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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. To make certain that (something) shall occur or be the case
infallible
antipathy
ensure
multifarious
2. Done with speed and efficiency
expeditious
table
effusive
incredulous
3. Showing moderation or self-restraint
temperate
lament
intimate
ensure
4. To insult or belittle; to trivialize - ridicule - or mock
palliate
disparage
inducement
partisan
5. Amazed; astonished
quizzical
induce
awed
philanthropist
6. An official order to do something
mandate
inherent
integrity
preeminent
7. Standing out and clearly visible; attracting attention
conspicuous
decorous
citation
scorn
8. Well meaning and kindly; compassionate
vulnerable
vigor
tact
benevolent
9. Briefness; conciseness
querulous
adherent
brevity
squalid
10. To begin or continue a course of action; to move forward
deception
proceed
foreshadow
erratic
11. Failing to take proper care in doing something
servile
negligent
facetious
docile
12. A basic building block of something; an elementary or primitive form of something
contend
hypothesize
contempt
rudiment
13. To turn into bone or bony tissue; to become rigid or inflexible
moribund
precursor
allegory
ossify
14. To fondly talk or write about events remembered from the past
aesthetic
rigorous
supplant
reminisce
15. Gentle; kindly
reiterate
deter
implicit
benign
16. To address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment; to reprimand
edify
servile
utterly
reproach
17. Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise
meticulous
innovative
enterprise
cliche
18. A large difference
disparity
amalgamation
vicious
steadfast
19. To feel or express strong disapproval of (something); to abhor
deplore
hypothesis
charisma
ostensible
20. A firmly held belief or opinion
table
conviction
to be reputed
comprehensive
21. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
robust
idiosyncrasy
provoke
metaphor
22. Well-chosen or particularly favorable or appropriate; auspicious
precedence
ambivalent
opportune
aplomb
23. Hard to control or deal with
convene
irreproachable
intractable
zeal
24. Fit for a monarch - especially in being magnificent or dignified
utter
imprudent
regal
abstraction
25. Never done or known before; unheard of
unprecedented
placate
insolent
taciturn
26. To recommend with authority (a substance or action) as something beneficial
despondent
prescribe
marginal
brevity
27. Optimistic; certain
alacrity
complimentary
confident
evoke
28. A person with a pragmatic attitude
depiction
pragmatist
rousing
pragmatic
29. A person's character - personality - or nature
subjective
receptacle
cryptic
temperament
30. To cause (someone) to become angry; to annoy
antagonize
oblivion
acumen
charismatic
31. Existing only on the surface; not deep
anthropologist
simile
dilatory
superficial
32. A project or undertaking - typically one that is difficult or requires effort; an endeavor
intrigue
enterprise
exemplar
condone
33. Contrary to intuition or to common-sense expectation (but often nevertheless true)
counterintuitive
profuse
tax
mediate
34. A person or thing regarded as a representative symbol of something; an idol
profusely
engage
subvert
icon
35. Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas
qualify
receptive
partisan
simile
36. To confirm or give support to (a statement or theory)
confidential
adherent
corroborate
agitate
37. Of considerable importance - size - or worth; significant
substantial
exhaustive
indigent
alacrity
38. Overused; unoriginal
proliferate
hackneyed
defy
placid
39. To believe in and follow the practices of
cacophony
philanthropist
precede
adhere
40. To be of the same opinion; to agree
concur
causal
deter
casual
41. Inappropriate; unsuitable
rousing
stimulus
inapt
audible
42. To exercise control over; to have a commanding influence on
rational
dominate
ominous
mitigate
43. A passionate expression of grief or sorrow
lament
stark
opportune
politicize
44. Based on random choice or personal whim - rather than any reason or system; capricious
glorify
arbitrary
mercurial
rudimentary
45. Anxious or fearful
disparage
predecessor
anthropologist
apprehensive
46. A subtle distinction - feature - or argument
subtlety
placate
indignant
enigma
47. To adopt or support (a cause - belief - or way of life); to endorse
substantive
perfunctory
espouse
scrutiny
48. All the people who are entitled to vote in an election
charisma
imply
electorate
fiscal
49. Collusion; connivance
complicity
susceptible
agitate
appease
50. Open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning
frank
buoyancy
revere
ambiguous