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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Hostile and aggressive; confrontational
account
belligerent
platitude
austere
2. To return to a former or less developed state; to go backward
air
resignation
dominant
regress
3. Well chosen or suited to the circumstances; apt
moderation
felicitous
subdue
flagging
4. Done with speed and efficiency
chronicle
dispensation
expeditious
intemperance
5. A feature regarded as a characteristic part of something; a trait
anthropologist
attribute
altruism
litigious
6. A lack of experience - wisdom - or judgment; innocence or unsophistication
lackadaisical
magnanimous
naïvete
enigma
7. To cause (someone) to believe something that is not true; to trick
credulity
depreciate
deceive
circumspect
8. Oppression
mandate
censor
apathy
tyranny
9. To give a satisfactory explanation for (something)
self-deprecating
seclusion
account for
solemn
10. A spoken word - statement - or vocal sound
utterance
edify
vacuous
antipathy
11. So delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe
judicious
credible
subtle
deceitful
12. Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; showy
deride
ostentatious
lament
seclusion
13. Having good judgment or taste; selective
discerning
altruistic
sensationalism
substantive
14. To make (something - typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely; to sustain
munificent
rational
perpetuate
convivial
15. A sudden desire or change of mind - especially one that is unusual or unexplained; an impulse
whim
reprehensible
aesthetic
negligent
16. To approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively; to confront
accost
compliant
quizzical
ascetic
17. Lightheartedness; humor or frivolity
grievance
loquacious
unprovoked
levity
18. Evoking interest - attention - or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way; enthralling
self-deprecating
compelling
thwart
avant-garde
19. Feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune
jocular
sympathy
morale
rhetoric
20. To recommend with authority (a substance or action) as something beneficial
rousing
intuitive
prescribe
contemporary
21. To make (someone) feel annoyed - frustrated - or worried - especially with trivial matters
compromise
skirt
unqualified
vex
22. To accept and allow bad behavior to continue
condone
compliant
complicity
illusion
23. Widespread in a particular area at a particular time
squander
provocation
insure
prevalent
24. Separately or individually - and in the order already mentioned
economize
pertinent
contemporary
respectively
25. Full of energy and enthusiasm
autocrat
lavish
vibrant
credibility
26. Action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry - especially deliberately
provocation
vigor
disingenuous
paragon
27. The avoidance of excess or extremes; self-restraint
moderation
casual
advocate
appropriate
28. Not candid or sincere - typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does
deceit
unequivocal
disingenuous
evade
29. To express disapproval of; to criticize
denude
deprecate
impervious
depiction
30. An imitation of the style of a particular writer - artist - or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect; a caricature
parody
worldly
querulous
bureaucrat
31. Easily influenced because of a lack of critical ability; suggestible
appreciate
rigidity
impressionable
euphemism
32. Only barely touching or related to (something); peripheral
enumerate
machination
insatiable
tangential
33. A refusal or unwillingness to change one's views or to agree about something; stubbornness
mendacious
intransigence
rancor
revelation
34. To remember (something); to call to mind
recollect
allegory
profound
decry
35. Not able to be controlled or restrained
consequential
innovate
irrepressible
ossify
36. Dissatisfied with the people in authority and no longer willing to support them
evasive
forestall
vicious
disaffected
37. To publicly denounce; to condemn
oblivious
stimulation
heresy
decry
38. Unreasonable; illogical
eccentric
irrational
deliberation
cohesive
39. To make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly; to facilitate
versatile
expedite
commendable
stature
40. Uncomplicated and easy to do or understand; honest
straightforward
diffident
curative
auditory
41. To publicly declare to be wrong or evil
imprudent
denounce
naïvete
palliative
42. A person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans
deceitful
opportunist
stereotype
scrutiny
43. To be a typical example of; to epitomize
unpretentious
exemplify
empiric
tyrant
44. Intended to teach - especially in a patronizing way or having moral instruction as a hidden motive
antagonize
naïve
elude
didactic
45. To follow (someone or something); to seek to attain or accomplish (a goal)
apt
perceptive
unprovoked
pursue
46. Too generous; lenient
indulgent
hypothesize
perfidy
presumptive
47. Purposeful - determined - and unwavering; adamant
resolute
antagonism
prescribe
illusion
48. Having knowledge of events before they take place; prophetic
self-deprecating
perplexing
ingenuity
prescient
49. Seeming reasonable or probable; credible
plausible
expedite
acquisition
inimical
50. Important or significant
unprecedented
enthrall
consequential
chicanery