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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. Never done or known before; unheard of
understated
eulogy
unprecedented
perceive
2. To struggle against (a difficulty or danger)
elude
cosmopolitan
contend
chronicler
3. To openly disregard (a rule - law or convention); to defy
censor
unpremeditated
credulity
flout
4. Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree; fawning
obsequious
futile
intractable
flaunt
5. To use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself; to be evasive
averse
equivocate
partisan
unpremeditated
6. To go around or past the edge of
foresee
transient
skirt
demeanor
7. Truthful and straightforward; open
satire
candid
lavish
account for
8. Lacking imagination - foresight - or intellectual insight; narrow-minded
elude
myopic
confident
utter
9. 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
synthesis
aesthetics
rationalize
obsequious
10. Not intimidated or discouraged by difficulty - danger - or disappointment
intemperance
undaunted
sate
demeanor
11. Regrettable
acquire
innocuous
prevail
lamentable
12. Easily persuaded to believe something; naïve
cajole
versatile
inclined
gullible
13. An official order to do something
solicit
rigorous
benign
mandate
14. To invent - concoct - or make (something) up; to lie
disaffected
fabricate
hypothetical
spartan
15. To make use of
provoke
usurp
employ
plastic
16. A subject or matter that strongly interests or engrosses someone; an obsession
aristocrat
keen
preoccupation
shrewd
17. Excessively interested in obtaining money or material things
acquisitive
exhaust
methodology
apprehensive
18. To make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource) - not necessarily unfairly
adverse
straightforward
premeditate
exploit
19. To build up again from parts; to reconstruct
reconstitute
implicit
acquisition
shrewd
20. To help to clarify or explain (a subject or matter); to shed light on
nonchalant
illuminate
unambiguous
clandestine
21. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness
integrity
prevail
sufficient
quizzical
22. To believe in and follow the practices of
diligent
peruse
adhere
presumptuous
23. Relating to the enforcement of a rule; rigid
predecessor
prescriptive
austere
intimidate
24. Extremely thorough - exhaustive - or accurate; strictly applied or adhered to
rigorous
rationalism
futile
perceptive
25. To gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power)
languor
sap
alacrity
superficial
26. Extremely dirty and unpleasant - especially as a result of poverty or neglect
squalid
wistful
recollect
secluded
27. Liable to unreasonable changes of mood; volatile
conspicuous
perpetual
precipitate
temperamental
28. Individually separate and distinct
reproach
adverse
felicity
discrete
29. To fail or break down - typically as a result of a particular problem or setback
empirical
invoke
founder
indispensable
30. To use up (resources or reserves) completely
exhaust
unequivocal
discern
elude
31. Based on observation and experience rather than theory or pure logic; evidence-based
anomaly
populist
plastic
empirical
32. To cause (someone) to be no longer close or affectionate; to alienate
to dispense with
vicious
precipitous
estrange
33. To try hard to do or achieve something
cynic
forestall
meticulous
endeavor
34. To return to a former or less developed state; to go backward
libel
proverb
regress
exuberant
35. Showing a lack of self-control
renown
intemperate
precocious
straightforward
36. Making a show of being morally superior to other people; self-righteous
unequivocal
laconic
sanctimonious
collegial
37. To openly resist or refuse to obey; to disregard
defy
cynic
pervasive
vulnerable
38. Traveling from place to place; peripatetic
placid
prescribe
stature
itinerant
39. Credibility
substantive
dilatory
credence
unpalatable
40. Lower in rank or position
subordinate
fervent
vivid
erratic
41. To think of with great respect; to revere
adherent
venerate
renowned
intricate
42. Filled a lively energy and excitement; ebullient
exuberant
comprehensive
modest
coherent
43. Fully comprehensive; all-inclusive
susceptible
scrutiny
exhaustive
demeanor
44. In agreement; consistent
penchant
unqualified
indispensable
concordant
45. Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence; timorous
economy
diffident
flag
stringent
46. The state of being private and away from other people; solitude
deference
seclusion
aesthetic
analogy
47. Unwilling to believe something; skeptical
incredulous
aversion
placate
aplomb
48. An obstruction or obstacle
inapt
monotony
impediment
wistful
49. To frighten or threaten (someone) - especially in order to make them do what one wants
demeanor
progenitor
intimidate
precursor
50. A person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious - political - or other ideals; an extremist
proximity
prosaic
allusion
zealot