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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. A person who creates a chronicle
chronicler
decorum
passive
censor
2. To cause (someone) to become cheerful or confident; to encourage
buoy
conciliate
economical
emphasis
3. To take the place of (a person or thing previously in use); to supplant
economy
supersede
incoherent
discernment
4. Written or spoken language in its ordinary form; the opposite of poetry
forbear
consecrate
discriminate
prose
5. To present in a vivid or striking way
magnitude
dramatize
conspicuous
estrange
6. Difficult to understand; obscure
infallible
divert
abstruse
impervious
7. Only barely touching or related to (something); peripheral
unpremeditated
proceed
tangential
averse
8. To totally bewilder or perplex; to puzzle
baffle
appease
pursuit
preeminent
9. Ominous; premonitory
sap
austere
portentous
to dispense with
10. Not in harmony with the surroundings or other aspects of something
palliative
marginal
understatement
incongruous
11. Causing annoyance - anger - or another strong reaction
provocative
ornate
negligent
emphasis
12. To cause (an activity or event) to become political in character
abstruse
politicize
electorate
atypical
13. To make (someone) less angry or hostile; to pacify
agitate
placate
embellish
squander
14. Relating separately to each of several people or things
relinquish
respective
equivocate
pedant
15. A person with a pragmatic attitude
adversarial
pragmatist
credence
vexatious
16. Failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate; brazen
receptacle
assimilate
presumptuous
ingenuous
17. Completing; harmonious
progenitor
inapt
complementary
emphatic
18. To portray in words; to describe
depict
evade
cohere
passive
19. A person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions
iconoclast
fabrication
indispensable
tyranny
20. Easily persuaded to believe something; naïve
squander
forestall
gullible
unforeseen
21. To repeat for emphasis or clarity
facetious
resurgent
reiterate
subdued
22. To combine - merge - or unite
pursue
amalgamate
adversary
anachronism
23. An official order to do something
phlegmatic
mandate
table
zealous
24. Someone who supports a particular set of ideas - party - or person
prejudice
adherent
hackneyed
acute
25. The practice of talking and thinking about oneself excessively because of an inflated sense of self-importance
egotism
reputable
opportunist
indigenous
26. Filled a lively energy and excitement; ebullient
iconoclast
astute
foresight
exuberant
27. An obstruction or obstacle
steadfast
impediment
mercurial
stimulus
28. A system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity
partisan
methodology
eminent
passive
29. To cause (someone) to feel excited - invigorated - or angry
enterprise
rouse
engaging
rhetorical question
30. Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily; reserved
empirical
reticent
incoherent
rousing
31. Spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people; ubiquitous
depict
anecdotal
disdain
pervasive
32. To be united; to form a whole
benevolent
cohere
apolitical
to be reputed
33. To support or strengthen; to prop up
provocative
bolster
regal
terminate
34. Easily made angry; irritable
irascible
pedestrian
circumvent
denounce
35. Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless
vacillate
futile
marginal
eminent
36. To address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment; to reprimand
precursor
seclusion
reproach
unequivocal
37. A belief that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response
rationalism
hyperbole
intemperate
virtuosity
38. A plan or scheme - especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve a goal
predecessor
daunting
viscous
stratagem
39. Close familiarity or friendship; closeness
ominous
diverge
fabricate
intimacy
40. Not necessarily true or reliable - because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research
skeptic
methodology
anecdotal
gullible
41. Using more words than are needed; wordy
profusion
stature
verbose
spare
42. Becoming less advanced; returning to a former or less developed state
naïve
rigors
deceitful
regressive
43. Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas
receptive
ornate
stratagem
inimical
44. Vigorous or incisive; penetrating
tranquil
aristocrat
ascetic
trenchant
45. A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning
pedant
credibility
exhaust
maverick
46. Sumptuously rich - elaborate - or luxurious
credible
lavish
negligent
reprehensible
47. Giving a broad subjective picture or general idea rather than an exact - systematic description
impressionistic
intractable
concede
lugubrious
48. Better; higher-ranking
simplistic
thwart
empirical
superior
49. Relatively moderate - limited - or small
succinct
collegial
notorious
modest
50. A supporter of an ideology or system of beliefs - especially someone who is uncompromising and dogmatic
anthropology
ideologue
exhaust
vulnerable