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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. To gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power)
sap
antagonism
rousing
demur
2. Referred to in a proverb or idiom; so well known as to be stereotypical
augment
alienate
prospect
proverbial
3. Only barely touching or related to (something); peripheral
tangential
ideologue
solemnize
sarcasm
4. Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition; dispassionate
phlegmatic
provincial
abstraction
convivial
5. Having or showing no skill; clumsy
circumvent
inept
prospect
defiance
6. To prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; to disprove
ingenious
politicize
refute
regress
7. Showing great knowledge - perception - or insight
dominate
profound
economy
temper
8. Difficult to understand; obscure
abstruse
dialect
complement
meticulous
9. Asserting one's will over another in an arrogant way; overbearing
intimacy
domineering
decorum
commend
10. Impossible to deny or disprove; incontrovertible
irrefutable
incontrovertible
deliberate
spontaneous
11. Having knowledge of events before they take place; prophetic
chronicler
prescient
obsolete
cohesive
12. Not pleasant to taste; difficult to tolerate or accept
unpalatable
peruse
legitimate
disparage
13. Seeming reasonable or probable; credible
virtuosity
plausible
preoccupied
plutocrat
14. Not identified by name; of unknown name
rebut
temperance
intuition
anonymous
15. Not able to be removed or forgotten; ineradicable
rigidity
indelible
counterintuitive
stratagem
16. Showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others
prescient
auditory
servile
bureaucracy
17. Presumed in the absence of further information; assumed
intemperate
presumptive
prescriptive
proliferate
18. A dangerous - difficult - or otherwise unfortunate situation
redundant
ambivalent
plight
aesthetic
19. Done or reached decisively and with authority
conception
definitive
quizzical
revoke
20. Unwilling to believe something; skeptical
plastic
incredulous
consummate
viscous
21. Having great knowledge or learning; scholarly
portentous
advocacy
definitive
erudite
22. Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure; confusing
cryptic
unmitigated
perfunctory
condemn
23. Showing an insensitive and cruel disregard for others; heartless
tout
solicitous
avert
callous
24. To make (an idea - impression - or feeling) known or understandable to someone; to communicate
convey
acumen
subdued
venerable
25. To exercise control over; to have a commanding influence on
pervasive
implication
lavish
dominate
26. To clear (someone) of blame or suspicion; to exonerate
robust
inundate
assertion
vindicate
27. To arouse the curiosity or interest of; to fascinate
intrigue
progenitor
perspective
qualify
28. Perfect; most suitable
parody
unmitigated
ideal
refute
29. Charming and attractive
diffident
engaging
methodology
irreproachable
30. Having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned
indifferent
prescient
pretentious
employ
31. To waste (something - especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner
appease
squander
tractable
regale
32. Related to a city or town
exacerbate
urban
embellish
preconception
33. To try hard to do or achieve something
grounded
endeavor
complement
inherent
34. Average; not too large - severe or intense
orthodox
litigious
conciliate
moderate
35. Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull
pedestrian
contend
deplore
uncharacteristic
36. Close inspection
tyranny
ineffable
scrutiny
antagonistic
37. A person who cultivates an area of interest - such as the arts - without real commitment or knowledge; an amateur
dilettante
pretense
unsubstantiated
persevere
38. A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
subvert
awe
stimulate
anecdote
39. Based on a hypothesis; theoretical
apolitical
multifarious
hypothetical
self-deprecating
40. Unselfish concern for the well-being of others
disposition
ingenuity
rebut
altruism
41. An obstruction or obstacle
utterly
peruse
belie
impediment
42. Making something likely or possible; favorable to
conducive
credence
metaphor
tact
43. Avoiding the company of other people; solitary
cryptic
culpable
reclusive
autonomy
44. Fascinating; enchanting
ideologue
enthralling
radical
capricious
45. Arrogantly superior and disdainful; conceited
haughty
rational
personify
benevolent
46. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
cantankerous
complimentary
lay
virtuoso
47. A thing that is granted in response to demands; a compromise
ineffable
convey
irascible
concession
48. Showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened
timid
satire
steadfast
heresy
49. Impossible to harm or damage; impervious
rudiment
provocation
invulnerable
eminent
50. Original; inventive
gullible
infallible
utterly
innovative