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SAT Reasoning Common Words
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sat
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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. Not feeling or showing emotion
impassive
eclectic
legitimate
obsequious
2. Size - especially the great size - extent - or importance of something
check
prohibitive
hypothesize
magnitude
3. The intention or desire to do evil; ill will
jaded
found
allege
malice
4. Clam and peaceful; not easily upset or excited
placid
remorse
indigent
unprovoked
5. Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words
jargon
equanimity
ineffable
sarcasm
6. Based on observation and experience rather than theory or pure logic; evidence-based
momentous
complaint
empirical
iconoclast
7. To waste (something - especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner
squander
definitive
avant-garde
buoy
8. Widespread in a particular area at a particular time
dominate
enterprise
iconoclast
prevalent
9. New - unusual - and experimental - especially as related to the arts; innovative
demure
compromise
avant-garde
confidential
10. Humbleness; a modest or low view of one's own importance
portray
subdue
altruism
humility
11. To take the place of (a person or thing previously in use); to supplant
venerate
platitude
contentious
supersede
12. An idea formed before having all the facts or evidence; an assumption
preconception
inimitable
cynic
haughty
13. A subtle distinction - feature - or argument
avert
renowned
archaic
subtlety
14. Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree; fawning
heresy
epitomize
obsequious
acquisition
15. To participate or become involved in
engage
tractable
expedient
founder
16. Extremely complex and difficult to follow
condone
reclusive
irascible
convoluted
17. Relating separately to each of several people or things
prohibitive
synthesis
respective
convoluted
18. Lacking imagination - foresight - or intellectual insight; narrow-minded
somber
invaluable
myopic
libel
19. To think out or plan (an action - especially a crime) beforehand
premeditate
unsentimental
impugn
convivial
20. Consisting of diverse or mixed parts
prescient
founder
heterogeneous
insubordinate
21. To dispute the truth - validity - or honesty of (a statement or motive); to call into question
malicious
superior
impugn
concede
22. A quotation from or reference to a book - paper - or author
discerning
sanctimonious
citation
reputable
23. Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
acute
imperious
invoke
revelation
24. A person or thing that comes before another; a forerunner
precursor
temper
wield
indigenous
25. Very old or old-fashioned; obsolete
implicit
archaic
moral
ludicrous
26. The ability to judge well
critical
discernment
consequence
remorse
27. Generosity; benevolence
hypothesis
magnanimity
denounce
dramatic
28. Most important; main
felicitous
principal
indelible
voracious
29. Unwilling; reluctant
stringent
amalgamation
disingenuous
disinclined
30. To adopt or support (a cause - belief - or way of life); to endorse
shrewd
espouse
sedulous
embellish
31. A person who performs tricks that deceive the eye; a magician
methodology
illusionist
peeve
critique
32. A person or thing serving as a typical example or excellent model
indifferent
euphemism
exemplar
linguistic
33. A person's inherent qualities of mind and character; temperament
supersede
disposition
compliant
articulate
34. Written or spoken language in its ordinary form; the opposite of poetry
reserved
prose
decry
exasperate
35. To make (something - typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely; to sustain
diminutive
perpetuate
complimentary
discriminating
36. Eager or quick to argue - quarrel - or fight; combative
hierarchy
pugnacious
utter
arbitrary
37. To force (something unwelcome or unfamiliar) to be accepted or put in place
pretentious
impose
aesthete
supplant
38. Strictly controlled or enforced
prescriptive
indifferent
divergent
stringent
39. To present in a vivid or striking way
benevolent
anthropology
insatiable
dramatize
40. Showing interest or concern; considerate
solicitous
rational
disdain
tyranny
41. To make (a statement or assertion) less absolute; to modify - limit - or temper
subdued
qualify
adherent
averse
42. To capture the fascinated attention of; to captivate
charisma
formidable
enthrall
demeanor
43. The use of humor - irony - exaggeration - or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices
insure
humility
satire
bolster
44. Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior; fickle
stimulation
capricious
prohibitive
inscrutable
45. Showing great knowledge - perception - or insight
advocacy
jargon
profound
adverse
46. Talkative; garrulous
notorious
recollect
hyperbole
loquacious
47. Having great knowledge or learning; scholarly
expedient
slovenly
scrutinize
erudite
48. To make something more interesting by adding extra details; to exaggerate
embellish
contemporary
temper
divert
49. To exercise control over; to have a commanding influence on
servile
dominate
indulgent
alienate
50. To feel or express strong disapproval of (something); to abhor
deplore
illusion
lay
populist