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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. Reserved - modest - and shy; meek
archaic
demure
circumspect
sap
2. A result or effect of an action or condition
consequence
entrepreneur
inapt
plague
3. Familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures
sensationalism
dissolute
sarcasm
cosmopolitan
4. An expert judge in matters of taste
malice
aesthete
connoisseur
solemn
5. Using very few words; concise
scorn
laconic
unorthodox
cantankerous
6. A question asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to get information
zealot
benign
rhetorical question
buoyancy
7. A lack of interest - enthusiasm - or concern; indifference
unverified
apathy
regal
flagging
8. Related to a city or town
machination
urban
prominent
vex
9. A ruler who has absolute power; a dictator
impetuous
proximity
discernment
autocrat
10. An abundance or large quantity of something
malicious
complicity
profusion
reconcile
11. Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words
respectively
revelation
dramatize
ineffable
12. An obstruction or obstacle
humility
cantankerous
impediment
mischaracterize
13. A thing causing constant trouble or irritation
to be resigned
prolific
plague
borne
14. Something different from what is standard - normal - or expected; an oddity
eccentric
anomaly
avuncular
repress
15. Seeming reasonable or probable; credible
despondent
plausible
impressionable
secluded
16. Too generous; lenient
heresy
indulgent
unwieldy
temper
17. Amazed; astonished
bountiful
anthropologist
squander
awed
18. To deride and criticize using satire
satirize
dissolute
comprehensive
misconception
19. Charming; magnetic
persevere
charismatic
quarrelsome
superb
20. Imperceptible; undetectable
tact
dearth
indiscernible
tactful
21. To spend less; to reduce one's expenses
economize
elusive
vexatious
jocular
22. Existing in something as a permanent - essential - or characteristic attribute; intrinsic
aristocrat
jargon
inept
inherent
23. To increase rapidly in numbers; to multiply
pathetic
proliferate
misconception
compliment
24. Unexpected; unanticipated
moribund
temperate
unforeseen
mischaracterize
25. Lax in morals; licentious
invulnerable
precedent
edify
dissolute
26. The state of being subject to death
characterize
aplomb
mortality
contemporary
27. Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening
felicitous
ominous
sentiment
circumscribe
28. To cause (someone) to feel excited - invigorated - or angry
vexatious
rouse
plight
invulnerable
29. Not able to be imitated; unique
inimitable
awed
grievance
relinquish
30. Deliberately created; artificial
pedestrian
preoccupation
contrived
prolific
31. In low spirits from loss of hope or courage; disheartened
despondent
eclectic
cynic
intimacy
32. The combining of things to form a whole or something new
condone
laud
critique
synthesis
33. To show (someone) to be involved in a crime
elusive
convene
implicate
benevolent
34. Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little
convivial
whim
perseverance
taciturn
35. To cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another
averse
composite
methodology
divert
36. A tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true
credulity
denounce
opportunist
profound
37. Extremely dirty and unpleasant - especially as a result of poverty or neglect
dilatory
intemperance
squalid
compliant
38. To make legitimate
oblivion
imperious
disillusioned
legitimize
39. Deceitful
reconstitute
provincialism
eulogy
duplicitous
40. To perceive or recognize (something)
defuse
counterintuitive
discern
simulate
41. Relevant; applicable
hyperbole
portray
pertinent
flagging
42. An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true; an excuse to do something
misconception
benign
conspicuous
pretense
43. Having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned
indifferent
forebear
unpremeditated
trivialize
44. To postpone the consideration of
sufficient
fiscal
table
altruism
45. To gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power)
benign
deceitful
rebut
sap
46. The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration - worthless - or deserving scorn; disdain
laconic
precede
contempt
proceed
47. Treating complex issues and problems as if they were much simpler than they really are; superficial
simplistic
innovative
extravagant
susceptible
48. To remember (something); to call to mind
provocation
recollect
sparse
plague
49. Careful to avoid social embarrassment or distress - especially by keeping confidences secret; tactful
dominant
discriminate
simplistic
discreet
50. Making something likely or possible; favorable to
profuse
conducive
imply
perseverance