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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. Anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen; disquiet
prescient
apprehension
audible
prescriptive
2. Perfect; most suitable
insatiable
ideal
libel
exuberant
3. Important; significant
deter
deferential
momentous
idiosyncrasy
4. Equipped or furnished in a specified way
systematic
appointed
negligible
phenomenon
5. Large in quantity; abundant
discern
moral
engage
bountiful
6. Exuberantly plentiful; abundant
exuberant
concord
mischaracterize
profuse
7. A feature regarded as a characteristic part of something; a trait
secluded
incessant
attribute
negligible
8. The ability to understand and share the feelings of another
diplomatic
implicate
citation
empathy
9. Deception
disingenuous
causal
opportune
deceit
10. Not typical; unusual
moderation
atypical
squalid
disparage
11. To make (a problem - bad situation - or negative feeling) worse
render
exacerbate
concord
peeve
12. A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty
ego
aesthetics
anecdote
proverb
13. The use of language that seems to be the opposite of the intended meaning; sarcasm
anomaly
irony
espouse
ostentatious
14. Falsification; lie
rigidity
inscrutable
fabrication
foresee
15. A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality
paragon
epitomize
loquacious
imply
16. To irritate or annoy to an extreme degree; to infuriate
proximity
superfluous
exasperate
melancholy
17. Long-standing bitterness or resentfulness; spite
lamentable
ossify
spontaneous
rancor
18. To build up again from parts; to reconstruct
deliberation
diverse
reconstitute
cynic
19. A question asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to get information
rhetorical question
resignation
table
anomaly
20. To stop (someone) from being angry or discontented; to placate
avant-garde
altruistic
obsequious
conciliate
21. Of secondary or minor importance
marginal
discriminating
hearsay
temperance
22. Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior; fickle
cite
impressionistic
capricious
resurgent
23. Deliberately created; artificial
contrived
populous
empirical
to dispense with
24. Not showing care for the consequences of an action; reckless
founder
prescriptive
rhetorical question
imprudent
25. Formal and dignified; not cheerful or smiling
solemn
opportune
apathetic
acumen
26. Lasting only for a short time; impermanent
recount
transient
subtle
rigors
27. A person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance
ego
substantiate
idealize
trenchant
28. Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand
complicity
vexatious
pundit
jargon
29. To spread or disperse (something - especially information) widely; to promulgate
fervent
prescribe
invulnerable
disseminate
30. Based on observation and experience rather than theory or pure logic; evidence-based
populace
electorate
empirical
brevity
31. Long life; durability
brevity
longevity
chronicler
enumerate
32. Feeling opposition or hostility toward something
clandestine
insure
quizzical
antagonistic
33. Demanding - difficult - or extreme conditions
idealism
spartan
cohesive
rigors
34. To stimulate or cause (a reaction or emotion - typically a strong or unwelcome one) in someone; to arouse
compel
hackneyed
maverick
provoke
35. Soothing - alleviating
palliative
supercilious
innovative
implication
36. A speech or piece of writing that praises someone highly - typically someone who has just died
eulogy
to dispense with
utterly
mendacious
37. To retrieve or save (something) from potential loss or adverse circumstances; to recoup
adhere
salvage
subterfuge
discernment
38. Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
facetious
intuition
temper
fallacy
39. Having compassion or benevolence; inflicting the minimum of pain
elude
humane
circumspect
flout
40. Stated or appearing to be true - but not necessarily so; purported
stature
testament
ostensible
facetious
41. Using very few words; concise
laconic
dilatory
vivid
conscientious
42. Extremely thorough - exhaustive - or accurate; strictly applied or adhered to
loquacious
perfunctory
rigorous
provincialism
43. Difficult to understand; obscure
heritage
appropriate
contentious
abstruse
44. To try hard to do or achieve something
indulge
egotism
endeavor
demur
45. Most important; main
principal
proximity
illegitimate
deride
46. To attempt to explain or justify behavior normally considered irrational or unacceptable by offering an apparently reasonable explanation - even if it is not really true or appropriate
accost
negligent
testify
rationalize
47. Showing or feeling no interest - enthusiasm - or concern
synthesis
dilettante
allegory
apathetic
48. Commonplace; lacking poetic beauty
dispel
embroil
prosaic
profusion
49. To claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false; to deny
endeavor
rebut
contempt
tentative
50. To present in a vivid or striking way
stark
prohibitive
anecdote
dramatize