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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. Easily shaped or molded; malleable
plastic
subordinate
inscrutable
bureaucracy
2. To insult or belittle; to trivialize - ridicule - or mock
plight
disparage
expedite
mercurial
3. The capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of something; acuity
prospective
insight
connoisseur
anecdote
4. To discourage (someone) from doing something - using doubt or fear
evocative
enumerate
respectively
deter
5. Uncertain; hesitant
tentative
intricate
cantankerous
discernment
6. Showing a high degree of skill and flair; complete or perfect
foreboding
consummate
mandatory
composite
7. Physical strength and good health; effort - energy - and enthusiasm
ebullient
avert
secluded
vigor
8. A person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions
plastic
iconoclast
pugnacious
daunting
9. Careful to avoid social embarrassment or distress - especially by keeping confidences secret; tactful
unprecedented
quizzical
intuitive
discreet
10. To adopt or support (a cause - belief - or way of life); to endorse
malicious
espouse
systematic
meticulous
11. An event or thing that rouses activity or energy in someone or something; a spur or incentive
illuminate
stimulus
squalid
intuition
12. A thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned; a thing belonging to a different time period
anachronism
virtuoso
cite
loquacious
13. Extremely or unusually small; miniscule
anonymous
deplore
diminutive
assert
14. Based on a hypothesis; theoretical
intuitive
convey
hypothetical
provincialism
15. To make (someone) feel annoyed - frustrated - or worried - especially with trivial matters
succinct
worldly
vex
abstraction
16. Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words
barrage
prolific
ineffable
spartan
17. Showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened
site
regale
timid
adherent
18. To call people together for (a meeting); to assemble
convene
paramount
gratuitous
rigors
19. Outward behavior or bearing; manner
anecdotal
vicious
confidential
demeanor
20. Sharp or penetrating
keen
precipitate
commendable
infallible
21. Of considerable importance - size - or worth; significant
robust
embellish
substantial
impose
22. To recall and show respect for (someone or something) in a ceremony; to pay homage to
account
commemorate
adversary
arduous
23. Unwilling; reluctant
decorous
felicity
susceptible
disinclined
24. To raise doubts or objections; to show reluctance
aesthetic
demur
legitimate
timid
25. Uncalled for; lacking good reason
unorthodox
prevalent
gratuitous
linguistic
26. A ruler who has absolute power; a dictator
tenacity
laud
autocrat
imperious
27. Very skilled or proficient at something; adroit
dispensation
adept
slovenly
tactful
28. Evoking interest - attention - or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way; enthralling
servile
irony
compelling
subvert
29. To combine - merge - or unite
uncharacteristic
platitude
amalgamate
ascetic
30. To allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of
assert
indulge
contemptuous
superficial
31. To absorb and integrate (people - ideas - or culture) into a wider society or culture
commendable
assimilate
convention
mandatory
32. A lack of variety; tedium
monotony
assimilate
persevere
complicit
33. Convenient and practical - although possibly improper or immoral
expedient
receptive
buoy
superficial
34. A sudden desire or change of mind - especially one that is unusual or unexplained; an impulse
whim
laudatory
paraphrase
integrity
35. To voluntarily cease to claim; to give (something) up
forebear
skeptic
relinquish
legitimize
36. To come before (something)
intimate
precede
perspective
aristocrat
37. Unable to be affected by
impervious
discrete
itinerant
profound
38. An unorthodox or independent-minded person; a nonconformist
maverick
versatile
adverse
capricious
39. Friendly - lively - and enjoyable; cheerful and jovial
felicitous
convivial
dispassionate
engaging
40. To tell someone about something; to give an account of an event or experience
prudent
anthropologist
contemptible
recount
41. An exemption from a rule or usual requirement
dispensation
found
unpremeditated
dominant
42. To read thoroughly and carefully
intractable
flaunt
analogous
peruse
43. Enough; adequate
pertinent
sufficient
definitive
cohesive
44. Relaxed and informal
casual
personify
repudiate
embellish
45. Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
imperious
fervent
unmitigated
flippant
46. The practice of pursuing ideals - especially unrealistically
proximity
idealism
arduous
insubstantial
47. A phrase or opinion that is overused and lacks original thought
diverse
docile
cliche
estrange
48. To overcome (a problem or difficulty) - typically in a clever or sneaky way; to get around
circumvent
regal
innocuous
acquisition
49. Lacking comfort or luxury; austere
spartan
dramatize
neglect
induce
50. Understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge; obscure
melancholy
esoteric
flippant
complementary