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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. Thin - slender - not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis - poorly supported
laconic
tenuous
implacable
effusive
2. Profound respect
autonomous
militant
reverence
dismayed
3. Trickery; deception
venerable
ambiguous
autonomous
chicanery
4. (adj.) subject to odd ideas - notions - or fancies; playful; unpredictable
prognosis
chicanery
laconic
whimsical
5. Existing as an independent entity
prognosis
dissent
unsubstantiated
autonomous
6. Refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
languid
liberality
ephemeral
intransigence
7. Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
phlegmatic
doctrinaire
reconnaissance
wrongheaded
8. Defensible - justifiable - maintainable
tenable
lugubrious
ambiguous
provocative
9. Tending to spread; spread over
sanguine
whimsical
prognosis
dispersive
10. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
eclectic
phlegmatic
irascible
visceral
11. Lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with or deal with; rude
loquacious
churlish
cryptic
retrenchment
12. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
eclectic
capricious
lugubrious
fabricated
13. Reducing staff or forces; conserving resources
pretentious
retrenchment
erudition
impugned
14. Having authority or ascendancy or influence
tenuous
intransigence
authoritative
effusive
15. Causing disturbance or excitement
edifying
provocative
authoritative
pristine
16. Showy; pompous; claiming unjustified distinction
reconnaissance
liberality
pretentious
bureaucratization
17. All-powerful
lugubrious
omnipotent
autonomous
stringent
18. A puzzle - mystery - or riddle
candid
ephemeral
provocative
enigma
19. Floating debris (from a ship)
candid
flotsam
obscure
bombastic
20. Perfectly clear; leaving no room for doubt or misunderstanding
unequivocal
pristine
cantankerous
curative
21. Not able to be corrected; beyond control
sanguine
eclectic
incorrigible
infighting
22. Intended to deceive
erroneous
decimation
painstaking
spurious
23. Erroneous - unintelligent - wrong
ossified
wrongheaded
omnipotent
arduous
24. The art of presenting ideas in a clear - effective - and persuasive manner
retrenchment
rhetoric
visceral
provocative
25. Secret - concealed; underhanded
wistful
intransigence
sundry
clandestine
26. Lasting a very short time
ephemeral
retrenchment
obscure
cantankerous
27. To soften in feeling or temper
mollified
remonstrance
ossified
painstaking
28. Instinctive - untaught
reverence
remiss
antiquated
intuitive
29. Intended to teach or instruct
plausible
fostered
didactic
bureaucratization
30. Showing excessive emotion; overflowing
impugned
effusive
callous
dismayed
31. Concise - using few words
curative
laconic
visceral
authoritative
32. Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior - habits - or beliefs
hallowed
dogmatic
ossified
authoritative
33. Easily angered
stringent
irascible
flotsam
fabricated
34. Quick - shrewd - and unpredictable
unmarred
mercurial
self-effacing
mundane
35. Very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous
infighting
painstaking
decorous
dogmatic
36. Eating away gradually - acidlike; bitterly sarcastic
ambivalent
lugubrious
corrosive
edifying
37. Disagreement
loquacious
hallowed
pristine
dissent
38. Impulsive and unpredictable
apologetic
lassitude
jingoism
capricious
39. Retiring - humble - modest
dispersive
sanguine
self-effacing
curative
40. Quick and skillful in movement
convoluted
militant
deft
tenable
41. Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch - denomination - or sect).
fundamentalism
hallowed
chicanery
preeminence
42. Clothing - garments
bucolic
apologetic
unsubstantiated
raiment
43. Encouraged
fostered
rhetoric
ossified
obscure
44. Difficult to accomplish
disingenuous
intuitive
cryptic
arduous
45. Challenged; called into question
tenuous
lugubrious
impugned
preeminence
46. Obsolete - out of fashion - no longer usable
reticent
fabricated
antiquated
disposition
47. Rash - impulsive
stringent
impetuous
unequivocal
flotsam
48. Incapable of being expressed
rhetoric
visceral
ineffable
ephemeral
49. Greatly respected; holy; sacred
hallowed
ineffable
omnipotent
churlish
50. Superiority to all others
candid
preeminence
whimsical
dispersive