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SAT Reasoning Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Superiority to all others






2. (n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination






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






4. To soften in feeling or temper






5. Showing excessive emotion; overflowing






6. Emotionally hardened - unfeeling






7. Difficult to accomplish






8. Trickery; deception






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






10. Rash - impulsive






11. Defensible - justifiable - maintainable






12. Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability






13. Pushing - demanding attention - showy






14. Protest; objection






15. All-powerful






16. yearning; sadly longing






17. Incapable of being expressed






18. Simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain






19. Made up of a variety of sources or styles






20. Weariness of body or mind - lack of energy






21. Strict - severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste






22. Forcibly expressive






23. Open to more than one interpretation






24. Intended for or understood by only a small group






25. The trait of being generous in behavior and temperament






26. (adj.) neglectful in performance of one's duty - careless






27. Refusal of any compromise; stubbornness






28. Intended to deceive






29. Challenged; called into question






30. Brief - concise






31. Respectable due to age






32. (adj) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n) an activist






33. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable






34. Slow - sluggish - listless - weak






35. Confidently optimistic and cheerful






36. Not able to be corrected; beyond control






37. Sorry; showing regret






38. Various; miscellaneous - various; miscellaneous






39. Having a secret or hidden meaning






40. Instinctive






41. Concise - using few words






42. Floating debris (from a ship)






43. Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior - habits - or beliefs






44. Undamaged; uninjured






45. Instinctive - untaught






46. Having authority or ascendancy or influence






47. Wordy - very talkative






48. Something that provides nourishment; food needed to live






49. Intricate; complex






50. Insincere