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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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1. To put forth a hypothesis
homogenization
hypothesize
revelation
anomaly
2. Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior; fickle
dramatize
opportune
capricious
hearsay
3. Not ruled or controlled by others
proverbial
conciliatory
meticulous
autonomous
4. A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation
superb
libel
reputable
circumspect
5. A person who originates an artistic - political - or intellectual movement
munificent
progenitor
rouse
felicity
6. A refusal or unwillingness to change one's views or to agree about something; stubbornness
counterintuitive
ambivalent
fiscal
intransigence
7. To take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force
acquisition
usurp
appreciate
adverse
8. A person's character - personality - or nature
temperament
presume
subordinate
solicit
9. Grand and impressive in appearance; dramatic
imposing
belie
ostensible
implicate
10. To invent or introduce new methods - ideas - or products
innovate
methodology
bounty
clandestine
11. A lack of interest - enthusiasm - or concern; indifference
apathy
credential
principle
discriminate
12. Doubtfulness
aristocrat
innovative
anthropology
skepticism
13. Leaving no doubt; unambiguous
reticent
intemperance
unequivocal
assertion
14. To openly disregard (a rule - law or convention); to defy
tacit
ego
flout
defuse
15. Persistence; determination
tenacity
stratagem
perspective
discern
16. Deserving blame; guilty
vex
avant-garde
culpable
resurgent
17. A real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest - especially unfair treatment; an injustice
regress
engaging
grievance
perceptive
18. Displaying a passionate intensity; ardent
fervent
subdue
convey
critical
19. A person or thing that comes before another; a forerunner
palliative
precursor
opportunist
skeptical
20. Strong and healthy; vigorous
perfidy
reminiscent
robust
chicanery
21. Causing annoyance - frustration - or worry
mitigate
ambiguous
mediate
vexatious
22. An intense but short-lived passion or admiration for (something)
infatuation
buoyancy
alacrity
jaded
23. Unselfish concern for the well-being of others
laud
tangential
illusion
altruism
24. Showing a great deal of variety; heterogeneous
tactful
incredulous
diverse
dominant
25. All the people who are entitled to vote in an election
monotonous
coherent
squander
electorate
26. Stated or appearing to be true - but not necessarily so; purported
illusory
supplant
bountiful
ostensible
27. Carried or supported
contention
paraphrase
contemptuous
borne
28. Indicating mild or amused puzzlement; curious
quizzical
stringent
supersede
unwarranted
29. Complete; all-inclusive
discrete
comprehensive
amalgamate
tenacity
30. To participate or become involved in
analogy
engage
scrutinize
repertoire
31. To represent (a quality or concept) by a figure in human form; to epitomize
personify
chronicler
subtlety
aristocracy
32. The acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable
ludicrous
resignation
despondent
cataclysmic
33. To omit or decline to take (something pleasant or valuable); to go without
anthropologist
unorthodox
longevity
forgo
34. Instinctive; easy to use and understand
neglect
subdued
intuitive
frank
35. Relating to or acting as a cause
concession
lavish
causal
machination
36. Deep insight; great depth of knowledge or thought
injudicious
debilitate
profundity
chronicle
37. Inappropriate; unsuitable
suffice
recount
inapt
placid
38. To begin or continue a course of action; to move forward
recount
proceed
pugnacious
homogeneous
39. Feeling opposition or hostility toward something
subdue
incessant
moral
antagonistic
40. To rise in value or price
voracious
appreciate
diverse
moderation
41. Playfully quaint or fanciful - especially in an appealing and amusing way
flaunt
whimsical
loquacious
deride
42. To annoy or irritate; to vex or exasperate
peeve
palliative
espouse
economize
43. A person who creates a chronicle
vacillate
chronicler
prestigious
unsentimental
44. Not pretentious; modest
condone
unpretentious
account
censure
45. Wary and unwilling to take risks; cautious
circumspect
erudite
simulate
auditory
46. Related to a city or town
evade
urban
linguistic
peruse
47. Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something; equivocal
lugubrious
insure
ambivalent
disparity
48. To make (a statement or assertion) less absolute; to modify - limit - or temper
qualify
by virtue of
melancholy
regress
49. Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening
ominous
prestige
levity
naïvete
50. Very severe or serious; grave
peevish
grievous
tenacious
pragmatist