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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. To praise highly in speech or writing
inclined
compelling
eulogize
anecdote
2. Agreement or harmony between people or groups; consensus
flout
unprecedented
concord
laud
3. Playfully quaint or fanciful behavior or humor
hackneyed
solicitous
critic
whimsy
4. To quote (a passage - book - or author) as evidence for an argument or statement; to mention as an example
subterfuge
definitive
cite
bombast
5. An extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property; an inferno
conflagration
complimentary
amalgamation
temperamental
6. To be aware of beforehand; to predict
foresee
intimate
credential
penchant
7. To totally bewilder or perplex; to puzzle
baffle
momentous
apt
exemplar
8. Having a feeling of vague or regretful longing; yearning for something lost
wistful
synthesis
vivid
mediate
9. Deep sadness or guilt for a wrong committed
irascible
remorse
simile
prudent
10. A view of or attitude toward a situation or event; an opinion
sentiment
satirize
electorate
indispensable
11. A possibility or likelihood
engage
pretense
exhaust
prospect
12. To increase rapidly in numbers; to multiply
dissolute
devalue
repertoire
proliferate
13. To make sure or demonstrate that (something) is true or accurate; to confirm
dilettante
verify
diminutive
integrity
14. Hesitant; indecisive
imperious
defy
irresolute
insolent
15. Unable to be affected by
gullible
impervious
consequential
felicity
16. Avoiding the company of other people; solitary
reclusive
acumen
autocrat
itinerant
17. Deception
equivocate
myopic
whimsical
deceit
18. To be generally said or believed to do or be (something)
cohesive
fervent
contend
to be reputed
19. Special importance
emphasis
partisan
hyperbole
irascible
20. To put (a decision - plan - agreement - etc.) into effect
foreboding
implement
reprehensible
incisive
21. A question asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to get information
tractable
rhetorical question
consequence
mandatory
22. Sounding harsh and unpleasant
impugn
obsolete
grating
commemorate
23. Easily persuaded to believe something; naïve
lucid
gullible
foresight
bureaucrat
24. Selfless; compassionate
altruistic
acquisitive
skeptical
monotonous
25. A statement that - despite sound reasoning from facts - leads to a conclusion that seems senseless or illogical; a self-contradiction
belie
reconcile
demur
paradox
26. Able to be heard
squander
peeve
audible
systemic
27. Impossible to understand or interpret; enigmatic
inscrutable
hypothesis
repudiate
bountiful
28. To engage in plots and intrigues; to scheme
rationalism
machinate
solicit
perpetual
29. To make (someone) feel annoyed - frustrated - or worried - especially with trivial matters
dilatory
avuncular
vex
alienate
30. Well balanced and sensible
grounded
corroborate
rhetorical question
credulity
31. A thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned; a thing belonging to a different time period
empirical
pervasive
reclusive
anachronism
32. To cause (someone) to believe something that is not true; to trick
seclusion
hackneyed
deceive
prestige
33. Unexpected; unanticipated
pragmatic
solemnize
characterize
unforeseen
34. The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect; contempt
concede
utterance
divert
disdain
35. An event or thing that rouses activity or energy in someone or something; a spur or incentive
impervious
somber
stimulus
defiance
36. To formally agree that - for a fee - a company will pay compensation in the case of harm or loss
economize
insure
evoke
anecdote
37. A basic law; a fundamental truth
resilient
employ
credibility
principle
38. To read thoroughly and carefully
imperious
agitate
peruse
derision
39. To attempt to explain or justify behavior normally considered irrational or unacceptable by offering an apparently reasonable explanation - even if it is not really true or appropriate
testimony
rationalize
melancholy
squalid
40. To depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature; to represent
presumptuous
contend
portray
censure
41. A lack of interest - enthusiasm - or concern; indifference
apathy
perplexity
charismatic
ascetic
42. Consisting of diverse or mixed parts
credibility
heterogeneous
deference
heresy
43. Thrifty; careful not to waste money or resources
testimony
disparity
economical
systemic
44. Having developed certain abilities at an earlier age than usual; gifted
precocious
deceit
imprudent
portent
45. Difficult to understand; obscure
abstruse
devalue
inclination
clandestine
46. Intended to teach - especially in a patronizing way or having moral instruction as a hidden motive
didactic
aesthete
extravagant
borne
47. A portrayal; a description
proverbial
depiction
verbose
entrepreneur
48. To buy - get - or obtain (something)
acquire
diffident
deliberation
objective
49. To cause (someone) to feel completely baffled; to puzzle
precipitate
intricate
perplex
defer
50. Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence; timorous
to be reputed
tyrant
stereotype
diffident