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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. Overimaginative and unrealistic; far-fetched
invaluable
fanciful
stimulation
indiscernible
2. Unwilling; reluctant
lavish
assimilate
bureaucracy
disinclined
3. Unexpected; unanticipated
laud
table
perspective
unforeseen
4. Expressed clearly; easy to understand
implement
vindicate
lucid
cantankerous
5. Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little
proximity
jaded
cryptic
taciturn
6. Narrow-mindedness - insularity - or lack of sophistication
convivial
regressive
provincialism
prospect
7. Of considerable importance - size - or worth; significant
substantial
convoluted
acumen
philanthropist
8. Avoiding the company of other people; solitary
repertoire
vivid
defy
reclusive
9. To restore friendly relations between
reconcile
complicit
by virtue of
perceptive
10. Deceitfulness; untrustworthiness
characterize
perfidy
omen
testament
11. Tired - bored - or lacking enthusiasm - typically after having had too much of something; apathetic
expeditious
eclectic
jaded
consequence
12. Of little value or importance
sarcasm
proceed
illegitimate
trivial
13. To postpone the consideration of
venerate
table
orthodox
account
14. Persistence; determination
portray
magnanimous
verbose
tenacity
15. A speech or piece of writing that praises someone highly - typically someone who has just died
unmitigated
resurgent
scrutiny
eulogy
16. To regard as perfect or better than in reality
irreverent
subdued
economize
idealize
17. To make someone troubled - nervous - or disturbed; to upset or perturb
agitate
allegory
resurgent
trivial
18. Not feeling or showing emotion
repertoire
impassive
myopic
peruse
19. Public support for a particular cause
trivial
advocacy
incongruous
proverb
20. To discourage (someone) from doing something - using doubt or fear
aesthete
debilitate
deter
predecessor
21. To turn into bone or bony tissue; to become rigid or inflexible
dominate
resignation
ossify
adversary
22. A polite expression of praise or admiration
glorify
compliment
premeditate
temperamental
23. To totally bewilder or perplex; to puzzle
baffle
anachronism
squander
eulogize
24. A deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion
magnanimous
equanimity
illegitimate
antipathy
25. Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas
intemperate
receptive
hypothesize
sap
26. Heated disagreement
bombast
anecdotal
clandestine
contention
27. To prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking action ahead of time; to preempt
forestall
placid
preeminent
deprecate
28. Having many varied parts or aspects; diverse
eclectic
deterministic
incoherent
multifarious
29. Having sensitive insight; observant
stereotype
enthrall
perceptive
complicity
30. Relaxed and informal
mandatory
stimulation
disingenuous
casual
31. Unable to be placated
implacable
compunction
provoke
palliate
32. Sounding harsh and unpleasant
ossify
grating
penitent
quarrelsome
33. Argumentative; confrontational
trivialize
precede
quarrelsome
forestall
34. Involving conflict or opposition
adversarial
susceptible
reputable
ostentatious
35. A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad; qualms
compunction
indifferent
inclined
perfidy
36. Not in harmony with the surroundings or other aspects of something
indiscernible
relinquish
mischaracterize
incongruous
37. Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
imply
solicitous
enumerate
facetious
38. Liable to unreasonable changes of mood; volatile
provincialism
paramount
conviction
temperamental
39. Making something likely or possible; favorable to
conducive
pragmatic
deferential
perplexity
40. To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something; to foil
unequivocal
thwart
ornate
precedence
41. Thinly dispersed or scattered; scarce
complicit
succinct
heritage
sparse
42. Innocent and unsuspecting; naïve
ingenuous
cathartic
antiquity
cynic
43. Dissatisfied with the people in authority and no longer willing to support them
disaffected
iconoclast
cite
acuity
44. Soothing - alleviating
munificent
itinerant
palliative
ornate
45. To try hard to do or achieve something
endeavor
contemptible
irrational
impede
46. Able to recover or spring back quickly after being bent or compressed - or after difficult conditions
provocative
didactic
resilient
belligerent
47. Deserving contempt; despicable
perplexing
contemptible
imply
charisma
48. To mention (a number of things) one by one; to list
paramount
maverick
enumerate
acquisition
49. To think of with great respect; to revere
proximity
rigidity
amalgamate
venerate
50. A person or thing serving as a typical example or excellent model
evocative
enigma
exemplar
vicarious