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SAT Reasoning Vocab
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
wrongheaded
decorous
lassitude
militant
2. Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
ostentatious
sanguine
painstaking
candid
3. Eating away gradually - acidlike; bitterly sarcastic
prognosis
phlegmatic
remonstrance
corrosive
4. Impartial; calm - free from emotion
self-effacing
dispassionate
wrongheaded
liberality
5. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted
pristine
mercurial
capricious
mollified
6. The trait of being generous in behavior and temperament
lassitude
erudition
liberality
omnipotent
7. Very talkative
misnomer
bland
sanguine
loquacious
8. Thin - slender - not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis - poorly supported
dispassionate
tenuous
bureaucratization
deft
9. Intricate; complex
ambiguous
doctrinaire
ephemeral
convoluted
10. Conflict within a group
infighting
clandestine
verbose
provocative
11. Pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic
lugubrious
bucolic
disposition
verbose
12. (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
mundane
preeminence
bombastic
decorous
13. Prevent progress
painstaking
ossified
callous
stymied
14. yearning; sadly longing
obtrusive
wistful
venerable
decorous
15. (adj) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n) an activist
sustenance
callous
wistful
militant
16. Instructing and improving spiritually or morally
implacable
deft
edifying
invidious
17. Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior - habits - or beliefs
disingenuous
dogmatic
ossified
decorous
18. Characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
callous
lugubrious
bombastic
dogmatic
19. Intended to deceive
spurious
edifying
painstaking
omnipotent
20. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics
esoteric
bland
loquacious
erudition
21. Confidently optimistic and cheerful
mollified
sanguine
capricious
wrongheaded
22. (adj.) subject to odd ideas - notions - or fancies; playful; unpredictable
phlegmatic
flotsam
whimsical
tenuous
23. Clothing - garments
folly
invidious
pristine
raiment
24. Emotionally hardened - unfeeling
callous
dissent
clandestine
eclectic
25. Challenged; called into question
corrosive
impugned
curative
laconic
26. Forcibly expressive
emphatic
sustenance
self-effacing
dissent
27. Refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
wrongheaded
liberality
intransigence
spurious
28. Encouraged
effusive
pristine
fostered
antiquated
29. Made; concocted in order to deceive
fabricated
raiment
antiquated
sanguine
30. Undamaged; uninjured
painstaking
unmarred
churlish
esoteric
31. Perfectly clear; leaving no room for doubt or misunderstanding
unequivocal
ostentatious
omnipotent
clandestine
32. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
remonstrance
sustenance
clandestine
cantankerous
33. Having a secret or hidden meaning
venerable
doctrinaire
remonstrance
cryptic
34. Profound respect
impetuous
decimation
reverence
omnipotent
35. A forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
liberality
decimation
impugned
prognosis
36. Containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
invidious
folly
decimation
unmarred
37. Incapable of being expressed
prognosis
reconnaissance
ineffable
tenuous
38. Floating debris (from a ship)
mundane
misnomer
flotsam
obscure
39. Disagreement
verbose
curative
cryptic
dissent
40. Rash - impulsive
dispersive
venerable
impetuous
plausible
41. Greatly respected; holy; sacred
hallowed
succinct
pretentious
venerable
42. (adj.) neglectful in performance of one's duty - careless
wistful
callous
remiss
implacable
43. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
bland
doctrinaire
mundane
phlegmatic
44. Able to heal or cure
curative
tenable
rhetoric
liberality
45. Tending to spread; spread over
edifying
dispersive
stringent
jingoism
46. Quick - shrewd - and unpredictable
doctrinaire
bureaucratization
mercurial
convoluted
47. Respectable due to age
invidious
convoluted
retrenchment
venerable
48. Impulsive and unpredictable
capricious
remonstrance
apologetic
corrosive
49. A puzzle - mystery - or riddle
folly
enigma
invidious
chicanery
50. Not clearly understood or expressed
convoluted
infighting
mercurial
obscure
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