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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 waste (something - especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner
conscientious
querulous
squander
confide
2. A tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true
corroborate
alienate
credulity
omen
3. The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect; contempt
self-deprecating
exasperate
disdain
irony
4. To accept that something undesirable cannot be avoided
paramount
undaunted
to be resigned
altruism
5. Causing great public interest and excitement; shocking
criticize
usurp
heresy
sensational
6. To buy - get - or obtain (something)
aplomb
acquire
intemperance
superficial
7. To make a serious or urgent request - typically to the public
decry
belie
advocacy
appeal
8. Evoking interest - attention - or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way; enthralling
compelling
fervent
derivative
prosaic
9. To cause (someone) to become angry; to annoy
quizzical
diligent
antagonize
tenacious
10. To imply or hint; to insinuate
intimate
unpalatable
convoluted
tangential
11. To delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; to hinder
impede
consecrate
discreet
complement
12. To satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full
sate
libel
economic
adhere
13. Making a show of being morally superior to other people; self-righteous
susceptible
sanctimonious
belligerent
integrity
14. Liable to unreasonable changes of mood; volatile
pertain
temperamental
averse
atypical
15. Related to the sense of hearing
definitive
heresy
enthrall
auditory
16. Persistence; tenacity
seclusion
resignation
perseverance
circumscribe
17. To be united; to form a whole
mercurial
arrogant
embellish
cohere
18. Inclined to agree with others or obey rules - especially to an excessive degree; acquiescent
atypical
compliant
systemic
deceive
19. A printed document that advertises or describes a school - commercial enterprise - forthcoming book - etc. - in order to attract or inform clients
portentous
prospectus
suffice
censor
20. Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind; volatile
mercurial
remorse
imperious
voracious
21. The state of being unaware of what is happening
oblivion
portent
multifarious
relinquish
22. Narrow-mindedness - insularity - or lack of sophistication
indelible
provincialism
relinquish
charismatic
23. Not feeling or showing emotion
impassive
intemperate
divert
rational
24. A sign or warning that something momentous or calamitous is likely to happen; an omen
futile
terse
superior
portent
25. Related to a city or town
engaging
urban
air
recollect
26. The highest class of society; the nobility
temperance
indulgent
ideal
aristocracy
27. A system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity
paramount
implication
methodology
concur
28. Displaying a passionate intensity; ardent
conflagration
bounty
ascetic
fervent
29. To sense; to become aware or conscious of (something)
eulogy
perceive
terse
insure
30. To clear (someone) of blame or suspicion; to exonerate
vindicate
illusory
homogenization
squalid
31. The people living in a particular country or area
unforeseen
cantankerous
populace
credence
32. Deceitfulness; untrustworthiness
solemn
malice
unwarranted
perfidy
33. Having an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities
magnitude
grievance
politicize
arrogant
34. To retrieve or save (something) from potential loss or adverse circumstances; to recoup
salvage
myopic
simplistic
timid
35. Large in quantity; abundant
conviction
bountiful
monotony
skeptical
36. Wary and unwilling to take risks; cautious
repress
avert
circumspect
amalgamate
37. Easily shaped or molded; malleable
portray
platitude
perfidy
plastic
38. Conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true
plastic
orthodox
abstraction
robust
39. Open resistance; bold disobedience
vex
defiance
indeterminate
acumen
40. A polite expression of praise or admiration
autonomy
marginal
compliment
adept
41. Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence; timorous
perpetual
gratuitous
homogeneous
diffident
42. Something that exists only as an idea
dilatory
abstraction
irrefutable
augment
43. To cause (someone) to become more alert or active - or excited about something
imply
stimulate
belligerent
eulogize
44. Careful management of available resources
indelible
resignation
economy
depreciate
45. Intended to be kept secret
oblivion
passive
confidential
buoy
46. To restore friendly relations between
reconcile
wield
prescient
disparage
47. A lack of experience - wisdom - or judgment; innocence or unsophistication
rigors
naïvete
solicit
flag
48. To manage without; to get rid of
forgo
consensus
to dispense with
resignation
49. Covering or affecting a large area
provocative
invaluable
eulogy
expansive
50. Persistence; determination
whim
perpetual
tenacity
inscrutable