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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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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. To engage in plots and intrigues; to scheme
machinate
tact
usurp
understatement
2. Fit for a monarch - especially in being magnificent or dignified
objective
forbear
regal
metaphor
3. Kind and friendly toward a younger or less experienced person
incisive
scrutiny
cliche
avuncular
4. A basic law; a fundamental truth
unsentimental
principle
squander
adherent
5. Based on what is generally done or believed; traditional
hierarchy
conventional
elude
tenacious
6. A deep - pensive - and long-lasting sadness
keen
pursuit
prejudice
melancholy
7. Humble submission and respect
deference
autonomy
satire
scrutinize
8. To display (something) ostentatiously - especially in order to provoke envy or admiration; to show off
indifferent
ornate
unpalatable
flaunt
9. To rise in value or price
plausible
appreciate
languor
eccentric
10. Completing; harmonious
complicit
complementary
regress
diversion
11. Absolutely necessary; essential
indispensable
convene
critique
depreciate
12. Experienced and sophisticated; cosmopolitan
impervious
strident
worldly
politicize
13. Showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously; disdainful
irreverent
mandatory
appropriate
prevail
14. A person who originates an artistic - political - or intellectual movement
foresight
decorum
circumspect
progenitor
15. Of considerable importance - size - or worth; significant
credulity
substantial
chronicle
infelicity
16. Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening
ominous
salvage
digress
expeditious
17. Relating to economics or the economy
economic
convention
lamentable
irrational
18. Easily persuaded to believe something; naïve
dispensation
stimulate
zealous
gullible
19. Cheerful and full of energy; exuberant
altruistic
temper
ebullient
indiscernible
20. Selfless; compassionate
altruistic
diminutive
irreconcilable
plight
21. To force or oblige (someone) to do something; to pressure
testimonial
compel
demure
grating
22. Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior
populace
slovenly
vicious
moral
23. The feeling - often pleasant - of tiredness or inertia; lethargy
languor
prospectus
assert
advocate
24. A question asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to get information
palliative
cosmopolitan
contempt
rhetorical question
25. To publicly denounce; to condemn
decry
morale
ideologue
diverse
26. To claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong; to accuse
superficial
sentiment
emphasis
allege
27. More important than anything else; supreme
heterogeneous
site
paramount
conducive
28. Deliberately created; artificial
naïve
benevolent
contrived
portent
29. A strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something; a proclivity
prescient
didactic
penchant
whimsical
30. Unreasonable; illogical
equivocal
irrational
conciliatory
discreet
31. A preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience; a bias
idealism
bombast
prejudice
prominent
32. Because or as a result of
forbear
alienate
disseminate
by virtue of
33. Tired - bored - or lacking enthusiasm - typically after having had too much of something; apathetic
indigent
steadfast
pursue
jaded
34. To indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way
vacuous
expedite
worldly
criticize
35. To retrieve or save (something) from potential loss or adverse circumstances; to recoup
precipitous
salvage
superficial
irrefutable
36. Most important or powerful
repress
dominant
spare
incongruous
37. Lacking imagination - foresight - or intellectual insight; narrow-minded
temperance
myopic
account
defuse
38. Better; higher-ranking
premeditate
superior
mendacious
exasperate
39. A harsh - discordant mixture of sounds
flippant
cacophony
moderate
pedestrian
40. A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty
reticent
aesthetics
presumptive
omen
41. Well-chosen or particularly favorable or appropriate; auspicious
opportune
longevity
tax
stimulant
42. Showing a high degree of skill and flair; complete or perfect
anachronism
diverse
denounce
consummate
43. To begin or continue a course of action; to move forward
proceed
benevolent
quarrel
pretentious
44. Having a good reputation; respected
whimsy
intricate
plastic
reputable
45. To make (an idea - impression - or feeling) known or understandable to someone; to communicate
convey
marginal
steadfast
disillusioned
46. Openness and honesty; frankness
seclusion
diligent
candor
populist
47. Collusion; connivance
pedestrian
disillusioned
laconic
complicity
48. Unverified information received from other people; rumor
ambiguous
hearsay
sensational
flippant
49. Obsessed; absorbed
confidant
preoccupied
imposing
precedent
50. A statement that - despite sound reasoning from facts - leads to a conclusion that seems senseless or illogical; a self-contradiction
assertion
provocation
paradox
expedite