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SAT Reasoning Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted






2. Intended to teach or instruct






3. Extreme - chauvinistic patriotism - often favoring an aggressive - warlike foreign policy






4. Containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice






5. Challenged; called into question






6. The trait of being generous in behavior and temperament






7. Greatly respected; holy; sacred






8. Made; concocted in order to deceive






9. Something that provides nourishment; food needed to live






10. Weariness of body or mind - lack of energy






11. Encouraged






12. Pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic






13. Trickery; deception






14. Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness






15. (adj) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n) an activist






16. Not able to be corrected; beyond control






17. Floating debris (from a ship)






18. Intended to attract notice and impress others






19. Quick and skillful in movement






20. Creating conflict






21. Having a secret or hidden meaning






22. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable






23. A puzzle - mystery - or riddle






24. (adj.) subject to odd ideas - notions - or fancies; playful; unpredictable






25. All-powerful






26. Very talkative






27. your usual mood






28. (n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination






29. Secret - concealed; underhanded






30. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy - especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree






31. Able to heal or cure






32. Confidently optimistic and cheerful






33. Eating away gradually - acidlike; bitterly sarcastic






34. Impulsive and unpredictable






35. Not supported or proven by evidence






36. Easily angered






37. Insincere






38. Retiring - humble - modest






39. Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability






40. Simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain






41. Sorry; showing regret






42. Intricate; complex






43. (adj.) appearing true - reasonable - or fair






44. Troubled; distressed






45. Tending to spread; spread over






46. Profound respect






47. Very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous






48. Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct






49. Emotionally hardened - unfeeling






50. Showing excessive emotion; overflowing