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SAT Reasoning Vocab
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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. Protest; objection
verbose
fostered
remonstrance
self-effacing
2. Pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic
succinct
languid
bucolic
esoteric
3. Tending to spread; spread over
dispersive
tenable
mercurial
plausible
4. Intended for or understood by only a small group
misnomer
esoteric
cantankerous
wistful
5. Wordy - very talkative
verbose
bureaucratization
retrenchment
reconnaissance
6. Quick - shrewd - and unpredictable
mercurial
laconic
omnipotent
pristine
7. Reluctant to draw attention to yourself
misnomer
doctrinaire
decorous
reticent
8. Concise - using few words
reconnaissance
laconic
verbose
obscure
9. Thin - slender - not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis - poorly supported
tenuous
wrongheaded
misnomer
hallowed
10. An unsuitable or misleading name
remiss
liberality
misnomer
erroneous
11. yearning; sadly longing
wistful
didactic
ephemeral
dispersive
12. Easily angered
irascible
sustenance
erudition
mollified
13. Conflict within a group
infighting
dispersive
intuitive
verbose
14. Erroneous - unintelligent - wrong
autonomous
wrongheaded
tenuous
obtrusive
15. Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior - habits - or beliefs
decorous
ossified
dispersive
lugubrious
16. Retiring - humble - modest
didactic
obscure
phlegmatic
self-effacing
17. Very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous
apologetic
autonomous
painstaking
reticent
18. Pushing - demanding attention - showy
unequivocal
obtrusive
flotsam
implacable
19. your usual mood
bland
edifying
implacable
disposition
20. Insincere
erudition
dogmatic
disingenuous
omnipotent
21. Sorry; showing regret
laconic
retrenchment
apologetic
lassitude
22. Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
candid
lassitude
loquacious
reticent
23. Confidently optimistic and cheerful
intuitive
sanguine
ephemeral
languid
24. Instructing and improving spiritually or morally
decorous
doctrinaire
edifying
reverence
25. Open to more than one interpretation
pristine
liberality
ambiguous
chicanery
26. Trickery; deception
lugubrious
prognosis
erroneous
chicanery
27. Slow - sluggish - listless - weak
autonomous
languid
emphatic
ineffable
28. Showing excessive emotion; overflowing
decimation
preeminence
effusive
jingoism
29. Instinctive - untaught
intuitive
eclectic
whimsical
reticent
30. Brief - concise
antiquated
succinct
disposition
folly
31. Ordinary - common
plausible
mundane
hallowed
stringent
32. Extreme - chauvinistic patriotism - often favoring an aggressive - warlike foreign policy
unsubstantiated
stringent
venerable
jingoism
33. Characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
painstaking
dispersive
raiment
dogmatic
34. Showy; pompous; claiming unjustified distinction
tenable
pretentious
disingenuous
lugubrious
35. Refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
incorrigible
intransigence
ostentatious
infighting
36. Existing as an independent entity
reverence
dispersive
impugned
autonomous
37. Not supported or proven by evidence
venerable
laconic
unsubstantiated
esoteric
38. A puzzle - mystery - or riddle
enigma
liberality
unsubstantiated
bucolic
39. Emotionally hardened - unfeeling
lugubrious
candid
churlish
callous
40. Not clearly understood or expressed
wrongheaded
provocative
wistful
obscure
41. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy - especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
irascible
lugubrious
wrongheaded
unmarred
42. Secret - concealed; underhanded
self-effacing
decorous
clandestine
liberality
43. Prevent progress
chicanery
wrongheaded
stymied
decorous
44. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
apologetic
eclectic
stymied
hallowed
45. Difficult to accomplish
fundamentalism
bureaucratization
erroneous
arduous
46. Obsolete - out of fashion - no longer usable
curative
antiquated
implacable
edifying
47. Incorrect - containing mistakes
erroneous
candid
arduous
tenable
48. Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch - denomination - or sect).
omnipotent
impugned
fostered
fundamentalism
49. Troubled; distressed
dismayed
unsubstantiated
reverence
decimation
50. Intended to teach or instruct
eclectic
intuitive
plausible
didactic