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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. Wary and unwilling to take risks; cautious
circumspect
founder
provincial
abstruse
2. Not feeling or showing emotion
innocuous
credibility
impugn
impassive
3. To overcome (a problem or difficulty) - typically in a clever or sneaky way; to get around
awe
cohesive
fallible
circumvent
4. To use up (resources or reserves) completely
intimidate
ostensible
pragmatist
exhaust
5. Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
derision
paragon
testimonial
check
6. To waste (something - especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner
squander
deter
moral
compromise
7. Given a great deal of respect - especially because of age - wisdom - or character
venerable
moribund
avert
effusive
8. Grand and impressive in appearance; dramatic
imposing
equivocal
hyperbole
satire
9. Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous
equivocal
abstraction
curative
discredit
10. Unverified information received from other people; rumor
politicize
ineffable
unforeseen
hearsay
11. Doubtfulness
demure
exhaust
skepticism
decorous
12. To delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; to hinder
loquacious
constitute
profundity
impede
13. The act or result of stimulating something
defy
paragon
stimulation
reminiscent
14. Size - especially the great size - extent - or importance of something
magnitude
pursue
tenacity
systematic
15. Looking or sounding sad and dismal; mournful
elude
lugubrious
inapt
lavish
16. Showing a great deal of variety; heterogeneous
testify
unsentimental
partisan
diverse
17. The intention or desire to do evil; ill will
cite
malice
concord
terse
18. A passionate expression of grief or sorrow
apathetic
incontrovertible
lament
economy
19. A memory
irresolute
electorate
recollection
squalid
20. Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words
tranquil
magnanimous
ineffable
eminent
21. Commonplace; lacking poetic beauty
prosaic
lament
indigenous
pundit
22. Taking ideas - style - or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources; broad-based
scrutinize
enthrall
testament
eclectic
23. Open resistance; bold disobedience
ebullient
defiance
forestall
wield
24. Truthful and straightforward; open
altruism
extravagant
defer
candid
25. Long-standing bitterness or resentfulness; spite
fabricate
rancor
spontaneous
indelible
26. Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native
indigenous
deter
skeptical
decorum
27. To manage without; to get rid of
to dispense with
irreproachable
monotonous
pursuit
28. Attempting to impress people by pretending to have greater importance - talent - culture - etc. - than is actually possessed; affected
pretentious
precedent
dispensation
renown
29. Lower in rank or position
astute
proliferate
subordinate
testify
30. Unwise
buoy
injudicious
utterly
terse
31. To accept and allow bad behavior to continue
ensure
condone
impede
impassive
32. An opinion contrary to orthodox religious doctrine or what is generally accepted; blasphemy
cynic
respectively
heresy
tactful
33. A statement that - despite sound reasoning from facts - leads to a conclusion that seems senseless or illogical; a self-contradiction
paradox
consummate
prescribe
inept
34. Better; higher-ranking
paradox
superior
virtuous
ego
35. To cause (someone) to become angry; to annoy
discredit
antagonize
discern
testimonial
36. Having no foundation or basis in fact; groundless
resignation
unfounded
magnitude
conciliate
37. Displaying a passionate intensity; ardent
fervent
stature
servile
fanciful
38. Deliberately created; artificial
contrived
unprovoked
antiquated
foresight
39. To discourage (someone) from doing something - using doubt or fear
worldly
flag
complaint
deter
40. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
cathartic
metaphor
cohere
constitute
41. Careful consideration
supercilious
deliberation
secluded
arrogant
42. Using more words than are needed; wordy
verbose
apt
infelicity
anthropology
43. Able to recover or spring back quickly after being bent or compressed - or after difficult conditions
supplant
resilient
compromise
deterministic
44. A subject or matter that strongly interests or engrosses someone; an obsession
preoccupation
pretentious
inscrutable
insubstantial
45. Related to a city or town
urban
apt
supplant
profundity
46. Something that is mysterious - puzzling - or difficult to figure out
enigma
squalid
idiosyncrasy
reiterate
47. Resolutely firm and unwavering; loyal
disrepute
steadfast
vulnerable
electorate
48. Separately or individually - and in the order already mentioned
implacable
provoke
lugubrious
respectively
49. Not easily letting go of or giving up an object - a position - or an idea; not easily dispelled or discouraged
flout
stimulation
reclusive
tenacious
50. To split apart or go in a different direction
diverge
scrutiny
exemplify
trivialize