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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. Easily angered






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






3. A forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation






4. Causing disturbance or excitement






5. Extensive destruction






6. Brief - concise






7. Reducing staff or forces; conserving resources






8. Pushing - demanding attention - showy






9. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics






10. Intended for or understood by only a small group






11. (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas






12. Pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic






13. Forcibly expressive






14. Characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles






15. Troubled; distressed






16. yearning; sadly longing






17. Calm; sluggish; unemotional






18. Eating away gradually - acidlike; bitterly sarcastic






19. Superiority to all others






20. Having authority or ascendancy or influence






21. Prevent progress






22. Simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain






23. Incorrect - containing mistakes






24. Trickery; deception






25. Open to more than one interpretation






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






27. Sorry; showing regret






28. Intended to attract notice and impress others






29. Something that provides nourishment; food needed to live






30. Intended to teach or instruct






31. Emotionally hardened - unfeeling






32. Profound respect






33. Intricate; complex






34. Quick - shrewd - and unpredictable






35. Instinctive - untaught






36. Able to heal or cure






37. An unsuitable or misleading name






38. Slow - sluggish - listless - weak






39. Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness






40. Secret - concealed; underhanded






41. Obsolete - out of fashion - no longer usable






42. Refusal of any compromise; stubbornness






43. Reluctant to draw attention to yourself






44. Intended to deceive






45. Not supported or proven by evidence






46. The trait of being generous in behavior and temperament






47. Not able to be corrected; beyond control






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






49. Containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice






50. your usual mood