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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. Relaxed and informal
illusionist
misconception
prevail
casual
2. The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
profundity
symbolism
empiric
stimulus
3. Deception
deception
deceit
discreet
euphemism
4. To make (a problem - bad situation - or negative feeling) worse
squander
phenomenon
exemplify
exacerbate
5. A cruel and oppressive ruler
inept
glorify
superb
tyrant
6. The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration - worthless - or deserving scorn; disdain
radical
conjecture
eminent
contempt
7. A concentrated outpouring; a deluge
barrage
frank
itinerant
jaded
8. To deride and criticize using satire
duplicitous
satirize
infallible
disparage
9. Exciting; stirring
paraphrase
proverb
rousing
exacerbate
10. Slow; sluggish
diverse
parody
irony
dilatory
11. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
rhetorical question
premeditate
virtuoso
comprehensive
12. A feeling that something bad will happen; fearful apprehension
analogy
deliberate
foreboding
allegory
13. Arrogantly superior and disdainful; conceited
deception
ideal
phlegmatic
haughty
14. So delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe
machinate
eulogize
superior
subtle
15. To depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature; to represent
entrepreneur
disposition
portray
disseminate
16. To make (something) seem less important - significant - or complex than it really is; to minimize
trivialize
fallacy
extol
flagging
17. Deliberately created; artificial
paramount
contrived
inscrutable
languor
18. Unnecessary - especially through being more than enough; surplus
diversion
loquacious
orthodox
superfluous
19. To destroy completely; to put an end to
eradicate
citation
prescriptive
indigent
20. Showing a high degree of skill and flair; complete or perfect
consummate
marginal
sufficient
plausible
21. To think out or plan (an action - especially a crime) beforehand
pathetic
premeditate
engage
adhere
22. Messy and dirty; scruffy
unpalatable
discriminating
slovenly
repress
23. Deliberately cruel or violent; savage
hypothesize
comprehensive
bountiful
vicious
24. Able to be defended with logic or justification; valid
substantial
ostentatious
legitimate
impassive
25. Well chosen or suited to the circumstances; apt
melancholy
autocrat
felicitous
prevalent
26. Hard to control or deal with
ideologue
constitute
intractable
munificent
27. The condition of being considered more important than something else; priority
versatile
fallacy
illusionist
precedence
28. Anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen; disquiet
emphatic
laudatory
impressionistic
apprehension
29. The use of trickery to achieve a political - financial - or legal purpose; deception
dubious
pundit
magnitude
chicanery
30. A person who publicly supports a particular cause
advocate
perfunctory
censure
terse
31. To express complete disapproval of; to criticize
buoyancy
forgo
reticent
condemn
32. Agreement or harmony between people or groups; consensus
marginal
subterfuge
circumvent
concord
33. Not influenced by strong emotion; objective - neutral - or impartial
defuse
dispassionate
discriminate
electorate
34. The practice of pursuing ideals - especially unrealistically
profound
momentous
idealism
complaint
35. A thing that completes or brings to perfection
complement
tranquil
collegial
inherent
36. Fading; weakening
account for
bombast
flagging
subvert
37. Relating to or acting as a cause
tangential
languor
causal
dominant
38. An exemption from a rule or usual requirement
radical
electorate
intimacy
dispensation
39. A trait specific to an individual
idiosyncrasy
embellish
legitimate
impetuous
40. Excessively interested in obtaining money or material things
defiance
analogous
acquisitive
adroit
41. A dangerous - difficult - or otherwise unfortunate situation
plight
censure
populous
regale
42. Generosity; benevolence
placid
rigidity
magnanimity
understatement
43. A preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience; a bias
prescribe
prejudice
unprovoked
moderate
44. Fully comprehensive; all-inclusive
inducement
indiscernible
libel
exhaustive
45. Acting with care and thought for the future; wise
consequential
obsolete
prudent
antagonism
46. An extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property; an inferno
conflagration
credible
ostentatious
solemnize
47. To totally bewilder or perplex; to puzzle
disinclined
repudiate
exhaust
baffle
48. Having a good reputation; respected
reputable
accost
chronicle
unfounded
49. To make heavy demands on (someone's powers or resources)
collegial
discrete
acumen
tax
50. Another term for empirical
illegitimate
thwart
empiric
recollect