheme
servile
machination
compliment
conventional
23. Imperceptible; undetectable
indiscernible
prose
economize
awed
24. A lack of variety; tedium
decorous
transient
monotony
lavish
25. An incorrect understanding
heresy
misconception
plutocrat
supercilious
26. An activity that diverts the mind from tedious or serious concerns; a distraction
diversion
dissolute
rudimentary
dispensation
27. To split apart or go in a different direction
contemptuous
forestall
diverge
penitent
28. Not intimidated or discouraged by difficulty - danger - or disappointment
modest
pervasive
undaunted
unsentimental
29. A belief that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response
unsentimental
rationalism
debilitate
simile
30. Poor; destitute
indigent
incontrovertible
intemperance
versatile
31. Resolutely firm and unwavering; loyal
commendable
steadfast
pretentious
cajole
32. Reserved - modest - and shy; meek
stratagem
demure
render
pertinent
33. Lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy
lackadaisical
laudatory
respectively
barrage
34. Careful to avoid social embarrassment or distress - especially by keeping confidences secret; tactful
figurative
discreet
substantive
lackadaisical
35. To fail or break down - typically as a result of a particular problem or setback
reclusive
founder
daunting
digress
36. Done or reached decisively and with authority
definitive
altruism
partisan
censure
37. To satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full
unforeseen
deride
sate
critique
38. To struggle against (a difficulty or danger)
intuition
grating
derivative
contend
39. Suggesting similarities or comparisons with something else
benign
reminiscent
attribute
futile
40. Seeming reasonable or probable; credible
recollection
virtuosity
appropriate
plausible
41. A feature regarded as a characteristic part of something; a trait
empirical
attribute
injudicious
adhere
42. To come before (something)
denude
omen
precede
flaunt
43. Implied but not plainly expressed
infallible
pragmatic
implicit
depiction
44. To cause (someone) to feel completely baffled; to puzzle
enigma
perplex
reputable
pedestrian
45. Obsessed; absorbed
autocrat
preoccupied
hyperbole
elusive
46. An object or space used to contain or receive something
discerning
utterance
ingenuity
receptacle
47. An ancestor
receptive
intransigence
forebear
opportune
48. Deception
deceit
baffle
substantial
provincial
49. Evoking interest - attention - or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way; enthralling
sympathy
compelling
circumscribe
jocular
50. Of secondary or minor importance
apprehension
grandiose
to be resigned
marginal