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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. Written or spoken language in its ordinary form; the opposite of poetry
scrutiny
personify
prose
conspicuous
2. A tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true
secluded
folly
credulity
commend
3. Having no foundation or basis in fact; groundless
tentative
superb
unfounded
conspicuous
4. To cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another
divert
induce
invoke
insolent
5. Causing annoyance - frustration - or worry
exuberant
auditory
profundity
vexatious
6. Not harmful or offensive; safe
populous
innocuous
precocious
pretense
7. Outward behavior or bearing; manner
demeanor
complaint
abstruse
jaded
8. To engage in plots and intrigues; to scheme
presumptive
machinate
heresy
recollect
9. A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad; qualms
thwart
compunction
rationalize
insubordinate
10. To satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full
stereotype
foresee
sate
tranquil
11. To remember (something); to call to mind
credibility
rhetorical question
subdue
recollect
12. To read thoroughly and carefully
disdain
peruse
profusion
despondent
13. Based on or influenced by personal feelings - tastes - or opinions; not objective
subjective
sarcasm
heterogeneous
disparity
14. Feeling opposition or hostility toward something
satirize
dominate
account
antagonistic
15. Very severe or serious; grave
collegial
cantankerous
grievous
precedence
16. Well-chosen or particularly favorable or appropriate; auspicious
opportune
peevish
incongruous
moribund
17. Deep sadness or guilt for a wrong committed
magnitude
remorse
unprovoked
edify
18. Expressed clearly; easy to understand
lucid
engage
to dispense with
nonchalant
19. Behaving as though one thinks one is superior to others; arrogant
supercilious
lay
espouse
obsequious
20. High-sounding language with little meaning - used to impress people
unsubstantiated
empiric
bombast
pervasive
21. Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words
economize
ineffable
atypical
resilient
22. Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition; dispassionate
dialect
allusion
phlegmatic
equivocate
23. A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past - typically for a period or place with happy personal associations
cajole
meticulous
ingenuity
nostalgia
24. Grand and impressive in appearance; dramatic
abstract
imposing
revelation
antagonize
25. The people living in a particular country or area
pursuit
clandestine
devalue
populace
26. A particular form of a language that is unique to a specific region or social group
methodology
defiance
depict
dialect
27. The intention or desire to do evil; ill will
elusive
articulate
malice
inapt
28. A sign or warning that something momentous or calamitous is likely to happen; an omen
versatile
portent
insolent
conducive
29. A feature regarded as a characteristic part of something; a trait
demur
flaunt
subdue
attribute
30. An ancestor
subterfuge
docile
forebear
conspicuous
31. A person's character - personality - or nature
indignant
irascible
maverick
temperament
32. To bring to mind
rousing
resolute
egotism
evoke
33. To put (a decision - plan - agreement - etc.) into effect
insatiable
zealous
implement
implausible
34. Concerned (or overly concerned) with lawsuits or litigation
charisma
convivial
litigious
inimitable
35. Experienced and sophisticated; cosmopolitan
hypothesize
ambivalent
perceptive
worldly
36. Deceitfulness; untrustworthiness
perfidy
vex
diversion
paraphrase
37. Able to recover or spring back quickly after being bent or compressed - or after difficult conditions
pursuit
shrewd
understated
resilient
38. Providing psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions
perseverance
reticent
audible
cathartic
39. A deep - pensive - and long-lasting sadness
melancholy
espouse
opportune
salvage
40. Careful to avoid social embarrassment or distress - especially by keeping confidences secret; tactful
seclusion
discreet
receptive
wistful
41. Evoking interest - attention - or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way; enthralling
economical
spartan
compelling
derision
42. To mark with a formal ceremony
conciliatory
concession
figurative
solemnize
43. Collusion; connivance
complicity
credence
compel
palliative
44. Indicating mild or amused puzzlement; curious
cite
impediment
quizzical
inclination
45. Famous or well known - typically for some bad quality or deed; infamous
unpretentious
urbane
subdue
notorious
46. Well balanced and sensible
irreconcilable
esoteric
grounded
digress
47. An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information; speculation
subtle
autonomy
conjecture
circumscribe
48. A short pithy saying in general use - stating a general truth or piece of advice; an adage
proverb
dubious
ebullient
momentous
49. To provide evidence to support or prove the truth of; to back up
substantiate
disaffected
scrutiny
convention
50. Excellent; impressively splendid
insatiable
superb
advocacy
versatile