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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. Involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing
complicit
abstruse
simile
antiquated
2. A sign or warning that something momentous or calamitous is likely to happen; an omen
daunting
reminiscent
portent
hierarchy
3. Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources
satirize
inept
unsentimental
extravagant
4. To cause (someone) to feel isolated or estranged
alienate
bureaucrat
complicity
simulate
5. A person inclined to question or doubt an accepted opinion
intemperate
skeptic
regress
legitimize
6. Impossible to satisfy; unquenchable
analogy
insatiable
sanctimonious
politicize
7. To grow (something); to raise (something)
cultivate
found
site
discredit
8. Having an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities
evade
arrogant
zealot
defer
9. Consisting of parts all of the same kind; uniform
allegory
homogeneous
resurgent
philanthropist
10. Feeling anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment; resentful
disingenuous
timid
indignant
antagonism
11. Unwise
chronicle
obsequious
injudicious
whimsy
12. To weaken or put into danger; to undermine
compromise
libel
reproach
hearsay
13. To exercise control over; to have a commanding influence on
dominate
complement
lackadaisical
insolent
14. Favorably disposed toward (an action - belief - or attitude); having a tendency to do something
deceive
intemperate
inclined
vibrant
15. The use of language that seems to be the opposite of the intended meaning; sarcasm
irony
skepticism
hackneyed
appropriate
16. A bad public opinion; disgrace
perfidy
implicit
disrepute
bureaucracy
17. Open; honest
unfounded
frank
disingenuous
dispassionate
18. Someone who supports a particular set of ideas - party - or person
exacerbate
anecdotal
adherent
proverbial
19. The expression of dissatisfaction
reconcile
unfounded
spontaneous
complaint
20. A person or thing that comes before another; a forerunner
impetuous
satire
precursor
critique
21. Commonplace; lacking poetic beauty
disparity
foster
prosaic
commendable
22. The feeling - often pleasant - of tiredness or inertia; lethargy
resolute
injudicious
languor
vivid
23. A thing causing constant trouble or irritation
plague
heterogeneous
daunting
humane
24. Easily influenced because of a lack of critical ability; suggestible
impervious
querulous
collegial
impressionable
25. Showing a high degree of skill and flair; complete or perfect
consummate
radical
circumscribe
indifferent
26. Sumptuously rich - elaborate - or luxurious
lavish
dispel
imply
intemperance
27. A result or effect of an action or condition
attribute
expedite
consequence
impede
28. The state of being private and away from other people; solitude
clandestine
perplexity
credible
seclusion
29. To cause (someone) to become cheerful or confident; to encourage
laudatory
dearth
placate
buoy
30. An optimistic and cheerful nature
reminiscent
proliferate
buoyancy
ingenious
31. To continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success; to persist
venerable
persevere
inimical
didactic
32. So delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe
subtle
indeterminate
rigors
indignant
33. Action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry - especially deliberately
extravagant
perspective
evoke
provocation
34. Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little
taciturn
erudite
apolitical
intemperate
35. Giving a broad subjective picture or general idea rather than an exact - systematic description
impressionistic
revoke
engaging
mercurial
36. A system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity
reproach
homogeneous
methodology
innovative
37. An intense but short-lived passion or admiration for (something)
secluded
found
infatuation
contempt
38. A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type
tractable
reproach
litigious
epitome
39. To turn into bone or bony tissue; to become rigid or inflexible
reiterate
virtuosity
ossify
demure
40. Well meaning and kindly; compassionate
counterintuitive
benevolent
insatiable
pugnacious
41. Understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge; obscure
pretentious
refute
esoteric
rigors
42. A sudden desire or change of mind - especially one that is unusual or unexplained; an impulse
flout
hypothesis
revoke
whim
43. The conclusion that can be drawn from something not explicitly stated
consummate
gullible
deliberation
implication
44. Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation - especially by responding only indirectly; equivocal
antiquity
appease
negligent
evasive
45. To help to clarify or explain (a subject or matter); to shed light on
skepticism
illuminate
querulous
vindicate
46. To intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation; to arbitrate
peruse
mediate
credible
flag
47. To struggle against (a difficulty or danger)
brevity
reiterate
self-deprecating
contend
48. Deceit used in order to achieve a goal; trickery
stratagem
invoke
cantankerous
subterfuge
49. Inappropriate; unsuitable
inapt
convoluted
irascible
dispensation
50. Based on random choice or personal whim - rather than any reason or system; capricious
rationalism
precursor
arbitrary
provocative