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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. Showing contempt; scornful
equanimity
contemptuous
lay
credence
2. To be of the same opinion; to agree
convention
discriminating
concur
defuse
3. To help to clarify or explain (a subject or matter); to shed light on
cryptic
complimentary
illuminate
pathetic
4. Not showing care for the consequences of an action; reckless
reproach
idealize
anachronism
imprudent
5. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness
cantankerous
integrity
omen
proliferate
6. A deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion
antipathy
disparity
candor
culpable
7. Unwilling; reluctant
tenacious
altruistic
disinclined
cosmopolitan
8. Purposeful - determined - and unwavering; adamant
spare
resolute
skirt
concord
9. Very skilled or proficient at something; adroit
regal
adept
marginal
acumen
10. Dissatisfied with the people in authority and no longer willing to support them
moral
epitome
disaffected
incredulous
11. To accept that something undesirable cannot be avoided
to be resigned
magnanimous
infatuation
digress
12. Dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy
supercilious
pathetic
arbitrary
somber
13. Bad-tempered - argumentative - and uncooperative; grumpy
elude
cantankerous
prominent
allege
14. Formal and dignified; not cheerful or smiling
solemn
ingenuity
cliche
heterogeneous
15. To turn into bone or bony tissue; to become rigid or inflexible
debunk
unequivocal
ossify
effusive
16. Unconditional; without reservation or limitation
persevere
encumbrance
unqualified
profusion
17. Unlikely; improbable
consequence
solicitous
innovate
implausible
18. To sense; to become aware or conscious of (something)
enthralling
fallacy
perceive
exasperate
19. Feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed
provoke
citation
nonchalant
deride
20. Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something; equivocal
arbitrary
depreciate
testament
ambivalent
21. To express disapproval of; to criticize
recollect
deprecate
impugn
stimulus
22. To make less severe - serious - or painful; to alleviate
vacillate
assimilate
confidant
mitigate
23. A widely held but oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
extol
aesthetics
stereotype
levity
24. Too expensive for most people to pay
maverick
prohibitive
aristocracy
confident
25. Not able to be removed or forgotten; ineradicable
foster
passive
impassive
indelible
26. Displaying a passionate intensity; ardent
fervent
economize
abstract
recollect
27. Openness and honesty; frankness
candor
stereotype
chronicle
flippant
28. Evoking interest - attention - or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way; enthralling
virtuoso
repudiate
compelling
exacerbate
29. To cause (an undesirable event) to happen suddenly - unexpectedly - or prematurely
sufficient
irony
precipitate
subdued
30. To engage in plots and intrigues; to scheme
robust
diverge
vacuous
machinate
31. Having a strong dislike of or opposition to something
endeavor
philanthropist
grievance
averse
32. Abundance; plenty
diverse
bounty
disparity
complicit
33. An activity that diverts the mind from tedious or serious concerns; a distraction
diversion
unwieldy
perfidy
condone
34. Asserting one's will over another in an arrogant way; overbearing
dilettante
consensus
invoke
domineering
35. A speech or piece of writing that praises someone highly - typically someone who has just died
disaffected
stark
eulogy
irrepressible
36. To omit or decline to take (something pleasant or valuable); to go without
forgo
allege
dubious
impassive
37. Separately or individually - and in the order already mentioned
pursuit
robust
felicitous
respectively
38. Continuing without pause or interruption
anecdote
incessant
steadfast
felicitous
39. Intimidating; seeming difficult to deal with
economize
diverge
daunting
baffle
40. Not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one
mercurial
candor
hypothetical
oblivious
41. Wonder; admiration
awe
avuncular
stereotype
discerning
42. Uncomplicated and easy to do or understand; honest
straightforward
denude
arbitrary
implacable
43. Failing to take proper care in doing something
vicarious
illusion
negligent
naïvete
44. Large in quantity; abundant
bountiful
phlegmatic
phenomenon
venerate
45. Hesitant; indecisive
deceit
irresolute
deplore
contemptible
46. Truthful and straightforward; open
vex
candid
glorify
aesthetics
47. Arousing pity - especially through vulnerability or sadness; pitiful
integrity
demure
pathetic
contentious
48. Lacking interest or excitement; dull
trivial
aristocrat
mundane
archaic
49. A feature regarded as a characteristic part of something; a trait
attribute
mischaracterize
progenitor
adherent
50. To hold down or subdue (something) by force
dispel
grounded
repress
grievous