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SAT Reasoning Common Words
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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. Showing a lack of self-control
egotism
intemperate
citation
dubious
2. A plan or scheme - especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve a goal
notorious
jargon
intuitive
stratagem
3. Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous
insatiable
equivocal
revelation
digress
4. Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources
marginal
dominate
extravagant
aesthete
5. The state of being subject to death
mortality
relinquish
reproach
confide
6. A subtle distinction - feature - or argument
dramatize
subtlety
deliberation
enumerate
7. Done with speed and efficiency
expeditious
ludicrous
conflagration
tact
8. Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
sensational
discriminating
imperious
accost
9. Done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; methodical
systematic
slovenly
unwarranted
sentimental
10. A real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest - especially unfair treatment; an injustice
lavish
audible
grievance
rebut
11. The people living in a particular country or area
sympathy
populace
renown
indiscernible
12. The ancient past
respectively
credential
criticize
antiquity
13. Impossible to subdue or defeat; invincible
ostensible
injudicious
worldly
indomitable
14. To prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking action ahead of time; to preempt
forestall
conducive
laconic
concession
15. Doubting; hesitating or uncertain
acquisitive
sanctimonious
reminisce
dubious
16. To begin or continue a course of action; to move forward
conducive
proceed
found
confident
17. To put an end to the validity or operation of (a decree - decision - or promise); to cancel
circumscribe
palliative
revoke
paradox
18. No longer needed or useful; needlessly replicating something already present
reputable
vigor
avant-garde
redundant
19. The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
benevolent
phenomenon
rhetoric
eradicate
20. Favorably disposed toward (an action - belief - or attitude); having a tendency to do something
folly
bureaucracy
inclined
subjective
21. Complaining in a petulant or whining manner; peevish
querulous
peeve
acumen
elusive
22. A mistaken belief - especially one based on unsound argument
fallacy
peeve
complaint
depiction
23. Easily influenced because of a lack of critical ability; suggestible
populous
impressionable
prescribe
exploit
24. Completing; harmonious
complaint
critical
mediate
complementary
25. Unconditional; without reservation or limitation
proximity
folly
unqualified
homogenization
26. Uncomplicated and easy to do or understand; honest
proliferate
rudimentary
aversion
straightforward
27. Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas
receptive
presumptuous
aristocracy
phenomenon
28. Not able to be removed or forgotten; ineradicable
magnanimous
indelible
implication
platitude
29. Oppression
irreverent
phlegmatic
anonymous
tyranny
30. A person with whom one shares a secret or private matter
abstract
confidant
notorious
rationalism
31. A member of the highest class of society
confide
precede
decorous
aristocrat
32. To serve as evidence or proof of something
seclusion
adversary
rational
testify
33. A factual written account of important or historical events
implicate
render
chronicle
deride
34. To weaken or put into danger; to undermine
compromise
contempt
passive
cathartic
35. Related to the philosophy of determinism
facetious
acquire
deterministic
repress
36. Appropriate or suitable in the circumstances
apt
unqualified
magnitude
enthrall
37. To hold and use (a weapon - a tool - power - or influence)
wield
evoke
elude
idealize
38. Tired - bored - or lacking enthusiasm - typically after having had too much of something; apathetic
aesthete
jaded
buoyancy
corroborate
39. To take (something) for one's own use - typically without the owner's permission; to seize
appeal
chicanery
appropriate
cacophony
40. A person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans
opportunist
contend
imposing
rationalize
41. An expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called on to give opinions about it to the public
proverbial
contentious
engaging
pundit
42. In low spirits from loss of hope or courage; disheartened
sentimental
discredit
mandate
despondent
43. To restrict (something) within limits; to surround
obsequious
circumscribe
provocative
repress
44. Failing to take proper care in doing something
negligent
advocate
alacrity
entrepreneur
45. Having a large population; densely populated
stratagem
terminate
populous
preeminent
46. To examine (a book - movie - etc.) and suppress or remove unacceptable parts of it
censor
skepticism
adept
employ
47. Exuberantly plentiful; abundant
irrepressible
whimsical
implement
profuse
48. To ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone; to request
solicit
obsequious
perpetual
tax
49. To confirm or give support to (a statement or theory)
convivial
unprecedented
rudimentary
corroborate
50. A memory
linguistic
recollection
confident
cosmopolitan