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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. Preventing success or development; harmful
plastic
paragon
adverse
slovenly
2. To confirm or give support to (a statement or theory)
defiance
attribute
corroborate
critic
3. To cause (an undesirable event) to happen suddenly - unexpectedly - or prematurely
arduous
precipitate
demure
provocation
4. Deep insight; great depth of knowledge or thought
diminutive
discrete
prejudice
profundity
5. Thinly dispersed or scattered; scarce
sparse
sedulous
condemn
melancholy
6. Size - especially the great size - extent - or importance of something
magnitude
placid
humility
arrogant
7. A person with whom one works - especially in a profession or business
whimsy
anecdotal
precede
colleague
8. A remark or statement that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful; a cliche
salvage
ideologue
jocular
platitude
9. A person inclined to question or doubt an accepted opinion
skeptic
unwieldy
implication
quizzical
10. An expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called on to give opinions about it to the public
pundit
jargon
portray
confidential
11. Making something likely or possible; favorable to
paramount
resolute
vacuous
conducive
12. Deserving censure or condemnation; disgraceful
cosmopolitan
reprehensible
illuminate
forgo
13. Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
imply
circumscribe
facetious
fiscal
14. A basic building block of something; an elementary or primitive form of something
espouse
proximity
rudiment
perplex
15. Bad-tempered - argumentative - and uncooperative; grumpy
commemorate
cantankerous
trenchant
loquacious
16. Not in harmony with the surroundings or other aspects of something
diverse
exasperate
debilitate
incongruous
17. An official order to do something
contention
constitute
mandate
robust
18. Excellent; impressively splendid
superb
eccentric
encumbrance
scrutinize
19. Extremely or unusually small; miniscule
unprovoked
diminutive
portentous
erudite
20. To spread or disperse (something - especially information) widely; to promulgate
equanimity
simile
disseminate
superior
21. Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering facts; unbiased
incontrovertible
trivial
objective
orthodox
22. To make less severe - serious - or painful; to alleviate
apprehensive
mitigate
skepticism
flagging
23. Carried or supported
borne
commendable
demure
mundane
24. A scarcity or lack of something; a paucity
dearth
litigious
aesthete
preoccupation
25. Open; honest
flag
determinism
peruse
frank
26. Of considerable importance - size - or worth; significant
adverse
substantial
renown
allege
27. A person who studies anthropology
anthropologist
plastic
superb
elude
28. To put forth a hypothesis
hypothesize
avert
awe
skeptical
29. A thing that completes or brings to perfection
rhetoric
complement
acute
fallacy
30. Self-confidence or assurance - especially when in a demanding situation; poise
aplomb
allusion
transient
voracious
31. Adroitness and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues; diplomacy
illegitimate
intuition
linguistic
tact
32. Unexpected; unanticipated
pretentious
arbitrary
unforeseen
astute
33. Prompted by feelings of tenderness - sadness - or nostalgia
wistful
querulous
sentimental
zeal
34. An obstruction or obstacle
impediment
utterance
stimulate
rhetoric
35. Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; showy
obsequious
innocuous
urbane
ostentatious
36. Sumptuously rich - elaborate - or luxurious
lavish
indeterminate
prestige
pedestrian
37. A cruel and oppressive ruler
tyrant
sedulous
mitigate
linguistic
38. Not having professional qualifications or expert knowledge - especially in law or medicine; nonspecialist
humane
lay
grievance
perpetual
39. Existing in something as a permanent - essential - or characteristic attribute; intrinsic
sarcasm
inherent
chronicle
tentative
40. A person who is concerned with the views or interests of ordinary people
populist
trivial
deference
sarcasm
41. To tell someone about something; to give an account of an event or experience
intricate
recount
imprudent
unforeseen
42. Not able to be imitated; unique
prospectus
inimitable
credible
inscrutable
43. Valued objects and qualities such as cultural traditions and historic buildings that have been passed down from previous generations; inheritance
conventional
usurp
adept
heritage
44. Persistence; tenacity
bolster
fanciful
levity
perseverance
45. Easy to control or influence; malleable
profusely
methodology
tractable
jargon
46. Unwilling to believe something; skeptical
mercurial
imperceptible
resilient
incredulous
47. Perfect; most suitable
defuse
espouse
ideal
candor
48. Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of someone else
sate
vicarious
preoccupation
lackadaisical
49. A printed document that advertises or describes a school - commercial enterprise - forthcoming book - etc. - in order to attract or inform clients
prospectus
intractable
formidable
discriminate
50. Showing great knowledge - perception - or insight
wistful
venerate
apt
profound