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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. Persistence; tenacity
perseverance
culpable
acuity
contend
2. To take (something) for one's own use - typically without the owner's permission; to seize
secluded
legitimate
appropriate
opportunist
3. A deep - pensive - and long-lasting sadness
deceit
effusive
melancholy
anomaly
4. To make (someone) less angry or hostile; to pacify
insight
rudiment
placate
cosmopolitan
5. At risk of suffering physical or emotional attack or harm
lamentable
deceit
multifarious
vulnerable
6. Not important or significant
inconsequential
atypical
satirize
resignation
7. Difficult to find - catch - or achieve; evasive
endeavor
elusive
testament
aversion
8. High-sounding language with little meaning - used to impress people
implacable
definitive
revoke
bombast
9. Having developed certain abilities at an earlier age than usual; gifted
engaging
magnanimity
renowned
precocious
10. Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand
perfidy
jargon
antagonism
mendacious
11. To be a typical example of; to epitomize
analogy
exemplify
consecrate
expeditious
12. Relating separately to each of several people or things
regressive
sympathy
deprecate
respective
13. Experienced and sophisticated; cosmopolitan
sedulous
imperious
depiction
worldly
14. To fail to care for properly
clandestine
neglect
cataclysmic
sufficient
15. Resolutely firm and unwavering; loyal
steadfast
adhere
assert
venerate
16. To feel deep respect or admiration for (something); to honor
revere
autonomy
defer
emphatic
17. To serve as evidence or proof of something
magnitude
decorum
testify
profusion
18. Extremely or unusually small; miniscule
diminutive
altruistic
tangential
unmitigated
19. In low spirits from loss of hope or courage; disheartened
stereotype
ingenuity
despondent
acumen
20. Showing an insensitive and cruel disregard for others; heartless
laud
callous
abstraction
perpetual
21. Relating to a violent natural event or disaster; catastrophic
diminutive
cataclysmic
scorn
credibility
22. To be appropriate - related - or applicable
vibrant
pertain
laconic
prevail
23. To examine or inspect closely and thoroughly
chicanery
scrutinize
belie
perspective
24. A statement that - despite sound reasoning from facts - leads to a conclusion that seems senseless or illogical; a self-contradiction
adroit
plastic
paradox
anecdotal
25. Taking ideas - style - or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources; broad-based
provocative
divergent
eclectic
meticulous
26. To state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully; to declare
commendable
virtuoso
assert
receptacle
27. Having a feeling of vague or regretful longing; yearning for something lost
wistful
receptacle
sensationalism
legitimate
28. A person with whom one shares a secret or private matter
vexatious
confidant
verbose
agitate
29. To omit or decline to take (something pleasant or valuable); to go without
forgo
confidant
intuitive
economic
30. Having good judgment or taste; selective
complimentary
prospectus
implication
discerning
31. Prejudiced in favor of a particular cause
reiterate
partisan
contentious
compel
32. To address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment; to reprimand
urban
imperious
reproach
palliative
33. Concerned (or overly concerned) with lawsuits or litigation
aplomb
penitent
litigious
superior
34. To mark with a formal ceremony
solemnize
diplomatic
sparse
allegory
35. Expressed clearly; easy to understand
euphemism
evocative
plague
lucid
36. Showing contempt; scornful
disingenuous
contemptuous
amalgam
homogeneous
37. To be aware of beforehand; to predict
cathartic
rigorous
credulity
foresee
38. Having the ability to speak fluently and coherently; eloquent
borne
spartan
articulate
compunction
39. To make something more interesting by adding extra details; to exaggerate
embellish
determinism
recount
unwarranted
40. Tending to be different or develop in different directions
contentious
vivid
divergent
circumscribe
41. To turn into bone or bony tissue; to become rigid or inflexible
provincialism
rhetoric
sufficient
ossify
42. Talkative; garrulous
stratagem
loquacious
flagging
inconsequential
43. Not in harmony with the surroundings or other aspects of something
provoke
rebuttal
incongruous
tout
44. A ruler who has absolute power; a dictator
proceed
autocrat
austere
tribute
45. Beyond criticism; faultless
irreproachable
substantive
vigor
lavish
46. To become tired - weaker - or less enthusiastic
antiquated
espouse
flag
ostentatious
47. Existing only on the surface; not deep
comprehensive
rancor
punctilious
superficial
48. Continuing without pause or interruption
stimulant
casual
itinerant
incessant
49. No longer needed or useful; needlessly replicating something already present
redundant
apolitical
didactic
anthropologist
50. To supersede and replace; to displace by force
supplant
profusion
assimilate
indiscernible