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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. Commonplace; lacking poetic beauty
unmitigated
systematic
prosaic
exasperate
2. The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions
sensationalism
cohesive
prevail
acumen
3. To cause (someone) to feel excited - invigorated - or angry
rouse
testament
expeditious
allege
4. Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of someone else
implausible
anonymous
denude
vicarious
5. Theoretical; existing as an idea but not having a physical existence
dramatic
abstract
contempt
negligible
6. Unwise
supplant
injudicious
derivative
felicity
7. Lacking comfort or luxury; austere
injudicious
forgo
illegitimate
spartan
8. To cause (an undesirable event) to happen suddenly - unexpectedly - or prematurely
precipitate
systemic
conciliate
conducive
9. A refusal or unwillingness to change one's views or to agree about something; stubbornness
unprovoked
orthodox
intransigence
invoke
10. Playfully quaint or fanciful behavior or humor
perfunctory
endeavor
meticulous
whimsy
11. Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind; volatile
querulous
equanimity
empathy
mercurial
12. To buy - get - or obtain (something)
utterance
acquire
mortality
connoisseur
13. The use of irony to mock or convey contempt
conception
terminal
sarcasm
account for
14. Impossible to satisfy; unquenchable
voracious
mendacious
cacophony
insatiable
15. To call people together for (a meeting); to assemble
exacerbate
sensational
prestigious
convene
16. To mark with a formal ceremony
dispassionate
solemnize
ostensible
subvert
17. Showing contempt; scornful
terse
credulity
pragmatic
contemptuous
18. Spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people; ubiquitous
unpremeditated
stimulation
compunction
pervasive
19. Using few words; concise
terse
tact
indomitable
eclectic
20. An inability to deal with or understand something complicated or unaccountable
account for
inept
allusion
perplexity
21. No longer needed or useful; needlessly replicating something already present
prohibitive
redundant
solicitous
recollect
22. The process of making something homogeneous
contemptible
homogenization
simplistic
despondent
23. To use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself; to be evasive
evocative
quarrelsome
solemnize
equivocate
24. Acting or done quickly and without thought or care; impulsive
impetuous
lucid
haughty
prestige
25. To make (something) greater by adding to it; to increase
extravagant
augment
innovate
fabricate
26. An idea formed before having all the facts or evidence; an assumption
jaded
judicious
recount
preconception
27. Too expensive for most people to pay
unqualified
perplexing
anomaly
prohibitive
28. Better; higher-ranking
superior
proverbial
unambiguous
imposing
29. To strongly suggest but not explicitly state
reproach
imply
reiterate
satire
30. Anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen; disquiet
apprehension
erratic
meticulous
jaded
31. A thing that completes or brings to perfection
whimsy
perfidy
grating
complement
32. Obsessed; absorbed
conciliatory
prospectus
contend
preoccupied
33. Failing to take proper care in doing something
disinclined
resolute
scorn
negligent
34. Beyond criticism; faultless
egotism
populace
incontrovertible
irreproachable
35. A widely held but oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
intemperate
frank
stereotype
portentous
36. A way in which something is usually done; a custom
peeve
fabricate
convention
invoke
37. Having refined taste or good judgment; discerning
receptacle
acquire
discriminating
vacuous
38. Acting with care and thought for the future; wise
rigors
prudent
legitimate
amalgamate
39. Done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; methodical
conflagration
systematic
dialect
contempt
40. Difficult to understand; obscure
tact
abstruse
solicitous
trivialize
41. Attempting to impress people by pretending to have greater importance - talent - culture - etc. - than is actually possessed; affected
forbear
pretentious
slovenly
indigent
42. Seeming reasonable or probable; credible
succinct
repudiate
candor
plausible
43. Selfless; compassionate
exacerbate
altruistic
adherent
cataclysmic
44. The practice of talking and thinking about oneself excessively because of an inflated sense of self-importance
rebuttal
egotism
insure
intimidate
45. A report or description of an event or experience
account
worldly
credibility
supercilious
46. Easily irritated - especially by unimportant things
complaint
succinct
awe
peevish
47. Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior
decorum
censure
apolitical
moral
48. Carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection; cursory
perfunctory
depreciate
imply
marginal
49. Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical considerations
pragmatic
unsolicited
appreciate
disaffected
50. Important or significant
prevalent
pragmatist
consequential
colleague