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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. Involving conflict or opposition
adversarial
respectively
temper
to be resigned
2. Familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures
cosmopolitan
jocular
intransigence
temperament
3. Soothing - alleviating
dominant
prolific
palliative
domineering
4. Anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen; disquiet
epitome
engage
hearsay
apprehension
5. Extremely dirty and unpleasant - especially as a result of poverty or neglect
forestall
self-deprecating
squalid
prestige
6. Lacking imagination - foresight - or intellectual insight; narrow-minded
myopic
dilettante
pretense
predecessor
7. A cruel and oppressive ruler
adversary
fallacy
tyrant
grandiose
8. Convenient and practical - although possibly improper or immoral
pervasive
expedient
incoherent
commemorate
9. Surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way
deliberation
preeminent
erudite
equivocate
10. Deception
evade
censure
diplomatic
deceit
11. Moderation or self-restraint
benevolent
steadfast
concession
temperance
12. To alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; to be indecisive
connoisseur
irreproachable
injudicious
vacillate
13. Impossible to harm or damage; impervious
spontaneous
tractable
constitute
invulnerable
14. Easily influenced because of a lack of critical ability; suggestible
tractable
malicious
sentiment
impressionable
15. Attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others; appeal allure
sensationalism
enigma
platitude
charisma
16. Having no foundation or basis in fact; groundless
foster
unfounded
insolent
convention
17. Relating to a violent natural event or disaster; catastrophic
invulnerable
cataclysmic
recount
diverse
18. A scheme
perplexity
coherent
machination
discernment
19. A person who either critiques things or criticizes things
critic
prosaic
pedant
complimentary
20. To express contempt for; to ridicule
euphemism
deride
subdue
indispensable
21. Anxious or fearful
satire
eccentric
apprehensive
extravagant
22. Very complicated or detailed; elaborate
edify
revelation
convene
intricate
23. Excessively interested in obtaining money or material things
venerate
acquisitive
flagging
rudimentary
24. Uncomplicated and easy to do or understand; honest
straightforward
invaluable
flout
aversion
25. To escape or avoid - especially by cleverness or trickery; to elude
evade
equivocal
cohere
dearth
26. To praise highly - especially in a public context; to commend
laud
adhere
subjective
atypical
27. At the point of death; in terminal decline
prospective
edify
moribund
confidant
28. A supporter of an ideology or system of beliefs - especially someone who is uncompromising and dogmatic
modest
ideologue
urban
articulate
29. Severe or intense; sharp
acute
cajole
irreverent
trenchant
30. Based on a hypothesis; theoretical
melancholy
hypothetical
irascible
allegory
31. Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
plight
compliant
palliative
imperious
32. Purposeful - determined - and unwavering; adamant
resolute
abstruse
respective
flaunt
33. To satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full
timid
litigious
bombast
sate
34. To be generally said or believed to do or be (something)
anecdote
receptive
temper
to be reputed
35. Kind and friendly toward a younger or less experienced person
avuncular
tout
duplicitous
critique
36. To undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution); to destabilize
prejudice
subvert
ingenious
antagonism
37. Easy to control or influence; malleable
electorate
tractable
deprecate
machinate
38. To be aware of beforehand; to predict
frank
foresee
perceptive
peevish
39. Heated disagreement
assertion
ostensible
contention
adversarial
40. A polite expression of praise or admiration
hypothetical
compliment
lackadaisical
subordinate
41. Carried or supported
commemorate
discrete
lay
borne
42. A report or description of an event or experience
conciliate
account
legitimize
compromise
43. Situated at the end of something
comprehensive
qualify
terminal
proximity
44. To omit or decline to take (something pleasant or valuable); to go without
forgo
elude
irony
tyranny
45. Not in harmony with the surroundings or other aspects of something
adversarial
incongruous
tyranny
contemptuous
46. A bad public opinion; disgrace
substantiate
disrepute
illegitimate
preeminent
47. The confidence - enthusiasm - and discipline of a person or group at a particular time; self-esteem
prose
allusion
morale
economize
48. A person who performs tricks that deceive the eye; a magician
eminent
moribund
testify
illusionist
49. A location where a building is constructed or a particular event takes place
subterfuge
mitigate
idiosyncrasy
site
50. Having a feeling of vague or regretful longing; yearning for something lost
evasive
wistful
determinism
analogous