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SAT Reasoning Common Words
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sat
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions
paramount
extol
acumen
pundit
2. Persistence; tenacity
disparity
perseverance
account
pragmatic
3. Intended to do harm; malign
negligible
malicious
transient
testimony
4. A report or description of an event or experience
account
foresight
perceive
reconcile
5. An extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property; an inferno
conflagration
forbear
exacerbate
concede
6. Able to recover or spring back quickly after being bent or compressed - or after difficult conditions
supplant
multifarious
resilient
divergent
7. To cause (someone) to feel isolated or estranged
alienate
quarrel
antipathy
inimical
8. An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information; speculation
conjecture
inclination
subdued
determinism
9. Opposition or hostility
critical
antagonism
felicitous
trivial
10. To restrict (something) within limits; to surround
circumscribe
subterfuge
lay
unpalatable
11. To cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another
tyranny
taciturn
divert
seclusion
12. Able to be believed; convincing
stimulate
credible
anonymous
autocrat
13. A result or effect of an action or condition
citation
engaging
consequence
irreconcilable
14. Puzzling; confusing
compel
irreconcilable
confidential
perplexing
15. A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning
relinquish
contemptuous
pedant
pretentious
16. Surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way
sap
obsequious
preeminent
denounce
17. To satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full
sate
heterogeneous
conciliatory
deliberation
18. Not ruled or controlled by others
illegitimate
pedestrian
amalgamate
autonomous
19. Severe or bare in appearance; austere
adhere
cajole
unambiguous
stark
20. Formal and dignified; not cheerful or smiling
solemn
idealism
spartan
indigenous
21. Extremely or unusually small; miniscule
precipitate
pursuit
diminutive
quizzical
22. To cause (someone) to believe something that is not true; to trick
nonchalant
persevere
unsentimental
deceive
23. A person who originates an artistic - political - or intellectual movement
progenitor
tribute
unforeseen
demur
24. A person who held a job or office before the current holder; forerunner
pathetic
proximity
adversary
predecessor
25. Commonplace; lacking poetic beauty
characterize
receptacle
hypothesis
prosaic
26. Purposeful - determined - and unwavering; adamant
resolute
perspective
defer
superb
27. Easily irritated - especially by unimportant things
peevish
whim
tenacity
adroit
28. To cause (someone) to feel completely baffled; to puzzle
perplex
unqualified
table
inept
29. To return to a former or less developed state; to go backward
amalgamation
pursue
regress
inclination
30. Conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true
ossify
orthodox
contempt
concession
31. To reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of; to belittle
illusory
abstraction
ensure
devalue
32. Not identified by name; of unknown name
anonymous
inherent
complementary
superfluous
33. The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
prosaic
regale
rhetoric
tact
34. Strong and healthy; vigorous
amalgam
robust
testify
prestige
35. To perceive or recognize (something)
antagonism
precede
discern
unpremeditated
36. To split apart or go in a different direction
diverge
rhetoric
loquacious
bountiful
37. To admit that something is true after first denying or resisting it; to grant
rebut
debunk
plastic
concede
38. Persistence; determination
palliate
spare
tenacity
subdued
39. A possibility or likelihood
averse
belligerent
prospect
innovative
40. A particular form of a language that is unique to a specific region or social group
dialect
indulge
ingenuous
assimilate
41. Careful to avoid social embarrassment or distress - especially by keeping confidences secret; tactful
opportune
prospect
incontrovertible
discreet
42. A system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity
dialect
decorous
methodology
susceptible
43. A passionate expression of grief or sorrow
lament
altruistic
squalid
critical
44. To quote (a passage - book - or author) as evidence for an argument or statement; to mention as an example
cite
systematic
prohibitive
dispassionate
45. To instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually; to enlighten
multifarious
economy
ineffable
edify
46. Producing powerful feelings or strong - clear images in the mind
bountiful
imply
economy
vivid
47. A person who cultivates an area of interest - such as the arts - without real commitment or knowledge; an amateur
dilettante
lugubrious
diffident
peruse
48. To feel or express strong disapproval of (something); to abhor
convene
domineering
deplore
respective
49. To make use of
erratic
employ
presumptive
unqualified
50. A feeling that something bad will happen; fearful apprehension
supercilious
inimitable
foreboding
borne