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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. To use up (resources or reserves) completely
substantiate
futile
exhaust
seclusion
2. Amazed; astonished
culpable
convoluted
virtuoso
awed
3. To pacify or placate (someone) by agreeing to their demands
appease
remorse
tribute
causal
4. To sense; to become aware or conscious of (something)
concordant
respective
perceive
acquisition
5. Very skilled or proficient at something; adroit
adept
flout
ingenious
dilemma
6. Well chosen or suited to the circumstances; apt
glorify
cajole
imply
felicitous
7. To get or obtain something from specified source
derive
venerable
prescriptive
slovenly
8. A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning
circumspect
conviction
discriminating
pedant
9. To cause (someone) to feel excited - invigorated - or angry
rouse
whimsy
reminisce
fallacy
10. A location where a building is constructed or a particular event takes place
utterance
eulogize
site
prestigious
11. Prejudiced in favor of a particular cause
partisan
adversary
placid
unforeseen
12. The process of making something homogeneous
homogenization
complicity
credulity
synthesize
13. Extremely or unusually small; miniscule
deceit
diminutive
virtuoso
exasperate
14. The state of being unaware of what is happening
oblivion
oblivious
forebear
depiction
15. Showing or feeling no interest - enthusiasm - or concern
loquacious
curative
circumscribe
apathetic
16. The use of exciting or shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy - in order to provoke public interest or excitement
sensationalism
rebuttal
monotony
deception
17. A person inclined to question or doubt an accepted opinion
transient
skeptic
connoisseur
virtuous
18. Showing care and conscientiousness in one's work; hard-working
chicanery
diligent
complement
prescriptive
19. A bad public opinion; disgrace
pugnacious
disrepute
convivial
provincial
20. To restore friendly relations between
prescriptive
circumvent
reconcile
scrutiny
21. To present in a vivid or striking way
apprehensive
dramatize
stimulant
meticulous
22. Only barely touching or related to (something); peripheral
tangential
proximity
supercilious
tacit
23. Completing; harmonious
temperamental
hyperbole
acumen
complementary
24. Unreasonable; illogical
provincial
appease
irrational
abstraction
25. So delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe
subtle
fallible
conflagration
preeminent
26. Feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune
cohesive
pervasive
prestige
sympathy
27. Open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning
emphatic
digress
lavish
ambiguous
28. Not able to be denied or disputed; certain
conception
estrange
incontrovertible
grating
29. An official in a government department; an administrator
imply
monotonous
resignation
bureaucrat
30. To describe incorrectly
decry
recount
avuncular
mischaracterize
31. Self-confidence or assurance - especially when in a demanding situation; poise
impressionistic
aplomb
austere
found
32. An obstruction or obstacle
melancholy
jaded
regress
impediment
33. Avoiding the company of other people; solitary
reclusive
exuberant
arduous
extol
34. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind - used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
adherent
incontrovertible
intemperance
simile
35. Something that exists only as an idea
mandatory
abstraction
belligerent
derision
36. Briefly and clearly expressed; concise
succinct
mortality
substantive
suffice
37. Careful management of available resources
salvage
perfunctory
peruse
economy
38. Mental calmness - composure - and evenness of temper - especially in a difficult situation; composure
integrity
equanimity
forebear
anthropologist
39. Having or showing high moral standards; righteous
inclined
virtuous
perfidy
convention
40. Grand and impressive in appearance; dramatic
disposition
rebuttal
imposing
evoke
41. Something different from what is standard - normal - or expected; an oddity
phenomenon
anomaly
phlegmatic
clandestine
42. Having refined taste or good judgment; discerning
whim
discriminating
paragon
contemptuous
43. Hostile and aggressive; confrontational
plague
vicious
belligerent
cynic
44. A remark or statement that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful; a cliche
sentimental
contentious
platitude
lugubrious
45. Absolutely necessary; essential
contemptuous
appointed
intimidate
indispensable
46. Lower in rank or position
abstraction
cosmopolitan
subordinate
analogy
47. To represent or depict artistically
to be resigned
subvert
render
deter
48. To postpone the consideration of
eulogize
exemplar
table
equanimity
49. Commonplace; lacking poetic beauty
laudatory
prosaic
anecdote
eccentric
50. Outward behavior or bearing; manner
insubordinate
exasperate
venerate
demeanor