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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. Showing an insensitive and cruel disregard for others; heartless
debunk
prominent
synthesis
callous
2. To openly disregard (a rule - law or convention); to defy
flout
supplant
cryptic
anomaly
3. Outward behavior or bearing; manner
induce
worldly
demeanor
mortality
4. Feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed
nonchalant
unfounded
censor
repertoire
5. Impressive or magnificent in appearance or style - especially in a pretentious or excessive way
receptacle
grandiose
reclusive
figurative
6. A tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true
credulity
negligible
estrange
aplomb
7. A person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions
methodology
foresee
oblivion
iconoclast
8. Having no foundation or basis in fact; groundless
awe
unfounded
cohesive
amalgamate
9. Fully comprehensive; all-inclusive
exhaustive
eclectic
antipathy
susceptible
10. To restore friendly relations between
composite
assert
unequivocal
reconcile
11. Not necessarily true or reliable - because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research
advocacy
eclectic
rouse
anecdotal
12. Amazed; astonished
unmitigated
implacable
awed
multifarious
13. Dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy
enterprise
despondent
laud
somber
14. Not authorized by law; not in accordance with accepted standards
site
iconoclast
illegitimate
enthrall
15. Concerned (or overly concerned) with lawsuits or litigation
pretense
intimate
definitive
litigious
16. Living or occurring at the same time as (something else)
stringent
rhetoric
contemporary
austere
17. The combining of things to form a whole or something new
synthesis
indignant
whimsy
languor
18. Lacking interest or excitement; dull
tact
mundane
grandiose
antiquated
19. Presumed in the absence of further information; assumed
evade
presumptive
impose
sedulous
20. To be generally said or believed to do or be (something)
to be reputed
inept
precedence
subordinate
21. Exciting or impressive
simulate
ego
intuitive
dramatic
22. An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true; an excuse to do something
vigor
implausible
pretense
myopic
23. To be enough or adequate
placid
suffice
charisma
nonchalant
24. Unnecessary - especially through being more than enough; surplus
characterize
irrefutable
cathartic
superfluous
25. To alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; to be indecisive
bombast
aesthete
vacillate
complementary
26. Seeming reasonable or probable; credible
diplomatic
anecdote
plausible
epitomize
27. Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition; dispassionate
phlegmatic
deterministic
prosaic
sensationalism
28. Calm; peaceful
dearth
understated
tranquil
myopic
29. A quotation from or reference to a book - paper - or author
innocuous
myopic
citation
cohere
30. Given a great deal of respect - especially because of age - wisdom - or character
negligible
venerable
stark
dubious
31. Easily persuaded to believe something; naïve
discrete
revelation
susceptible
gullible
32. The ancient past
extol
malicious
antiquity
testimonial
33. Capable of making mistakes or being erroneous
figurative
fallible
awed
circumscribe
34. The use of language that seems to be the opposite of the intended meaning; sarcasm
cosmopolitan
irony
commendable
impugn
35. Careful consideration
naïvete
progenitor
censor
deliberation
36. A person who has a special appreciation of art and beauty
paragon
illegitimate
taciturn
aesthete
37. To praise highly - especially in a public context; to commend
evoke
progenitor
laud
adept
38. Anxious or fearful
spare
defuse
apprehensive
discerning
39. To reduce the danger or tension in (a difficult situation)
defuse
eccentric
prolific
naïve
40. Large in quantity; abundant
bountiful
populous
aplomb
testify
41. A recommendation or formal statement testifying to someone's character and qualifications; an endorsement
testimonial
plight
precipitate
levity
42. Overimaginative and unrealistic; far-fetched
foreshadow
condemn
pugnacious
fanciful
43. Oppression
connoisseur
tyranny
ludicrous
deferential
44. Difficult to understand; obscure
deprecate
paraphrase
abstruse
anecdote
45. A speech or piece of writing that praises someone highly - typically someone who has just died
flag
revoke
eulogy
gratuitous
46. To be of the same opinion; to agree
concur
derision
defer
subterfuge
47. Unexpected; unanticipated
fabricate
unforeseen
cacophony
imply
48. Relating to a violent natural event or disaster; catastrophic
laudatory
cataclysmic
rouse
provocation
49. A person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance
ego
temper
eulogy
urbane
50. To make (something - typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely; to sustain
omen
scrutiny
perpetuate
temperate