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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. The feeling or belief that someone or something is worthless or despicable; contempt
moderation
scorn
fiscal
renowned
2. Having no foundation or basis in fact; groundless
characterize
assert
unfounded
emphasize
3. To fail to care for properly
superfluous
counterintuitive
auditory
neglect
4. A detailed analysis and assessment of something
populace
anachronism
critique
perplexing
5. To praise - compliment - or honor
presumptive
aesthetics
disparage
commend
6. Fervent; ardent
unorthodox
debilitate
grandiose
zealous
7. Something that is mysterious - puzzling - or difficult to figure out
preoccupation
compromise
enigma
economize
8. Equipped or furnished in a specified way
dilatory
appointed
pedant
deliberate
9. To evade or escape from (a danger - enemy - or pursuer) - typically in a skillful or cunning way
remorse
skeptical
elude
dissolute
10. An official order to do something
legitimate
mandate
intemperate
mercurial
11. Not able to be controlled or restrained
sanctimonious
reiterate
irrepressible
redundant
12. To struggle against (a difficulty or danger)
irreproachable
contend
tentative
scrutiny
13. Related to language or linguistics (the study of language)
appropriate
cultivate
laconic
linguistic
14. To rise in value or price
flagging
impassive
appreciate
conducive
15. To ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone; to request
implicate
melancholy
somber
solicit
16. To state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully; to declare
flag
mischaracterize
assert
unambiguous
17. Large in quantity; abundant
impose
lamentable
simulate
bountiful
18. Dull - tedious - and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest
mischaracterize
monotonous
found
superfluous
19. Charming; magnetic
unpalatable
edify
charismatic
figurative
20. Showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened
equivocate
evoke
timid
paramount
21. To get or obtain something from specified source
spare
irrational
derive
disposition
22. Lower in rank or position
verbose
divert
complement
subordinate
23. An indirect expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh when referring to something unpleasant
pedestrian
rationalism
cohesive
euphemism
24. A person's character - personality - or nature
aristocrat
prospective
temperament
bombast
25. Not pleasant to taste; difficult to tolerate or accept
unpalatable
substantial
culpable
irreproachable
26. Traveling from place to place; peripatetic
exhaust
diligent
placate
itinerant
27. Conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true
orthodox
temperance
rhetoric
lay
28. The act of deceiving someone
adherent
abstraction
deception
vivid
29. Freedom from external control or influence; independence
concession
autonomy
irrepressible
edify
30. To tell someone about something; to give an account of an event or experience
discern
recount
superficial
solemn
31. The practice of pursuing ideals - especially unrealistically
homogeneous
idealism
cantankerous
regal
32. To cause (an activity or event) to become political in character
undaunted
politicize
dialect
aesthete
33. Ominous; premonitory
disparage
grievous
entrepreneur
portentous
34. A refusal or unwillingness to change one's views or to agree about something; stubbornness
intransigence
malice
abstraction
testimony
35. Open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning
ambiguous
perceive
criticize
unfounded
36. Briefness; conciseness
anecdotal
brevity
defer
contemptible
37. Using more words than are needed; wordy
verbose
politicize
amalgam
ineffable
38. To help to clarify or explain (a subject or matter); to shed light on
illuminate
peevish
humanitarian
discernment
39. To come before (something)
tax
precede
impose
notorious
40. Having an ability to deal with people in a sensitive and effective way; tactful
grating
resilient
intricate
diplomatic
41. Showing contempt; scornful
contemptuous
predecessor
progenitor
zeal
42. Something that serves as a sign or evidence of a fact; proof
convoluted
casual
renown
testament
43. To reject; to refuse to accept or be associated with
repudiate
lament
idealism
clandestine
44. Careful management of available resources
economy
longevity
momentous
revelation
45. Not in harmony with the surroundings or other aspects of something
irreproachable
incongruous
unprovoked
precocious
46. A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad; qualms
fallible
embroil
paraphrase
compunction
47. Vigorous or incisive; penetrating
undaunted
deter
trenchant
alacrity
48. To destroy completely; to put an end to
versatile
augment
eradicate
contrived
49. Playfully quaint or fanciful - especially in an appealing and amusing way
temperament
exhaust
whimsical
plight
50. To read thoroughly and carefully
conventional
peruse
ingenuous
duplicitous