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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. Gentle; kindly
economy
consummate
benign
cultivate
2. Showing deference
conscientious
deferential
criticize
populace
3. To make less severe - serious - or painful; to alleviate
populace
mitigate
forestall
unprovoked
4. Well-chosen or particularly favorable or appropriate; auspicious
prevalent
to be reputed
opportune
machinate
5. To make (something) greater by adding to it; to increase
augment
auditory
apolitical
colleague
6. Involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing
adept
irony
myopic
complicit
7. Very complicated or detailed; elaborate
intricate
idiosyncrasy
injudicious
edify
8. An indirect reference
allusion
solicit
contemptuous
pragmatist
9. To encourage or promote the development of something good; to cultivate or nurture
intimacy
discredit
clandestine
foster
10. More important than anything else; supreme
paramount
erudite
determinism
substantial
11. Truthful and straightforward; open
squalid
cite
irreverent
candid
12. Not asked for; uninvited
unsolicited
cantankerous
arrogant
daunting
13. Easily made angry; irritable
satirize
irascible
enthrall
discern
14. To reject; to refuse to accept or be associated with
indiscernible
precedence
repudiate
evasive
15. Prejudiced in favor of a particular cause
partisan
testament
stratagem
superb
16. A person inclined to question or doubt an accepted opinion
ideal
skeptic
reticent
inundate
17. Causing great public interest and excitement; shocking
plight
sensational
pursue
foster
18. Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect; impertinent
repudiate
tacit
critic
insolent
19. Understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge; obscure
esoteric
profound
machinate
proximity
20. Diplomatic; discreet
esoteric
tactful
thwart
unpremeditated
21. To restore friendly relations between
simulate
metaphor
subdued
reconcile
22. A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation
libel
venerable
impassive
parody
23. Only barely touching or related to (something); peripheral
discernment
tout
premeditate
tangential
24. An act - statement - or gift that is intended to show gratitude - respect - or admiration
tribute
adroit
self-deprecating
linguistic
25. Widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something; fame
glorify
obsequious
prestige
credential
26. A lack of good sense; foolishness
contemptuous
itinerant
folly
supplant
27. Dull - tedious - and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest
perseverance
profusely
diffident
monotonous
28. A supporter of an ideology or system of beliefs - especially someone who is uncompromising and dogmatic
supersede
prestigious
ideologue
adept
29. A real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest - especially unfair treatment; an injustice
discern
elusive
innocuous
grievance
30. To invent - concoct - or make (something) up; to lie
adroit
fabricate
avert
indifferent
31. Openness and honesty; frankness
credence
humanitarian
candor
disrepute
32. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
virtuoso
exasperate
radical
subtlety
33. The capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of something; acuity
metaphor
deplore
invulnerable
insight
34. To make (something) by synthesis - especially chemically
borne
synthesize
diminutive
imprudent
35. Having great knowledge or learning; scholarly
reserved
erudite
scorn
anecdote
36. To describe (something) as admirable - especially undeservedly; to glamorize
haughty
glorify
idiosyncrasy
mediate
37. Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little
reconcile
taciturn
conciliate
perpetuate
38. Having sensitive insight; observant
perceptive
orthodox
credulity
altruism
39. To supersede and replace; to displace by force
inundate
supplant
receptacle
diverge
40. Old-fashioned or outdated
acute
tact
palliative
antiquated
41. Careful consideration
abstract
inimitable
deliberation
employ
42. Based on a hypothesis; theoretical
populace
steadfast
hypothetical
insatiable
43. A statement that - despite sound reasoning from facts - leads to a conclusion that seems senseless or illogical; a self-contradiction
unwarranted
utterance
testify
paradox
44. To give special importance to (something); to stress
implicit
emphasize
inducement
tribute
45. Causing an argument; controversial
moribund
dilemma
contentious
temperance
46. Involving conflict or opposition
cataclysmic
renown
antipathy
adversarial
47. A substance or thing that increases activity - interest - or enthusiasm
utter
stimulant
encumbrance
palliative
48. A feature regarded as a characteristic part of something; a trait
attribute
stratagem
qualify
magnanimity
49. To show (someone) to be involved in a crime
air
regress
buoy
implicate
50. 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
to dispense with
squander
rationalize
adherent