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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 be enough or adequate
sensationalism
vindicate
temperament
suffice
2. Contrary to intuition or to common-sense expectation (but often nevertheless true)
homogenization
flippant
derision
counterintuitive
3. To build up again from parts; to reconstruct
deride
idealize
reconstitute
averse
4. To praise highly - especially in a public context; to commend
flaunt
laud
prospect
vex
5. To force or oblige (someone) to do something; to pressure
compel
judicious
gullible
alienate
6. To tell someone about something; to give an account of an event or experience
disparage
recount
mitigate
rebut
7. Unreasonable; illogical
irrational
anthropology
folly
reclusive
8. Feeling opposition or hostility toward something
antagonistic
foreshadow
anthropologist
solemnize
9. An extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property; an inferno
exuberant
flagging
mercurial
conflagration
10. Not interested or involved in politics
subtle
chicanery
dramatic
apolitical
11. To cause (someone) to become more alert or active - or excited about something
stimulate
impose
imperceptible
innocuous
12. Related to language or linguistics (the study of language)
linguistic
unforeseen
sentiment
implicit
13. Lacking interest or excitement; dull
mundane
reconstitute
servile
borne
14. Illogical; unintelligible
electorate
disseminate
incoherent
to be reputed
15. Lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy
endeavor
insight
prosaic
lackadaisical
16. Involving conflict or opposition
substantiate
mandatory
disparity
adversarial
17. Not justified or authorized; unnecessary
proverb
buoyancy
unwarranted
dissolute
18. A harsh - discordant mixture of sounds
magnanimity
definitive
expansive
cacophony
19. A thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned; a thing belonging to a different time period
impressionistic
mundane
anachronism
irrepressible
20. To attempt to persuade people of the merits of (someone or something); to extol
tout
inimitable
diplomatic
repress
21. Based on random choice or personal whim - rather than any reason or system; capricious
avuncular
provincial
ludicrous
arbitrary
22. General agreement
consensus
incontrovertible
preoccupation
substantiate
23. Not literal; metaphorical
decorum
alienate
figurative
rational
24. Lacking imagination - foresight - or intellectual insight; narrow-minded
plausible
myopic
deceive
unwarranted
25. Deliberately created; artificial
abstract
contrived
founder
premeditate
26. To claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false; to deny
nostalgia
indomitable
rebut
reproach
27. Not authorized by law; not in accordance with accepted standards
assertion
illegitimate
provocation
laudatory
28. Having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned
vicarious
deter
indifferent
mundane
29. To approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively; to confront
querulous
reserved
formidable
accost
30. Slow; sluggish
ideologue
subvert
dilatory
critical
31. Not supported or proven by evidence; unconfirmed
anonymous
unsubstantiated
buoy
avant-garde
32. The conclusion that can be drawn from something not explicitly stated
concord
servile
linguistic
implication
33. Bad-tempered - argumentative - and uncooperative; grumpy
cantankerous
estrange
preoccupied
persevere
34. A firmly held belief or opinion
irreverent
advocate
amalgam
conviction
35. Collusion; connivance
ineffable
insubordinate
complicity
prejudice
36. Displaying a passionate intensity; ardent
fervent
arbitrary
concession
deter
37. To claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong; to accuse
hypothesize
allege
magnanimous
lamentable
38. Becoming less advanced; returning to a former or less developed state
conscientious
regressive
unsubstantiated
despondent
39. Not caused by anything done or said
perpetual
unprovoked
benign
precedence
40. The use of irony to mock or convey contempt
chicanery
virtuous
sarcasm
invoke
41. Done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; methodical
systematic
oblivion
convoluted
amalgamation
42. Openness and honesty; frankness
steadfast
impressionable
candor
simplistic
43. Not able to be denied or disputed; certain
incontrovertible
flagging
imprudent
imply
44. Treating complex issues and problems as if they were much simpler than they really are; superficial
impediment
awed
temperance
simplistic
45. The ancient past
antiquity
simile
intimacy
censure
46. Individually separate and distinct
discrete
indomitable
naïvete
conception
47. Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior
innovate
trenchant
regress
moral
48. To return to a former or less developed state; to go backward
idealize
regress
dominate
preeminent
49. To fail to give a true impression of (something); to disguise or contradict
discernment
belie
flagging
account
50. Resolutely firm and unwavering; loyal
subtle
autonomy
tangential
steadfast