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SAT Reasoning Common Words
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sat
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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. An official order to do something
diversion
rancor
mandate
precipitate
2. To harm the good reputation of (someone or something)
disparity
ossify
discredit
trenchant
3. A quotation from or reference to a book - paper - or author
confidant
citation
electorate
by virtue of
4. Purposeful - determined - and unwavering; adamant
irrational
archaic
vicarious
resolute
5. The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect; contempt
disdain
prospect
compunction
dispassionate
6. A person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance
ego
convey
frank
inherent
7. Persistence; determination
straightforward
tenacity
placid
ambivalent
8. Existing only on the surface; not deep
paragon
superficial
aristocrat
air
9. A refusal or unwillingness to change one's views or to agree about something; stubbornness
effusive
zeal
penchant
intransigence
10. Unwise
found
enumerate
tranquil
injudicious
11. To persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery
cryptic
cajole
embroil
benevolent
12. Convenient and practical - although possibly improper or immoral
precipitate
subdue
grandiose
expedient
13. To cause (someone) to become angry; to annoy
facetious
contemporary
baffle
antagonize
14. Impossible to deny or disprove; incontrovertible
supersede
skeptic
irrefutable
charisma
15. To entertain or amuse (someone) with talk
subdue
grandiose
regale
zeal
16. To say (something) aloud
economic
utter
dominant
apt
17. Formal and dignified; not cheerful or smiling
lucid
expedient
advocacy
solemn
18. The ability to understand something immediately - without the need for conscious reasoning; instinct
anachronism
urbane
ostentatious
intuition
19. To feel or express strong disapproval of (something); to abhor
deplore
assert
linguistic
presume
20. A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
proceed
anecdote
timid
relinquish
21. Charming; magnetic
substantial
unverified
superficial
charismatic
22. Lightheartedness; humor or frivolity
levity
rhetoric
deliberation
irreconcilable
23. Lasting only for a short time; impermanent
presumptuous
laudatory
transient
substantial
24. To assume
proverb
found
presume
rigidity
25. To tell someone about something; to give an account of an event or experience
deception
omen
recount
momentous
26. Producing many works
abstruse
naïve
prolific
contentious
27. An extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property; an inferno
conflagration
regale
profuse
irresolute
28. A system or organization in which people are ranked one above the other according to status or authority
hierarchy
unfounded
defy
enthralling
29. Well chosen or suited to the circumstances; apt
inherent
dilettante
gullible
felicitous
30. Too expensive for most people to pay
depict
prohibitive
altruism
diverse
31. Extremely or unusually small; miniscule
forebear
reticent
synthesis
diminutive
32. Having no comforts or luxuries; harsh or ascetic
glorify
eulogy
recollect
austere
33. No longer needed or useful; needlessly replicating something already present
redundant
aesthete
utterance
scorn
34. Seeming reasonable or probable; credible
lavish
constitute
plausible
squander
35. Vigorous or incisive; penetrating
preoccupied
dispel
ebullient
trenchant
36. Asserting one's will over another in an arrogant way; overbearing
domineering
amalgamate
deride
hackneyed
37. To mention (a number of things) one by one; to list
erratic
incoherent
anthropologist
enumerate
38. A dangerous - difficult - or otherwise unfortunate situation
plight
rigors
aesthetic
terminate
39. Lax in morals; licentious
characterize
lamentable
figurative
dissolute
40. Eager or quick to argue - quarrel - or fight; combative
rebuttal
adversarial
pugnacious
pathetic
41. Very skilled or proficient at something; adroit
vicarious
adept
extravagant
allege
42. Believability; plausibility
indelible
awed
perfunctory
credibility
43. To cause (someone) to feel excited - invigorated - or angry
paragon
frank
rouse
incoherent
44. The philosophy that says that all events are predetermined or controlled by external causes
determinism
irreverent
heritage
mediate
45. A person who cultivates an area of interest - such as the arts - without real commitment or knowledge; an amateur
proximity
dilettante
impetuous
radical
46. Written or spoken language in its ordinary form; the opposite of poetry
versatile
usurp
passive
prose
47. A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning
tenacity
revere
pedant
contention
48. Grand and impressive in appearance; dramatic
seclusion
credible
imposing
vivid
49. To describe incorrectly
eccentric
mischaracterize
hearsay
divert
50. To praise highly in speech or writing
fiscal
eulogize
cacophony
suffice