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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. Full of energy and enthusiasm
monotonous
apathetic
vibrant
anachronism
2. To rise in value or price
unverified
appreciate
misconception
libel
3. Obsessed; absorbed
lament
fallible
negligent
preoccupied
4. Easily irritated - especially by unimportant things
circumvent
peevish
urban
suffice
5. To support or strengthen; to prop up
economic
bolster
deception
obsolete
6. A real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest - especially unfair treatment; an injustice
moderate
antagonize
dominant
grievance
7. Having no foundation or basis in fact; groundless
unfounded
injudicious
versatile
utter
8. Extremely complex and difficult to follow
pugnacious
belie
convoluted
understated
9. Valued objects and qualities such as cultural traditions and historic buildings that have been passed down from previous generations; inheritance
discerning
constitute
definitive
heritage
10. Close familiarity or friendship; closeness
abstraction
foster
intimacy
principal
11. To make (a doubt - feeling - or belief) disappear; to drive (something) away
dispel
grandiose
site
air
12. To give special importance to (something); to stress
aesthetic
emphasize
virtuoso
equivocate
13. Because or as a result of
arduous
tact
hearsay
by virtue of
14. A quotation from or reference to a book - paper - or author
unpremeditated
causal
citation
radical
15. Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure; confusing
air
decry
cryptic
imperious
16. To perceive or recognize (something)
opportunist
discern
unfounded
assertion
17. Downplayed; minimized
reclusive
monotonous
understated
antiquity
18. Impossible to perceive; unnoticeable
baffle
imperceptible
audible
allegory
19. A substance or thing that increases activity - interest - or enthusiasm
stimulant
by virtue of
vulnerable
comprehensive
20. To cause (someone) to believe something that is not true; to trick
deceive
linguistic
avuncular
impose
21. A subject or matter that strongly interests or engrosses someone; an obsession
attribute
pretentious
tenacious
preoccupation
22. Uncertain; hesitant
emphasis
inherent
vivid
tentative
23. An incorrect understanding
sentimental
misconception
skeptic
contrived
24. To make certain that (something) shall occur or be the case
autonomous
fiscal
chronicle
ensure
25. To alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; to be indecisive
exploit
cohesive
vacillate
adherent
26. A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty
longevity
aesthetics
implement
prospectus
27. Not interested or involved in politics
adverse
apolitical
espouse
impetuous
28. To succeed in persuading or influencing (someone) to do something
provoke
irrefutable
induce
profuse
29. Puzzling; confusing
perplexing
foster
misconception
stature
30. Based on what is generally done or believed; traditional
impede
conventional
contentious
implausible
31. To stop or slow down the progress of (something undesirable); to curb
check
usurp
amalgamate
placate
32. Purposeful - determined - and unwavering; adamant
preoccupation
docile
uncharacteristic
resolute
33. To represent (a quality or concept) by a figure in human form; to epitomize
acute
personify
dilettante
discern
34. To pacify or placate (someone) by agreeing to their demands
sarcasm
systemic
vigor
appease
35. Feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed
rationalism
nonchalant
avant-garde
cosmopolitan
36. A person with a pragmatic attitude
agitate
pragmatist
antagonistic
apprehensive
37. Treating complex issues and problems as if they were much simpler than they really are; superficial
colleague
engaging
resilient
simplistic
38. Acting with care and thought for the future; wise
prudent
intractable
hypothesize
prospect
39. The process of making something homogeneous
heterogeneous
prose
attribute
homogenization
40. Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior; fickle
momentous
capricious
credibility
politicize
41. To omit or decline to take (something pleasant or valuable); to go without
synthesis
prevalent
adversary
forgo
42. Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little
taciturn
nostalgia
depiction
revere
43. Careful consideration
straightforward
prospective
deliberation
verbose
44. To grow (something); to raise (something)
cultivate
stature
pathetic
sufficient
45. To overcome (a problem or difficulty) - typically in a clever or sneaky way; to get around
circumvent
inimical
foster
irreproachable
46. With no excess fat; elegantly simple
cynic
spare
decorous
agitate
47. Able to be defended with logic or justification; valid
complementary
legitimate
innocuous
invulnerable
48. Deep sadness or guilt for a wrong committed
oblivious
palliative
remorse
compliant
49. Failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate; brazen
jaded
nostalgia
presumptuous
profusion
50. To split apart or go in a different direction
embroil
astute
appeal
diverge