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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. Floating debris (from a ship)
painstaking
dismayed
obtrusive
flotsam
2. A complicated organized system; rules and regulations
capricious
laconic
liberality
bureaucratization
3. Encouraged
bland
fostered
dispersive
emphatic
4. Brief - concise
self-effacing
antiquated
succinct
sustenance
5. A forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
painstaking
whimsical
churlish
prognosis
6. To soften in feeling or temper
dispassionate
mollified
capricious
flotsam
7. Impartial; calm - free from emotion
dispassionate
verbose
sanguine
ostentatious
8. Quick - shrewd - and unpredictable
mercurial
esoteric
venerable
preeminence
9. Protest; objection
reverence
erudition
retrenchment
remonstrance
10. Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
mollified
candid
didactic
erroneous
11. (adj) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n) an activist
militant
ostentatious
obtrusive
apologetic
12. Various; miscellaneous - various; miscellaneous
doctrinaire
succinct
plausible
sundry
13. Perfectly clear; leaving no room for doubt or misunderstanding
preeminence
deft
intransigence
unequivocal
14. Challenged; called into question
prognosis
autonomous
curative
impugned
15. Deep - extensive learning
deft
erudition
stymied
verbose
16. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy - especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
succinct
tenuous
bureaucratization
lugubrious
17. Able to heal or cure
curative
dispassionate
raiment
whimsical
18. Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
provocative
intransigence
candid
doctrinaire
19. Disagreement
apologetic
dissent
decorous
plausible
20. Extensive destruction
disingenuous
militant
decimation
capricious
21. Obsolete - out of fashion - no longer usable
effusive
ostentatious
cantankerous
antiquated
22. Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
unsubstantiated
churlish
remonstrance
decorous
23. Prevent progress
effusive
tenable
raiment
stymied
24. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
decorous
omnipotent
eclectic
painstaking
25. Clothing - garments
cantankerous
raiment
lassitude
obtrusive
26. Pushing - demanding attention - showy
wrongheaded
painstaking
obtrusive
ineffable
27. Respectable due to age
obscure
venerable
mundane
intuitive
28. Intended to teach or instruct
bucolic
sundry
deft
didactic
29. (adj.) neglectful in performance of one's duty - careless
deft
remiss
disingenuous
militant
30. Made; concocted in order to deceive
fabricated
bucolic
impetuous
militant
31. Showy; pompous; claiming unjustified distinction
raiment
misnomer
pretentious
dispassionate
32. Profound respect
stymied
infighting
verbose
reverence
33. Causing disturbance or excitement
implacable
provocative
decorous
dismayed
34. Weariness of body or mind - lack of energy
dismayed
lassitude
corrosive
reverence
35. A puzzle - mystery - or riddle
disposition
callous
enigma
divisive
36. Extreme - chauvinistic patriotism - often favoring an aggressive - warlike foreign policy
cantankerous
divisive
stringent
jingoism
37. Very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous
bland
lassitude
painstaking
languid
38. Defensible - justifiable - maintainable
languid
esoteric
tenable
bureaucratization
39. (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
effusive
bombastic
ambivalent
liberality
40. (adj.) appearing true - reasonable - or fair
reverence
plausible
ineffable
painstaking
41. Rash - impulsive
stymied
divisive
impetuous
fabricated
42. Something that provides nourishment; food needed to live
decorous
ambivalent
sustenance
impetuous
43. Open to more than one interpretation
ambiguous
retrenchment
convoluted
impugned
44. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics
ostentatious
incorrigible
rhetoric
bland
45. Intended for or understood by only a small group
esoteric
folly
effusive
hallowed
46. Intended to deceive
incorrigible
plausible
pristine
spurious
47. Impulsive and unpredictable
incorrigible
capricious
bland
bucolic
48. Confidently optimistic and cheerful
infighting
plausible
sanguine
bombastic
49. Eating away gradually - acidlike; bitterly sarcastic
preeminence
corrosive
ambiguous
ossified
50. Very talkative
invidious
painstaking
militant
loquacious