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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. Showing deference
plague
incessant
deferential
profound
2. A real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest - especially unfair treatment; an injustice
imperious
assertion
grievance
aristocrat
3. Involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing
complicit
ideal
contend
inclined
4. To make heavy demands on (someone's powers or resources)
tax
confide
reserved
auditory
5. A view of or attitude toward a situation or event; an opinion
sentiment
erratic
resurgent
infelicity
6. To think of with great respect; to revere
disingenuous
venerate
expedient
acuity
7. Deliberately cruel or violent; savage
ineffable
consecrate
economy
vicious
8. Heated disagreement
consummate
credence
diplomatic
contention
9. To force (something unwelcome or unfamiliar) to be accepted or put in place
decorous
reminisce
impose
enthralling
10. An idea formed before having all the facts or evidence; an assumption
preconception
monotony
grievous
understatement
11. Open resistance; bold disobedience
trivialize
defiance
derivative
homogeneous
12. Exciting or impressive
dramatic
ambiguous
discerning
pretense
13. Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
resilient
facetious
methodology
colleague
14. Presumed in the absence of further information; assumed
quarrelsome
deceive
presumptive
pretense
15. Not showing care for the consequences of an action; reckless
cynic
imprudent
benign
indignant
16. A detailed analysis and assessment of something
nostalgia
machinate
disinclined
critique
17. The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect; contempt
humanitarian
disdain
eccentric
heresy
18. Deserving contempt; despicable
simile
plutocrat
succinct
contemptible
19. To serve as a neutralizing or counterbalancing force to (something); to moderate
anomaly
temper
reminisce
dramatize
20. To diminish in value over a period of time
tenacity
adroit
depreciate
dilemma
21. The philosophy that says that all events are predetermined or controlled by external causes
cultivate
disdain
compromise
determinism
22. The way in which something is regarded or understood; a general idea
hypothesis
incongruous
repress
conception
23. Lacking interest or excitement; dull
inscrutable
mundane
momentous
indomitable
24. A statement that - despite sound reasoning from facts - leads to a conclusion that seems senseless or illogical; a self-contradiction
recount
paradox
philanthropist
disingenuous
25. Impossible to subdue or defeat; invincible
satirize
indomitable
inclined
derision
26. To weaken or put into danger; to undermine
renowned
compromise
populace
indigenous
27. Generosity; benevolence
magnanimity
pervasive
perpetuate
personify
28. Feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant
penitent
demure
virtuosity
illusionist
29. To intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation; to arbitrate
mediate
unprovoked
connoisseur
condone
30. Playfully quaint or fanciful behavior or humor
impressionable
perfunctory
pervasive
whimsy
31. Public support for a particular cause
advocacy
provoke
awed
exacerbate
32. A plan or scheme - especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve a goal
stratagem
render
convene
agitate
33. One's opponent in a contest - conflict - or dispute; a rival
sentimental
comprehensive
adversary
impressionistic
34. An event or thing that rouses activity or energy in someone or something; a spur or incentive
spare
autocrat
stimulus
devalue
35. Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing
flag
susceptible
by virtue of
oblivion
36. Perfect; most suitable
preconception
ideal
precedent
deride
37. To irritate or annoy to an extreme degree; to infuriate
discern
exasperate
atypical
forbear
38. Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation - especially by responding only indirectly; equivocal
homogeneous
evasive
fanciful
infallible
39. A thing that persuades or influences someone to do something; an incentive
inducement
moderate
alacrity
venerate
40. To consider carefully; to ponder
stimulate
illusionist
deliberate
simile
41. A story - poem - or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning - typically a moral or political one
vacillate
invoke
reproach
allegory
42. To cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument
buoyancy
whim
invoke
espouse
43. An extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property; an inferno
ingenious
facetious
to dispense with
conflagration
44. Unlikely; improbable
synthesize
lavish
implausible
irreverent
45. Not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one
presumptive
buoy
oblivious
jaded
46. A person inclined to question or doubt an accepted opinion
intuition
satirize
systematic
skeptic
47. Complete; all-inclusive
check
anecdotal
comprehensive
acuity
48. A belief that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response
verify
rationalism
entrepreneur
preeminent
49. To destroy completely; to put an end to
forbear
eradicate
rancor
spare
50. Kept secret or done secretively - especially because illicit; covert
complementary
vacuous
clandestine
proliferate