Test your basic knowledge |

SAT Reasoning Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Superiority to all others






2. Lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with or deal with; rude






3. Incorrect - containing mistakes






4. Not supported or proven by evidence






5. Prevent progress






6. Pushing - demanding attention - showy






7. Pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic






8. Encouraged






9. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted






10. Deep - extensive learning






11. Able to heal or cure






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






13. Ordinary - common






14. Instructing and improving spiritually or morally






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






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






17. Disagreement






18. Intended to deceive






19. Impartial; calm - free from emotion






20. Troubled; distressed






21. Trickery; deception






22. Lasting a very short time






23. Brief - concise






24. Greatly respected; holy; sacred






25. Simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain






26. Something that provides nourishment; food needed to live






27. Easily angered






28. Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct






29. Various; miscellaneous - various; miscellaneous






30. Showy; pompous; claiming unjustified distinction






31. Thin - slender - not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis - poorly supported






32. Difficult to accomplish






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






34. An unsuitable or misleading name






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






36. A complicated organized system; rules and regulations






37. Reluctant to draw attention to yourself






38. Made up of a variety of sources or styles






39. Floating debris (from a ship)






40. Confidently optimistic and cheerful






41. Calm; sluggish; unemotional






42. Concise - using few words






43. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable






44. Reducing staff or forces; conserving resources






45. Very talkative






46. Quick - shrewd - and unpredictable






47. Having a secret or hidden meaning






48. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics






49. (adj.) appearing true - reasonable - or fair






50. Respectable due to age