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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. Narrow-mindedness - insularity - or lack of sophistication
decorum
temperate
respectively
provincialism
2. Related to a city or town
urban
inimical
proverb
acquisitive
3. A person who studies anthropology
populist
anthropologist
hyperbole
characterize
4. Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something; equivocal
forebear
indulgent
encumbrance
ambivalent
5. Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety; etiquette
decorum
contrived
spartan
metaphor
6. Instinctive; easy to use and understand
testimonial
intuitive
reconcile
dearth
7. To quote (a passage - book - or author) as evidence for an argument or statement; to mention as an example
oblivious
cite
reminiscent
concession
8. A firmly held belief or opinion
account
cohesive
conviction
iconoclast
9. To portray in words; to describe
diverse
forgo
terminal
depict
10. Deserving blame; guilty
imprudent
culpable
incongruous
autonomy
11. Concerned (or overly concerned) with lawsuits or litigation
precocious
subordinate
constitute
litigious
12. To instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually; to enlighten
edify
vacillate
debunk
mediate
13. Important; significant
inept
temperate
momentous
revelation
14. Extremely useful; indispensable
cryptic
squander
stature
invaluable
15. The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration - worthless - or deserving scorn; disdain
penitent
esoteric
consequence
contempt
16. Important or significant
altruistic
consequential
insure
commemorate
17. A subject or matter that strongly interests or engrosses someone; an obsession
benevolent
preoccupation
pugnacious
trivialize
18. Most important; main
plague
principal
irreconcilable
enthrall
19. To hold down or subdue (something) by force
repress
sarcasm
casual
stringent
20. Appropriate or suitable in the circumstances
provincial
apt
magnanimous
precipitous
21. To read thoroughly and carefully
peruse
reclusive
apprehension
provocative
22. Contrary to intuition or to common-sense expectation (but often nevertheless true)
profuse
condone
counterintuitive
tax
23. To cause (someone) to be no longer close or affectionate; to alienate
orthodox
discernment
estrange
awed
24. To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something; to foil
censure
fallacy
supplant
thwart
25. Intimidating; seeming difficult to deal with
antagonistic
daunting
lament
dominate
26. Showing care and conscientiousness in one's work; hard-working
tangential
diligent
intricate
robust
27. An exemption from a rule or usual requirement
dispensation
irreconcilable
orthodox
illusionist
28. Comparable in certain respects
analogous
impede
impervious
simplistic
29. An event regarded as a prediction or portent of good or evil
chronicle
politicize
impede
omen
30. An unorthodox or independent-minded person; a nonconformist
skeptical
depiction
maverick
mediate
31. A factual written account of important or historical events
divergent
simplistic
chronicle
moral
32. Friendly - lively - and enjoyable; cheerful and jovial
idiosyncrasy
coherent
convivial
itinerant
33. To cause (an undesirable event) to happen suddenly - unexpectedly - or prematurely
dilemma
precipitate
awed
systematic
34. Not pretentious; modest
unpretentious
irreverent
orthodox
vex
35. A member of the highest class of society
levity
paragon
aristocrat
depiction
36. To overwhelm (someone) with things to be dealt with; to besiege
concordant
recount
inundate
susceptible
37. An imitation of the style of a particular writer - artist - or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect; a caricature
parody
prejudice
resurgent
superficial
38. A feature regarded as a characteristic part of something; a trait
attribute
felicity
meticulous
equivocal
39. To continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success; to persist
forestall
seclusion
confident
persevere
40. A trait specific to an individual
scrutiny
altruistic
idiosyncrasy
apprehensive
41. Based on illusion; not real
lament
salvage
cohesive
illusory
42. To reject; to refuse to accept or be associated with
connoisseur
consequential
premeditate
repudiate
43. Relevant; applicable
accost
pertinent
preoccupation
unsentimental
44. Having an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities
arrogant
ornate
eulogize
bureaucracy
45. Dull - tedious - and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest
plague
profundity
incredulous
monotonous
46. Messy and dirty; scruffy
recollection
slovenly
tranquil
prolific
47. Having the potential to become disastrous; at a point of crisis
critical
flaunt
amalgamation
ideologue
48. Seeming reasonable or probable; credible
rationalize
conducive
plausible
regress
49. Commonplace; lacking poetic beauty
site
prosaic
profound
respective
50. Generosity; benevolence
icon
adroit
disposition
magnanimity