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SAT Reasoning Vocab
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sat
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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. Intended to teach or instruct
didactic
jingoism
authoritative
mercurial
2. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
phlegmatic
remonstrance
effusive
incorrigible
3. Slow - sluggish - listless - weak
languid
ineffable
stymied
verbose
4. (adj.) neglectful in performance of one's duty - careless
remiss
bureaucratization
antiquated
ambiguous
5. Profound respect
deft
plausible
reverence
fostered
6. Impulsive and unpredictable
folly
disposition
capricious
erroneous
7. Greatly respected; holy; sacred
hallowed
stymied
wistful
succinct
8. Made; concocted in order to deceive
prognosis
spurious
fabricated
remiss
9. Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
doctrinaire
churlish
tenable
implacable
10. Lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with or deal with; rude
languid
churlish
unsubstantiated
implacable
11. Containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
eclectic
didactic
dogmatic
invidious
12. Able to heal or cure
laconic
lassitude
curative
erudition
13. Showing excessive emotion; overflowing
dispersive
effusive
ineffable
succinct
14. Strict - severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
militant
folly
disingenuous
stringent
15. Foolish or senseless behavior (noun)
folly
intransigence
spurious
erroneous
16. Forcibly expressive
emphatic
edifying
mundane
arduous
17. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
capricious
corrosive
cantankerous
irascible
18. (adj.) appearing true - reasonable - or fair
corrosive
fabricated
ambivalent
plausible
19. Reluctant to draw attention to yourself
callous
dismayed
reticent
disposition
20. Eating away gradually - acidlike; bitterly sarcastic
corrosive
divisive
stringent
omnipotent
21. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy - especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
enigma
irascible
hallowed
lugubrious
22. All-powerful
preeminence
bureaucratization
candid
omnipotent
23. (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
whimsical
eclectic
bombastic
intransigence
24. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted
pristine
cantankerous
raiment
reconnaissance
25. Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior - habits - or beliefs
mundane
deft
dissent
ossified
26. Extensive destruction
plausible
visceral
capricious
decimation
27. Ordinary - common
callous
sundry
mundane
dispersive
28. Pushing - demanding attention - showy
obtrusive
flotsam
effusive
prognosis
29. (adj) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n) an activist
sustenance
ambiguous
militant
curative
30. Prevent progress
ossified
stymied
ostentatious
loquacious
31. Something that provides nourishment; food needed to live
sustenance
invidious
raiment
tenuous
32. Easily angered
infighting
irascible
dispersive
capricious
33. Intended for or understood by only a small group
infighting
omnipotent
esoteric
dispersive
34. Trickery; deception
obscure
ossified
chicanery
bland
35. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
rhetoric
visceral
eclectic
infighting
36. Encouraged
venerable
fostered
irascible
verbose
37. Instructing and improving spiritually or morally
apologetic
esoteric
edifying
venerable
38. Secret - concealed; underhanded
arduous
stymied
clandestine
bland
39. Sorry; showing regret
disposition
implacable
doctrinaire
apologetic
40. Disagreement
dissent
self-effacing
loquacious
convoluted
41. Having a secret or hidden meaning
fostered
stymied
cryptic
jingoism
42. Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch - denomination - or sect).
implacable
fundamentalism
painstaking
verbose
43. Intricate; complex
convoluted
apologetic
callous
doctrinaire
44. Impartial; calm - free from emotion
wistful
edifying
jingoism
dispassionate
45. Not able to be corrected; beyond control
loquacious
omnipotent
intransigence
incorrigible
46. Difficult to accomplish
ostentatious
arduous
irascible
dismayed
47. Weariness of body or mind - lack of energy
pretentious
ephemeral
remonstrance
lassitude
48. Incapable of being expressed
clandestine
ineffable
ossified
dogmatic
49. Various; miscellaneous - various; miscellaneous
decorous
prognosis
effusive
sundry
50. Insincere
fostered
doctrinaire
remiss
disingenuous